Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility and Obstetrics & Gynecology

Joined University Hospitals Staff: December 2010

Training/Education:

• Medical School: The Ohio State University (1973)
• Residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology: University Hospitals, Cleveland (1974-1978)
• Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: University Hospitals, Cleveland (1978-1980)

Professional Accomplishments:

• First in vitro fertilization birth in Ohio (1983)
• World's first in vitro fertilization/ surrogate birth (1986)
• Ohio's first birth from Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis(PGD) (2004)
• First case in the world utilizing PGD for Congenital Pseudohypoparathyroidism (2005)
• First program in region to have birth resulting from combination of frozen eggs and frozen sperm (2009)

Professional Societies:

• Immediate Past President of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART)
• Member, Board of Directors of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
• National Coalition of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (NCOART)
• Co-founder, Partnership for Families Program
• Advisor, Lance Armstrong Foundation's Fertile Hope Program

Special Interests:

• Infertility
• In Vitro Fertilization
• Reproductive endocrinology
• Fertility in cancer patients

To schedule an appointment, please call 216-285-5028.