Vitamin D Deficiency May Diminish Your Fertility By David Kreiner, MD and Brianna Rudick, MD
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Causes of Infertility, Dave Kreiner, MD, Infertility Information, Reproductive Health on 06. Dec, 2010 | 8 Comments
Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is present in a variety of forms but has recently been recognized as playing a critical role in reproduction. It is essential in the production of sex hormones in the body. It is thought that a deficiency of Vitamin D may lead among other things to ovulation [...]
A Man’s Role In IVF
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Dave Kreiner, MD, IVF, Reproductive Health, Stress Relief, Treating Infertility on 16. Jul, 2010 | 4 Comments
A husband’s experience when going through an IVF cycle varies depending in large part on how involved he gets. When a husband participates actively with the IVF process it helps to relieve much of the stress on the wife and on the relationship. The more involved he is the more he will feel [...]
Drs. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, the Pioneers of IVF in the USA
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Dave Kreiner, MD, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine on 24. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
In 1987, I completed my Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellowship under 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.
This picture was taken at their house on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk during one of the bimonthly journal clubs. [...]
The Gift of Life and Its Price
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, High order Multiple Births, Innovating the Financing of Infertility, Regulation of IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 07. Sep, 2009 | 4 Comments
IVF has been responsible for 1 million babies born worldwide who otherwise without the benefit of IVF may never have been. This gift of life comes with a steep price tag that according to the NY Times article, “Gift of Life and Its Price” Sunday, October 11, 2009, hits $1 Billion per year for [...]
Through My Eyes: A Historical Perspective of the Birth of IVF
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Dave Kreiner, MD, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, Journey To The Crib Video Series, Pamela Madsen, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine on 23. Jul, 2009 | 0 Comments
Journey To The Crib – Ep. 3 – Giving Birth To IVF at the Jones Institute on Vimeo.
My first day of fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology at the Jones Institute was the day the Institute moved from the old quarters at the medical school to their new location at Hoffheimer Hall. Movers carried boxes laden [...]
