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Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Third-year residents complete a two-month rotation in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine (JI).

Structure

Residents perform laparoscopy, myomectomy and hysteroscopy. They learn the principles of egg retrieval and embryo transfer at the JI in the new surgery suite. Residents have hands-on training in endovaginal ultrasound examination and office procedures, including hysterosapingogram, endometrial biopsy and intrauterine insemination. Residents are the principal surgeons for most of the operative hysteroscopy, laparoscopy and myomectomy procedures. They work as assistants to reproductive endocrine fellows in the more complicated tubal reanastomosis procedures.

Teaching

Residents participate in didactic one-on-one weekly chapter reviews led by a reproductive endocrinologist, attend weekly seminars presented by a faculty member to review values of patients who are being cycled and present one article at the weekly REI Journal Club.

Faculty members and fellows present a monthly REI didactic lecture series; topics for these lectures include amenorrhea, ectopic pregnancy, polycystic ovarian syndrome, hirsutism and basic approaches to infertility patients. Didactics cover menopausal therapies, steroidal contraception, combining estrogen/progesterone contraception, testosterone therapy and progesterone-only contraception.

Supervision

The REI clinical reproductive endocrinologists supervise all inpatient and outpatient clinical and surgical activity.