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Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technologies Hands-on Workshop
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Date: Sept. 27 and 28, 2025
Location: Texas Children鈥檚 Pavilion for Women, 6651 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77030
Co-chairs: Chellakkan Blesson, Ph.D., HCLD and Laura Detti, M.D.
Target audience: medical students, residents, fellows, REI professionals
This workshop will include hands-on interactive sessions and lectures from recognized Reproductive, Endocrinology, and Infertility faculty.
Workshop objectives:
- Critically appraise the female and male gametogenesis processes, and the variations during IVF stimulation.
- Understand the ART/IVF procedures, including ultrasound monitoring, egg retrieval, semen processing embryo culture, and embryo transfer.
- Learn the basics of fertility preservation: Indications and stimulation, for fertility preservation, and hands-on experience in sperm and egg cryopreservation.
- Familiarize with the IVF laboratory equipment such as incubators, microscopes, micromanipulators, culture media, and cryopreservation systems.
- Receive practical training in essential ART/IVF techniques such as semen analysis, sperm preparation, ICSI, embryo biopsy, vitrification and warming of embryo, embryo culture, and embryo transfer.
For questions, please contact Tiara Gatewood or Daneeka Hamilton.
Date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
Time: 8 a.m. (CST) 鈥 5:45 p.m. (CST)
Modality: Virtual (Microsoft Teams)
Cost: Free
Target audience: Sonographers, Attending Physicians, Residents, Fellows, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners
CME: 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Learning objectives:
- Apply essential techniques to enhance ultrasound image acquisition and clarity in obstetric evaluations.
- Differentiate causes and interpret sonographic findings associated with first-trimester bleeding.
- Appraise the standardized ultrasonographic evaluation of the pelvic organs and accurate reporting.
- Explain the ultrasound evaluation of the fallopian tubes, tubal patency and ectopic pregnancy.
*Gyn and Ob specific learning objectives listed on flyer
For questions, please contact Tiara Gatewood.
