Phillip Edward Patton, M.D. , graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana in l980. Dr. Patton became an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oregon Health Science University in l986 and an associate professor l992. He was promoted to Professor in 2000. Dr. Patton is a collaborative scientist at Oregon Regional Primate Research Center and has published numerous articles on a variety of infertility topics. He has nearly two decades of experience in treating patients with infertility. His special interests include the treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss, reproductive anomolies, the use of preimplanation genetic diagnosis, and ICSI with IVF.