ASRM Today Podcast

It is Fertility Preservation Month, and today on the show we are talking Oncofertility with Dr. Eric Widra.

On this episode of the book review we are talking with Dr. Randi Hutter Epstein, who is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, a lecturer at Yale University and writer in residence at Yale Medical School. Her writing often appears in the New York times, her latest book which we are going to get into today is Aroused: the History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything.

Today on the show we will recap and recommend ASRM news and programming for November 2021 to keep you up to date and in the know on ASRM.

Today on the show we are talking about the law concerning gestational carrier arrangements. Our guest is Rachel Loftspring. Rachel is an attorney with Essig & Evans LLP, working exclusively in Fertility Law. She counsels intended parents and gestational carriers on the legal aspects of their collaborative reproduction journey so they can focus on what matters most: building their family.

It is National Adoption Awareness Month and joining us today is Rita Soronen who is the President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption.

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Today on the show we will recap and recommend ASRM news and programming to keep you up to date and in the know on ASRM.

"I'm not seeing a patient who is Asian. I'm not seeing a patient who is Hispanic. I'm not seeing a patient who is of African descent. And it may not necessarily hit you [that] a lot of times you aren't seeing them because of the fact that they can't get to the door - either because they can't afford your services or because there is a stigma in their community for infertility services." - Michael Thomas, M.D.

It is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. To help guide us in a discussion on this is Dr. Steven Spandorfer. He is Associate Professor at The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at Cornell University Medical Center and is also the chair of the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Special Interest Group of ASRM.

It's National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and my guest today on the program is Megan Hanson of the Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association.

Today on the show we will recap and recommend ASRM news and programming to keep you up to date and in the know on ASRM.