Professor Nick Panay
Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine
About Nick Panay
Professor Nick Panay is a Consultant Gynaecologist, Founder and Director of Hormone Health, and Director of the Menopause & PMS Centre at Queen Charlotte’s and Imperial College London. He is past President of the International Menopause Society and past Chair of the British Menopause Society
Professor Panay leads a busy clinical and research team that publishes widely, presents at scientific meetings, and trains health professionals at all levels. He and his team of consultant colleagues, research fellows, counsellors and research midwives run a busy clinical service, and active research programme comprising translational, clinical, and pharmaceutically sponsored studies in menopause, HRT, premature ovarian insufficiency, premenstrual syndrome, androgens, and contraception.
Professor Panay has authored more than 280 peer-reviewed publications, with over 12,500 citations to date, and has a Google Scholar h-index of 58. He presents at numerous national and international conferences as an invited keynote and plenary speaker.
Nick Panay has co-chaired the guideline development group in the 2024 update of the ESHRE POI guideline (in a partnership of ESHRE with Monash University, ASRM and IMS) and has chaired the publication steering committee of the International Menopause Society in the recent update of the 2025/2026 IMS Recommendations on women's midlife health and menopause.
He was awarded the Semmelweis Prize in June 2026 from the Austrian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology for outstanding international achievements in the field of Gynecology.
Expertise
- Menopause
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premature ovarian insufficiency (Premature Menopause)
- Menstrual Disorders
- Premenstrual Syndrome
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 12+
- Qualifications
BSc MBBS FRCOG MFSRH
- Languages spoken
- English
- Online profiles
- Research highlights
Professor Panay's notable publications include:
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Ang SB, Cheshire R, Goldstein SR, Maki P, Nappi RE; International Menopause Society Board. Menopause and MHT in 2024: addressing the key controversies - an International Menopause Society White Paper. Climacteric. 2024 Oct;27(5):441-457.
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Anderson RA, Bennie A, Cedars M, Davies M, Ee C, Gravholt CH, Kalantaridou S, Kallen A, Kim KQ, Misrahi M, Mousa A, Nappi RE, Rocca WA, Ruan X, Teede H, Vermeulen N, Vogt E, Vincent AJ; ESHRE, ASRM, CREWHIRL, and IMS Guideline Group on POI. Evidence-based guideline: premature ovarian insufficiency. Hum Reprod Open. 2024 Dec 9;2024(4):hoae065.
- Professional memberships
He is an active member of:
Lifetime membership, International Menopause Society
Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Member, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthacre
Chair, NAPS
Patron, Daisy Network
Member, British Fertility Society,
Member, Royal Osteoporosis Society
Member of Royal Society of Medicine (O & G Division)
Medical Advisory Council Member, BMS
Member, BMA
He currently holds clinical posts at:
Founder and Director, Hormone Health, Welbeck London
Consultant Gynaecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital
Professor of Practice, Imperial College London
Guest Professor, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Certifications and Awards
He is the recipient of:
Distinguished Service Award, International Menopause Society (Oct 2024)
Tests & treatments
Conditions & symptoms
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