We are very pleased to introduce our new Director of Nursing and Third Party Reproduction: Rachel Rogoff. Rachel has over eleven years experience working in the field of infertility and is well respected in the reproductive community for her expertise in the area of third party reproduction. She is a tremendous asset to our program and I know you will enjoy working with her.

  • Dr. Charles March has recently given the following lectures:
    • “Uterine Artery Embolization, Myths and Misconceptions”
    • “Empiric Treatment of Endometriosis and Add-back Therapy”
    • Pomona Valley Hospital

    • “Chronic Pelvic Pain”
    • Queen of the Valley Hospital

    • “Reproductive Surgery, a Dying Art”
    • “Hysteroscopic Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding”
    • Ninth Annual Northwest Washington OB-GYN Conference

  • Dr. March has recently published the following articles:
    • “Pelvic and Intrauterine Adhesions”
    • Conceive Magazine

    • “Management of Intrauterine Adhesions”
    • Ob Gyn News

  • Dr. March will present a paper entitled: “Intrauterine Adhesions:  Effect of Different Etiologies upon Surgical Outcome” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Washington, D.C. in October, 2007
  • Dr. March will be a visiting Professor at the Hippokration Medical Center in Cyprus, October 2007
  • Dr. March will present a lecture entitled: “Factors which Affect Negatively the Outcome of Hysteroscopic Therapy for Intrauterine Adhesions” and teach a course on “Hysteroscopy, Endometrial Ablation and Hysteroscopic Tubal Occlusion” at the Global Congress on Minimally Invasive Therapy in Gynecology in Washington, D.C., November 20007
  • Dr. March will present “The Past and Future of Gynecologic Endoscopy” the Ventura County Medical Center in November 2007
  • Dr. Bronte Stone’s research on the rate of hCG increase after embryo transfer was published last December in Fertility and Sterility.
  • Dr. Stone will present his research on the “Inter-follicular Paracrine Influences on Daily Proportionate Rises in Serum Estradiol during Controlled Ovarian Stimulation” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Washington, D.C. in October, 2007
  • Dr. Guy Ringler was interviewed on CNN’s “Now” with Paula Zahn to discuss the link between stress, secrecy and reproductive difficulties.  He presented ways to help alleviate the emotional stress of infertility and raised the American Fertility Association’s new educational initiative “Let’s Talk about Sex” (www.theafa.org).
  • Dr. Ringler gave a talk on Egg Donation at the 15 th Annual Fall Fertility and Adoption Symposium, presented by the Southwest Region of RESOLVE (www.resolve.org).
  • Dr. Ringler taught a course entitled: “Donor Insemination/Fertility 101” at the “Parenting with Pride LGBT Family Conference and Resource Fair” for Gay and Lesbian Center of Hollywood.
  • Dr. Ringler wrote an article entitled:  “Gay Man, Gay Dad.  Gay Men Can Become Fathers” for the American Fertility Association’s Annual Resource Directory.
  • Dr. Ringler co-hosted Illuminations 2007 ­ the annual west coast fundraiser for the American Fertility Association.  This year’s event was held in a private estate in Holmby Hills and helped support the educational efforts of the AFA.
  • Dr. Ringler was recently named Chair of the Fundraising committee of the American Fertility Association.
  • Dr. Richard Marrs received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Schreiner University, one of the undergraduate universities at which he studied.
  • Dr. Marrs gave a talk entitled: “Highly Purified Human-derived FSH and Highly Purified hMG: is LH Beneficial” at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, in New Orleans.
  • Dr. Marrs presented a lecture on the “Influence of LH Effect on Stimulation Response and Embryo Quality in IVF” at the New York Society of Reproductive Medicine in New York City.
  • Dr. Marrs continues to participate in the Ferring Pharmaceuticals “Experts in Reproductive Medicine” conferences, and is a member of a board of nationally recognized experts reviewing the safety of gonadotropin therapies.
  • Both Drs. Ringler and March have participated in the America Fertility Association’s Online Educational Sessions by hosting discussions on topics in reproductive medicine.  Please visit the American Fertility Association’s website (www.theafa.org) to join the discussion groups.