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Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technologies Hands-on Workshop

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Date: Sept. 27 and 28, 2025
Location: Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, 6651 Main Street, Houston TX 77030
Co-chairs: Chellakkan Blesson, Ph.D., HCLD and Laura Detti, M.D.
Target audience: OB/GYN residents and REI fellows

This workshop will include both lectures and hands-on training from recognized Reproductive, Endocrinology, and Infertility faculty. 

Workshop objectives: 

  • Critically appraise the female and male gametogenesis processes, and the variations during IVF stimulation.
  • Understand the ART/IVF procedures, including ultrasound monitoring, egg retrieval, semen processing embryo culture, and embryo transfer.
  • Learn the basics of fertility preservation: Indications and stimulation, for fertility preservation, and hands-on experience in sperm and egg cryopreservation.
  • Familiarize with the IVF laboratory equipment such as incubators, microscopes, micromanipulators, culture media, and cryopreservation systems.
  • Receive practical training in essential ART/IVF techniques such as semen analysis, sperm preparation, ICSI, embryo biopsy, vitrification and warming of embryo, embryo culture, and embryo transfer.

Registration opens soon!

For questions, please contact Tiara Gatewood or Daneeka Hamilton. 

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