The Team

We work as a team, this is very important to us and our patients and we find that the team approach gives the best outcomes; 'two pairs of eyes are better than one'.  We hold regular clinical meetings in order to assess the progress of our patients, always keeping in mind their medical requirements as well as their other health needs both emotional and physical. Our patients' happiness is of the upmost importance to us, in order to achieve this we work together and support one another so that we can practice to the best of our abilities.

Lynne Ager RGN ONC Advanced Fertility Awareness Practitioner

Lynne Ager is our fertility nurse; Lynne qualified as a Registered General Nurse over 20 years ago and then went on to complete the oncology course at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. She has worked with Dr Tim Evans, GP and Apocothary to the Queen for a number of years and also worked at the Fertility Clinic alongside Michael Dooley, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, and Emma Cannon. She has completed the Post Graduate course at The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for Management of Infertility followed by infertility update courses. At the clinic, Lynne provides a comprehensive fertility health check for you and your partner, giving you the knowledge and confidence to take control of your fertility and helping us to provide you with a complete package of care that is right for you. 

Lynne has three children.

Anna Cannon RMPGdipIAIM

Anna Cannon is a midwife and Lactation Consultant working for the NHS and Independently. She has been a midwife for 23 years. She works in the community providing enhanced midwifery care. She is passionate about woman centred care and the hugely positive effects that informed choice has around empowerment. She has a special interest in the postnatal period and believes it is a time of nurture for mother and baby. She runs a Breast Feeding Café, Baby Massage classes and Postnatal support groups. Anna has also worked in Ethiopia and remains involved in projects there to improve maternal health and reduce mortality. As a Lactation Consultant she helps run the tongue tie clinic at KCH.

Anna lives in South London with her family.

Emma Cannon Bsc Hons Ac, MbBAcC

Emma Cannon is director of Emma Cannon Ltd, a practice in Harley Street, Chelsea Outpatients Centre and Chelsea. She is a registered acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese medicine.

She holds a Batchelor of Science from Westminster University, where she received a first class honours in clinical work, and is a member of the British Acupuncture Council. She has post graduate training with The Royal College Of Obstectrics and Gynaecology in the management and treatment of infertility and is a member of the College of Medicine, in the faculty for Women's Health. Emma has been practising complementary therapies and acupuncture since the early 1990’s. She specialises in gynaecology with an emphasis on fertility, in addition to pregnancy, pre-birth, post-partum and the menopause. She describes her approach as eclectic. As well as her special interest in fertility and reproduction Emma has considerable experience in working with addiction and immune system disorders. She is particularly interested in the part the immune system plays in infertility. 

Emma co-founded The Fertility Clinic at Westover House with Mr Michael Dooley, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, and has worked closely for many years with Dr Tim Evans, general practitioner and Apothecary to HM The Queen, Mr Adrian Lower, consultant gynaecologist, Zita West, midwife and fertility specialist, and Jane Lyttleton, the Australian infertility specialist.

She is author of The Baby-Making Bible and You and Your Bump. Emma has also written and contributed to articles for a cross-section of publications, including The Guardian, The Telegraph and Red magazine. Emma is listed in Tatler magazine as one of their recommended 250 ‘leading medical specialists’. 

Her experience has given her a unique overview of both complementary and Western medicine and feels that both contribute to positive therapeutic outcome for the patient. She feels that for advanced fertility issues Western medicine is necessary but where the problem is unknown or relatively minor complementary medicines are often more appropriate.

Emma has two children. 

Kate Freemantle BSc (Hons) LicAc MBAcC, RYT

Kate studied at the London College of Traditional Acupuncture where she obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in Acupuncture. She’s a member of the British Acupuncture Council and the Acupuncture Childcare Team (ACT). Whilst practicing as a generalist treating a wide range of conditions, she has a keen interest in the area of reproductive wellness. Her post-graduate training has been extensive, learning from some of the best in this field, such as Jane Lyttleton (Australia) and Michael Berkely (USA). Kate has also studied under the tutelage of Emma Cannon who she describes as "one of the UK’s leading and most successful fertility acupuncturists".

Philosophically, she doesn’t believe in the segregation of Eastern and Western medicine and takes the view that there is only one medicine; the one that helps bring each individual patient to optimum health.

There is so much that can be done to improve fertility, and by bringing all disciplines closer together a wider range of treatment options can be utilised to benefit conception.

Kate also studies and practices yoga and is a fully qualified yoga teacher.

Michael Mcintyre

Michael McIntyre has been practicing as a herbalist and acupuncturist for thirty years. He is trained in both the western and Chinese herbal traditions and uses Chinese and western herbs to help address female and male fertility problems. In traditional Chinese medicine the menstrual cycle is seen as having two distinct phases, the Yin part of the cycle is the follicular (oestrogenic) phase whilst the Yang part of the cycle is the luteal (progestogenic) phase. By carefully assessing the woman’s cycle, pulse and tongue alongside monitoring the basal body temperature these phases can be balanced to improve fertility by using herbs to nourish the fundamental Yin and Yang of the body.

In addition, herbs can be used to de-stress an individual, which is important to allow conception to occur. Herbal medicines can also be used to improve sperm quality in men. The herbs have long traditional use and act gently to improve health.

Michael is also likely to advise specific dietary measures to improve fertility; recommendations are based on traditional medicine insights as well as conventional nutritional knowledge.

Michael is a Fellow on the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine and the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. He is also a member of the British Acupuncture Council.

Joanna Ridgway

Jo graduated from the International College of Oriental Medicine, having completed a four-year full time BSc (Hons) degree in Acupuncture. Jo’s training involved an in-depth study of both Eastern and Western medicine. She is a member of the British Acupuncture Council. 

Jo has a special interest in treating women and the health issues they can experience throughout their reproductive life. She has done extensive postgraduate training in areas such as fertility, pregnancy, paediatrics and recently returned from Shanghai where she studied under some of the best fertility doctors in China.  

Before becoming an acupuncturist, Jo completed a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and fuelled a growing interest in Eastern practices and philosophy through tai chi classes, yoga and meditation. After graduation, she lived and worked in a rural village in the Northern Japanese mountains, experiencing first hand Eastern ideas on health, illness and life in general.