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Department Faculty contribute an unprecedented number of Oral and Poster Presentations at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine in San Francisco

Faculty from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology including Drs. Abuzeid, Daly, Dodd, Luke, Leach, and Young, contributed an unprecedented number of Oral and Poster Presentations at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. November 8-12, in San Francisco, California. The scientific contribution was outstanding ranging from molecular profiling of infertility to population based studies assessing IVF associated outcomes. Equally important is the wide network of Departmental Collaborations including NIH, CDC, ASRM, SART, NICHD Reproductive Medicine Network and some of the leading Departments in the country. Congratulations on an extraordinary effort.

HIGH THROUGHPUT, CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF KEY PROTEINS IN HUMAN ENDOMETRIAL BIOPSIES LINKS INFERTILITY TO LEUKEMIA INHBITORY FACTOR, PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR-B AND INTEGRIN IIB DYSREGULATION.
D. R. Armant, P. A. Jessmon, M. Kruger, M. P. Diamond, C. Coutifaris, R. E. Leach. OBGYN, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; OBGYN, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; OBGYN, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI.

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME (OHSS) AND ITS EFFECTONASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY (ART) TREATMENT AND OUTCOME.
B. Luke, M. B. Brown, D. E. Morbeck, S. B. Hudson, C. C. Coddington, J. E. Stern. Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.

ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN PREGNANCY AND BIRTH OUTCOMES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ART) IN THE UNITED STATES.
B. Luke, M. B. Brown, V. Y. Fujimoto, T. Jain, A. Y. Armstrong, M. Hornstein. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda; Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston.

IMPACT OF EMBRYO TRANSFER NUMBER ON SINGLETON IMPLANTATION PREGNANCY OUTCOME.
B. Luke, M. B. Brown, D. A. Grainger, N. A. Klein, J. E. Stern, M. I. Cedars. Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Seattle Reproductive Medicine, Seattle, WA; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco

FOR USE OF SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER (SET) IN THE UNITED STATES.
B. Luke, M. B. Brown, D. A. Grainger, N. A. Klein, M. I. Cedars, J. E. Stern. Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Seattle Reproductive Medicine, Seattle, WA; University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.

EMBRYO DONATION IS COST-EFFECTIVE COMPARED TO OOCYTE DONATION.
R. F. Finger, C. Sommerfelt, M. Freeman, C. K. Wilson, A. Wade, D. Daly. National Embryo Donation Center, Knoxville, TN; Nashville Fertility Center, Nashville, TN; Donor Embryo Program, Cooper Institute for Reproductive Hormonal Disorders, Marlton, NJ; Michigan Reproductive and IVF Center, Grand Rapids, MI; Grand Rapids Fertility and IVF, Grand Rapids, MI.

MATERNAL AND FETAL MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH DONOR OOCYTE PREGNANCIES (140) AND ADOPTED EMBRYO PREGNANCIES (28) FROM 1994 TO 2007.
S. M. West, B. M. Sprague, D. C. Daly. Dept of Ob-Gyn, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Grand Rapids Fertility & IVF pc, Grand Rapids, MI; Dept Ob-Gyn, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI.

Y CELL POPULATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY CELL LOSS IN THE IVF EMBRYO?
K. S. Wiersema, D. C. Daly. Department of Ob-Gyn, Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center, Grand Rapids, MI; Reproductive Endocrinology, Grand Rapids Fertility & IVF, Grand Rapids, MI.

THE VAGINAL PROGESTERONE, ENDOMETRIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER OUTCOME COMPARED TO INTRAMUSCULAR PROGESTERONE FOR LUTEAL SUPPORT IN WOMEN WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS UNDERGOING IVF-ET.
M. F. Mitwally, M. P. Diamond, M. Abuzeid. Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; IVF-Michigan, Rochester Hills, MI.

SERUM PROGESTERONE LEVELS FOLLOWING VAGINAL (ENDOMETRIN) OR INTRAMUSCULAR PROGESTERONE FOR LUTEAL SUPPORT INWOMENUNDERGOING IVF-ET.
M. F. Mitwally, M. P. Diamond, M. Abuzeid. Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; IVF-Michigan, Rochester Hills.

THE VAGINAL MICRONIZED PROGESTERONE (ENDOMETRIN) IS AS EFFECTIVE AS INTRAMUSCULAR PROGESTERONE FOR LUTEAL SUPPORT IN WOMEN UNDERGOING IVF-ET.
M. F. Mitwally, M. P. Diamond, M. Abuzeid. Reproductive Medicine & Fertility Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; IVF-Michigan, Rochester Hills, MI.

REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN UNDERGOING ART: ANALYSIS OF LINKED CYCLES FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SART CORS.
J. E. Stern, B. Luke, M. B. Brown, E. Wantman, A. Lederman, M. Hornstein. Ob/Gyn, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Biology, and Epidemiology, Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, MI; Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Redshift Technologies, New York, NY; Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.