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Obstetrics/Gynecology Residency Program

Facts and Firsts of the EVMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Life magazine cover: First test-tube baby born in the United States
    The first in vitro fertilization baby born in the United States was born at the Jones Institute in 1982.
    The first baby born in the United States from in vitro fertilization (IVF, in 1981 at EVMS' Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, was also the first born anywhere in the world as a result of a stimulated (gonadotropin) cycle. The ability to induce the development of multiple eggs in a cycle was a major breakthrough and has allowed thousands of otherwise infertile couples to produce healthy children.
     
  • We pioneered intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, where a single sperm is injected directly into the egg. ICSI is used in patients who have inadequate numbers of sperm, those of advanced age, and sometimes in cases of infertility of unknown causes.
     
  • Over 15,000 assisted reproductive techniques (ART) cycles have been performed that have resulted in the birth of more than 3,000 babies. We are thrilled with our ever-growing success rates in IVF and related techniques. Our IVF program is now reporting a total reproductive potential that allows for a 50 to 60 percent chance of pregnancy in women of young and intermediate ages. This procedure entails combining the impact of "fresh" plus cryopreserved-thawed embryo transfer cycles that follow a single ovarian stimulation in a given couple.
     
  • Developed Seasonale, an innovative birth-control pill that reduces women's menstrual periods from 13 to four per year, which has become a leading seller for its manufacturer, Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.
     
  • The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine
    The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine
    The Jones Institute first introduced donor eggs in the United States and was the first to collect donor egg data for the Centers for Disease Control.
     
  • The CONRAD (Contraceptive Research and Development) Program received an initial $28 million grant in 1986, which has been extended through 2009, totaling $100 million.
     
  • Through efforts of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine's HIV in Pregnancy Program, initiated in 1992, the HIV transmission rate from mother to baby was reduced from 50 percent to 0 percent.
     
  • The department holds the patent for the concept of automated sonography in obstetrical imaging, a concept that will change the way ultrasound is practiced in the world.

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