Raef Faris is a consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility specialist at the Lister Hospital/ Lister Fertility Clinic, the UK's largest private IVF Unit. Since it opened in 1988, over 17,600 babies have been born from fertility treatment with the clinic.

He also works in the colposcopy department in Chelsea and St Mary’s Hospital Imperial College London. Dr Faris graduated from Cairo University in 1991 where he obtained his MSc degree. He moved to the UK in 1999 where he obtained the MRCOG and then FRCOG. His clinical training in the UK in Obstetrics and Gynecology began at The Ipswich Hospital and was completed at Nottingham University Hospitals. He obtained a special skills certificate in medical education by the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists. Dr Faris is an accredited laparoscopic surgeon by the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists and has also obtained the European Universities Diploma of Operative Gynaecological Endoscopies at Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand France in 1999. He is an accredited trainer in embryo transfer, assisted conception, pelvic ultrasound, and Quality Management of fertility service by the British Fertility Society. He is a member and trainer of BSCCP.