The Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility A Practical Guide for Practitioners Who Care for Infertile Couples, Fourth Edition

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

About Boston IVF

1. Overview of infertility

Alan S Penzias

2. Factors affecting fertility

Steven R Bayer and Merle Berger

3. The infertility workup

Jesse Hade

4. Preconceptional care

Steven R Bayer

5. Clinical algorithms

Michael M Alper

6. Treatment options I. Ovulation induction

Selwyn P Oskowitz and Alan Penzias

7. Treatment options II. Intrauterine insemination

Sonia Elguero and Marsha Forman

8. Treatment options III. In vitro fertilization

Michael M Alper

9. Treatment options IV. Third party reproduction Brian M Berger
10. Fertility care for the LGBT community

Samuel Pang

11. Evaluation and management of male infertility

Steven Lazarou

12. Preimplantation genetic testing

Kim L Thornton

13. Endometriosis and infertility

Dan Griffin

14. Polycystic ovary syndrome

Rita M Sneeringer and Kristin Wright

15. Recurrent pregnancy loss

Benjamin Lannon and Alison E Zimon

16. Fertility preservation for cancer patients

David A Ryley

17. Elective egg freezing

Kerri Luzzo and Samuel Pauli

18. The IVF laboratory

Denny Sakaas, Brent Barret, Kathy Go

19. Tools for effective nursing in the care of the infertile patient

Sharon Edwards, Susan Gordon-Pennell, Kristin McCutcheon

20. The mind and body connection

Alice D Domar

21. Infertility Counseling and The Role of the Infertility Counselor

Jeanie Ungerleider, Terry Chen Rothchild and Lynn Nichols

22. Medical ethics in reproductive medicine

Steven R Bayer and Kim L Thornton

23. Integrating quality management into a fertility practice

Michael Alper

24. The True ART: How to deliver the best patient care

Derek Larkin

Biography

Steven R Bayer MD is a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Bayer was previously Director of the In Vitro Fertilization program at New England Medical Center, an Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts Medical School, and Medical Director of the Boston Regional Center for Reproductive Medicine in Stoneham. He is a member of several professional societies including the Boston Obstetrical Society, New England Fertility Society, American Society of Reproductive Medicine and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, among others. Michael M Alper MD is Medical Director and a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and as Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. His interest of in vitro fertilization has led him to be involved in many research studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has written numerous articles, abstracts, letters and books, and has lectured at many scientific meetings throughout the world. Alan S Penzias MD is Surgical Director and Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and Director of the fellowship program in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. He has received numerous grants for research in the field of infertility, including a comparison study of medication in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for IVF. He is an active member of various infertility and medical societies and is on the Board of Directors of the American Fertility Association and is a member of the Executive Counsel of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies. He is also on the Editorial Board of Reproductive Biomedicine online and serves as an ad hoc editor for Fertility and Sterility, reviewing papers submitted for publication. He has served on the Medical Advisory Boards for Organon, Serono Laboratories, and Ferring Pharmaceuticals and has published many peer reviewed articles, reviews, chapters, abstracts and books in the field of infertility.