New Media for Information and Communication
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, High order Multiple Births, Infertility Information, Journey To The Crib Video Series, Pamela Madsen, Single Embryo Transfer on 20. Jul, 2009 | 1 Comment
I was at a meeting with one of the insurance companies when I was asked, “How do you educate patients regarding the risks of multiple pregnancy?” I realized that as much as I try to counsel patients and teach them that we had limited written materials and no audio visual. It was at that point [...]
No More “Jon and Kate” Casualties
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Single Embryo Transfer on 06. Jul, 2009 | 4 Comments
on and Kate Plus Eight has brought the tragedy of the high order multiple pregnancy to the American living room. This is a subject that I was first introduced to when I entered the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility in 1985 at the Jones Institute in Virginia. In those days, fertility treatments, [...]
Cryopreservation of Embryos
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Cryopreservation, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, Infertility Information, Micro IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 10. Jun, 2009 | 1 Comment
In 1985, my mentors, Drs. Howard W. Jones Jr. and his wife Georgeanna Seegar Jones, the two pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in the USA and the entire western hemisphere, proposed the potential benefits of cryopreserving or freezing embryos following an IVF cycle. They predicted that cryopreserving embryos for future transfers would increase the overall success [...]
Reaction to The California Octuplets
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Cryopreservation, News, Regulation of IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 04. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
The American public has been stunned by the news of a mother of six giving birth to octuplets. This shocking news is compounded by the stories broadcast by the mass media regarding the woman’s family situation and that she used IVF for these pregnancies.
Physicians have known for many years the dangers of multiple pregnancies and [...]
