Endocrinology and Fertility Specialists
Endocrinology and Fertility Specialists
Dr Sarah Catford
BBiomedSc MBBS (Hons) FRACP PhD
Dr Sarah Catford is an endocrinologist with sub-speciality training in andrology and male fertility. Sarah graduated from the Australian National University in 2007 and undertook her physician training at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. She completed specialty training in endocrinology at Alfred Health, Western Health, and Monash Health and became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2016.
After a two-year andrology fellowship at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash Health, she completed a PhD in male infertility in 2021, which involved an NHMRC-funded study on the health of ICSI-conceived young men.
She is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research and a research associate at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute where she continues her research interests in male infertility. She is an expert advisor for Healthy Male and holds an academic position at Monash University. She is a staff specialist at the Alfred Hospital where she works in diabetes, general endocrinology and endocrine genetics. She works in reproductive services at the Royal Women’s Hospital as an andrologist reviewing men with infertility.
In her private practice, she currently consults on male fertility and testosterone issues. While outside of her work, Sarah enjoys the outdoors and spending time with family and friends.
ABOUT
Dr Daniel Bennett
BSc MBBS (Hons) FRACP
Dr Daniel Bennett is an endocrinologist dedicated to providing expert care for a wide range of hormonal and metabolic disorders. Originally from South Australia, he earned a Bachelor of Science with majors in pharmacology, chemistry, and biochemistry from the University of Adelaide in 2013, where he received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science. He then completed his medical degree at Monash University, spending a year in Gippsland at the Monash School of Rural Health, graduating in 2017.
Dr Bennett undertook physician training at The Alfred Hospital before completing advanced endocrinology training. In 2024, he became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).
With a strong research interest in multiple areas of endocrinology, Dr Bennett has trained under leading endocrinologists and maintains affiliations with Epworth and Cabrini Hospitals, as well as the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He is an active member of the Endocrine Society of Australia, the Australian Diabetes Society, the Australian Menopause Society as well as the Australian and New Zealand Bone Mineral Society.
Dr Bennett provides expert care for diabetes, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, adrenal and pituitary diseases, reproductive hormone problems, metabolic disorders and obesity. He is committed to delivering the most up-to-date high-quality, patient-centred care with compassion.
ABOUT
Conditions Treated
Dr Sarah Catford offers in-person and telehealth consultations regarding male fertility and disorders of testosterone. At this stage, she is not accepting referrals for diabetes or other endocrine conditions. She is based in Traralgon and consults in East Melbourne once a month.
Dr Daniel Bennett provides expert care in-person or by telehealth for, osteoporosis, menopause and women's health, type 2 diabetes, thyroid, adrenal and pituitary diseases, metabolic disorders and obesity. He is committed to delivering the most up-to-date high-quality, patient-centred care with compassion.
PATIENT INFORMATION
Online Resources
Healthy Male is an non-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving men's health by providing high quality information and practice guidelines
Hormones Australia is an initiative of the Endocrine Society of Australia, a registered charity and not-for-profit organisation. Its purpose is to increase awareness and provide information about hormones and how they affect the body, as well as information about common hormone-related conditions
Diabetes Australia is Australia's largest member-based charity for people living with or at risk of diabetes
Healthy Bones Australia is focused on increasing community and health professional awareness and advocating government to reduce the impact of osteoporosis nationally
Australian Menopause Society is focused on women's health in midlife, particularly menopause and the promotion of healthy ageing
Podcasts
RESEARCH
Active Research
Clomiphene in Male Infertility (CIMI) trial: A Double-Blind Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial of Clomiphene in Normogonadotrophic Idiopathic Male Infertility
Australia Male Infertility Exposure (AMIE) Study
IMmune checkPoint inhibitor treatment related gonAdal toxiCiTy in premenopausal women and men - the IMPACT study
Selected Publications
Dr Sarah Catford's publications:
Use of empirical medical therapies for idiopathic male infertility in Australia and New Zealand
S.R. Catford, D. Katz and R.I. McLachlan. Clinical Endocrinology 2024; 100:565-574, doi:10.1111/cen.15059
Frequency, morbidity and equity – the case for increased research on male fertility
S. Kimmins, R. A. Anderson, C.L.R. Barratt, H. Behre, S.R. Catford, C.J. De Jonge, G. Delbes, M.L. Eisenberg, N. Garrido, B.J. Houston, N.J.rgensen, C. Krausz, A. Lismer, R.I. McLachlan, S. Minhas, T. Moss, A. Pacey, L. Priskorn, S. Schlatt, J. Trasler, L. Trasande, F. Tüttelmann, M.H. Vazquez-Levin, J.A. Veltman, F. Zhang, M.K. O’Bryan. Nat Rev Urol. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1038/s41585-023-00820-4
Health outcomes in ART-conceived offspring
S.R. Catford. Third Edition of the Handbook of Andrology, American Society of Andrology 2023
SR Catford, J Halliday, S Lewis, MK O’Bryan, D Handelsman, R Hart, J McBain, DJ Amor, L Rombauts, R Saffery, RJ Hart and RI McLachlan. Fertility and Sterility 2022; 117(4):727-73. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.12.026
The metabolic health of young men conceived using intracytoplasmic sperm injection
SR Catford, J Halliday, S. Lewis, MK O’Bryan, D Handelsman, R Hart, J McBain, DJ Amor, L Rombauts, R Saffery, RJ Hart and RI McLachlan. Human Reproduction 2022; 2022 Sep 27;deac212. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deac212
Health and fertility of ICSI-conceived young men: study protocol
SR Catford, S Lewis, J Halliday, J Kennedy, MK O’Bryan, J McBain, DJ Amor, L Rombauts, R Saffery, RJ Hart and RI McLachlan. Human Reproduction Open 2020(4), 2020. doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoaa042
S.R. Catford, R.I. McLachlan, M.K. O’Bryan, J.L. Halliday. Andrology, 2018 Sep;6(5):635-653. doi: 10.1111/andr.12526. Epub 2018 Sep 17
Germ cell arrest associated with a SETX mutation in ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2
S.R. Catford, M.K. O’Bryan, R.I. McLachlan, M.B. Delatycki and L. Rombauts. Reproductive Biomedicine Online 38(6):961-965, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.12.042
E. Thong, S. Catford, J. Fletcher, P. Wong, P. Fuller, H. Teede and F. Milat. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, DOI: 10.1530/EDM-18-0010, May 2018
S.R. Catford, R.I. McLachlan, M.K. O’Bryan, J.L. Halliday. Andrology, 2017 Jul;5(4):610-621. doi: 10.1111/andr.12369
Pituitary stalk lesions: systematic review and clinical guidance
S.R. Catford, Y.Y. Wang and R. Wong. Clinical Endocrinology 2016 Oct;85(4):507-21. doi: 10.1111/cen.13058
Use of anticoagulation in thyroid disease
J. Polmear, M. Hare, S.R. Catford, D.J. Topliss and M. Dooley. Australian Family Physician. 45(3), March 2016. PMID: 27052045
Persistent syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion following traumatic brain injury
M. Dick, S.R. Catford, K. Kamureswaran, P.S. Hamblin and D.J. Topliss. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; 2015:2015:150070. doi: 10.1530/EDM-15-0070
Cardiac metastasis from thyroid carcinoma
S.R. Catford, K.T. Lee, M.D. Pace, A. Longano, S. Marasco, and D.J. Topliss. Thyroid; 2011 Aug;21(8):855-66. doi: 10.1089/thy.2010.0273
Dr Daniel Bennett's publications:
Incidence, prevalence, and predictors of osteoporotic fracture in adult lung transplant recipients
Ng E, Bennett D, et al. JHLT Open, Volume 7, 100182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2024.100182
Tandon S, Bennett D, Mark Nataraja R, Pacilli M. Ther Adv Urol. 2023 doi: 10.1177/17562872231206239. PMID: 37868369
Novel application of additive manufacturing techniques for paediatric choledochal malformations
Bennett, D., McMenamin, P., Pacilli, M., Clarnette, T., & Nataraja, R. M. (2018). Journal of paediatrics and child health, 54(7), 807–809.https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13909
