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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.

For questions, please contact Tiara Gatewood or Daneeka Hamilton.