Web Site: http://www.infertility.wustl.edu/
Current Position
Instructor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology
Specialty Areas
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Areas of Clinical Interest
Reproductive endocrinology, recurrent pregnancy loss, infertility, assisted reproductive endocrinology, polycystic ovary snydrome and anovulation.
Board Certification
Obstetrics and Gynecology — Certified
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility — Certified
Medical Education
B.S.: Biology with a minor in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois 1997
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 2001
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 2005
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Awards
2007 Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Wyeth President’s Presenter Award
2002 Ortho-McNeil Medical Student Teaching Award
2001 John R. Tobin Senior Medical Student Scholarship
2000 Alpha Omega Alpha
2000 Loyola University Medical Center Auxiliary, Virginia G. Piper Scholarship
2000 Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
1997 Phi Beta Kappa
1995 Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Selected Journal Articles
Jungheim ES, Ratts VS, Moley KH, Chang AS, Lanzendorf SE, Odem RR. Encouraging patient-driven single-embryo transfer. Fertility and Sterility. In Press
Jungheim ES, Moley KH. The impact of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus on the oocyte and the pre-implantation embryo. Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. 2008;26:186-95
Eng GS, Sheridan RA, Wyman A, Chi MM, Bibee KP, Jungheim ES, Moley KH. AMPK activation increases glucose uptake, decreases apoptosis and improves pregnancy outcome in embryos exposed to high IGF-1 concentrations. Diabetes. 2007:56;2228-2234
Sherwood OD, Jungheim ES, Masfarrer JL, Cramer JM. Evidence that relaxin’s effects on growth and softening of the cervix are not mediated through prostaglandins in the rat. Endocrinology. 1998:139;867-873
Washington Univ. in Saint Louis
Washington Univ. Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Center
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
4444 Forest Park Avenue, Suite 3100
St. Louis, MO 63368
(314) 286-2400