Innovative In Vitro Fertilization Techniques

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest Baptist is the only medical center in the Southeast offering on-site in vitro fertilization and PGD for both single-gene defects and aneuploidy, a condition in which an embryo has the wrong number of chromosomes. The Medical Center also offers PGD services for other clinics.

In Vitro Fertilization Techniques

Program hosts will be Jeffrey Deaton, M.D., director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine, David Wininger, Ph.D., IVF lab director, and Patrick Koty, Ph.D., co-director of the medical genetics laboratory. The one-hour program will include narrative and video of the main procedures, discussion by Drs. Deaton, Wininger, and Koty, and an interview with parents who have gone through the process. Viewers may email questions to be answered during the live broadcast.

The webcast is available for viewing by the general public as well as medical professionals. Physicians who will be interested in the broadcast include ob/gyn, IVF, reproductive specialists, primary care, women’s health and pediatricians. The program will also be useful for genetic counselors, imaging specialists and prospective parents.