Budi Wiweko

Budi Wiweko – An alumnus of the Faculty of Medicine of Universitas Indonesia 1996

1. President of Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE)
2. the Chairman of Health Technology Assessment Committee, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia

He is The President of Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) for 2018 – 2021 and also a vice director of Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia (IMERI FKUI). Currently he is a general secretary of Asian Society for Fertility Preservation (ASFP), an organization who establish fertility preservation in Asian Region.

In Indonesia He serves as The President of Indonesian Association for IVF (IA-IVF) for 2016-2021 and a current General Secretary for Indonesian Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (POGI). He is also the chairman of International Relationship Affair of Indonesian Medical Association (IMA).

He just appointed as a chairman of Indonesia Health Technology Assessment Committee Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia and a member of Indonesia National Academic of Sciences in 2020. After graduated as a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Universitas Indonesia in 2005, he spent his time as a research fellow on ovarian tissue vitrification and in vitro culture of follicles at Hyogo College of Medicine Japan. He continued his research on basic laboratory on ART and had some clinical IVF training in Osaka, Barcelona, Thailand and Vietnam. He defended his PhD thesis on “Pre-antral follicle vitrification” in Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia in 2014. Then he continued study to received master’s degree in public health from University of Gadjah Mada – Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

He is a former research manager FKUI (2014-2018) who contribute a lot for establishing research and innovation in FKUI as well as IMERI development. He did also a lot of contribution in developing IVF field in Indonesia since he is one of the founders of Indonesian Association for In Vitro Fertilization (IA-IVF) which was founded in 2009. Instead of giving services, he is also a coordinator of trainer for Subspecialty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship which is underwent in Teaching Hospital Universitas Indonesia.

His researches about AMH, iCOS, and ovarian tissue vitrification were published in local journal and international journal and also conference of ART such as ASPIRE, ESHRE and IFFS annual meeting. Up to now, he has published 106 original articles in international journal indexed in Scopus and 36 original articles indexed in Pub-Med, with h – index 9.

He has received a lot of awards nationally and internationally, including Best Graduates Awards from FKUI 2005, Best Indonesian young obstetrics and gynecologist award 2005 (Tadjuludin Award), Asia Pacific Young Gynecologist Award 2007, Indonesian Best Paper Award 2009 (Sarwono Awards) Best researcher FKUI 2009, 2010, 2011, Asia Pacific Best Paper 2014, First Winner of Universitas Indonesia Best Lecturer 2015, First Winner of Indonesian Best Lecturer 2015, UI Innovation Award, Gynecologist innovation awards 2015 (Makelew Award), Indonesian Best Paper Awards 2009 (Sarwono Awards), Best Indonesian Innovator 2016 (First place and second place of Inovation 2016). His newest innovation was selected as 112 Indonesian Best Innovation 2020.

He did and published a lot of researches in ART especially in AMH, individualized controlled ovarian stimulation (iCOS), ovarian tissue vitrification and embryo metabolomics. He is the one of AMH expert in Asian region since he developed AMH nomogram and AMH based iCOS formula which is very important for daily practice on infertility. His product Indonesia Kalkulator Oocytes (IKO) was patented and registered on play store and apple store, was use across the globes.

Currently he is a member of advisory board of Merck Serono Asia Pacific and very active in a lot of regional organization such as Pacific Rim Fertility Society (PRFS), European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), International Federation of Fertility Society (IFFS), American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP) and American Association for Gynecology Laparoscopy (AAGL). Now he is trying to develop ovarian tissue cryopreservation in Indonesia and establish Asian Society of Fertility Preservation (ASFP) as founding member.