Category: children

A Message from RESOLVE: New Hampshire Fertility Advocacy

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - April 29, 2019

Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, children, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Patient Stories

RESOLVE New England is actively involved in advocating for insurance legislation in New Hampshire, in partnership with patients, advocates, and providers. The bill, SB 279, would provide group insurance coverage for the diagnosis of infertility, fertility treatment and fertility preservation in New Hampshire.

Dr. Lillian Meacham, Keynote at the 2018 OCC

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - October 17, 2018

Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research

At this year’s Oncofertility Conference, we are honored that Dr. Lillian Meacham will deliver the day 2 keynote on November 14. Dr. Meacham is is a pediatric endocrinologist and the Kathleen V. Amos Children’s Chair for Cancer Survivorship in the Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - April 16, 2018

Categories: Blog, children, Education, Fertility Preservation, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility

We are thrilled to share a new educational tool created by our colleagues at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center! Please view the video and read about their program below! Loading Video… At Cincinnati Children’s, we believe that fertility is an important aspect of medical care…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - March 23, 2017

Categories: Blog, children, Communication, Research

Tags: a new you, animations, childhood reproductive education, fertiloons, that's who, videos

The Oncofertility Consortium is excited to announce the release of ‘A New You, That’s Who’, part of the Childhood Reproductive Education Project. In collaboration with faculty from Northwestern’s School of Communication, including Ellen Wartella, PhD, Alexis Lauricella, PhD, Lisa Hurwitz, and Eric Patrick, MFA, the team worked…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - February 16, 2017

Categories: Blog, children, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Virtual Grand Rounds

Tags: 2017 february VGR, education, education resources, february vgr, reprotopia, Teresa Woodruff, VGR, VGRs

On Wednesday, February 15, Dr. Teresa Woodruff gave the VGR: Communicating Reproductive Science to a Doubtful World. During the talk, Dr. Woodruff described in detail all of the educational resources developed by the Oncofertility Consortium. Recently, the OC launched its newest website Reprotopia: Reproductive Health Education for…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - February 16, 2017

Categories: Blog, children, Education, Oncofertility, science

Tags: education, education for all, k-gray, reproductive health matters, reprotopia

The Oncofertility Consortium is proud to announce its latest website Reprotopia: Reproductive Health Education for All. Reprotopia is the one stop shop for all of the Consortium's educational programs. This online resource provides individuals of all ages with authoritative reproductive health education from K to…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - January 25, 2017

Categories: Blog, children, Fertility Preservation, Research

The Pediatric Oncofertility Research Foundation (PORF) is requesting proposals for its first $10,000 Research Grant. The Daniel J. Manella, Jr. Research Grant will be awarded to a researcher who is searching for ways to best use cryo-preserved ovarian, or testicular tissue from pre-pubertal children.…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - January 20, 2017

Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, Fertility Preservation, Publication

Tags: 5th book, book, books, fifth book, oncofertility books

The fifth book in the oncofertility series: Pediatric and Adolescent Oncofertility Best Practices and Emerging Technologies, is now available for purchase! The first book of its kind presenting a comprehensive discussion of pediatric and adolescent oncofertility. Congratulations to all of our colleagues who contributed to this…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - May 4, 2016

Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, Conferences, Meetings

Tags: 2015 OCC, 2015 Oncofertility Conference, Liilian Meacham, male sexual health

Dr. Lillian Meacham, MD, Medical Director, Cancer Survivor Program, The Kathelen V. Amos Children's Chair for Cancer Survivorship, and Pediatric Endocrinologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, followed up the female sexuality talk with a talk on male sexuality in childhood cancer survivors. Dr. Meacham shared…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - April 28, 2016

Categories: Blog, children, In the news, Publication, Research

An exciting new publication, funded by the Center for Reproductive Health After Disease and the Oncofertility Consortium (P50HD076188), was recently published in the Journal of Early Adolescence. This work is one of the projects supported by the Education Core and has made tremendous progress over…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - April 27, 2016

Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, Conferences

Tags: 2015 OCC, 2015 Oncofertility Consortium Conference, AYA, MD, sexual health, Terri Woodard, women

Dr. Terri Woodard, MD, Director of Oncofertility Service at MD Anderson, gave a talk at the 2015 Oncofertility Consortium Conference on the sexual health of young women who survived childhood cancer. The goal of her talk was to define sexual health and discuss how sexual…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - March 9, 2016

Categories: Blog, children, Conferences, ethics, Research

Tags: 2015 Conference, 2015 OCC, adolescents, ethics, Irene Su, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Ovarian Stimulation

The next presentations in our 2015 Oncofertility Conference series discuss the Medical and Ethical Considerations in Ovarian Stimulation of Adolescents. Dr. Irene Su, MD, MSCE presentation focused on the medical considerations and Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein, PhD, discussed the ethical considerations. Dr. Su is an Associate…

By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse - February 24, 2016

Categories: Blog, children, Conferences

Tags: 2015 OCC, Charles Sklar, Conference, Endocrine, OCC 2015, Pediatrics, Survivorhood

Dr. Charles Sklar is currently the Director of the Long-Term Follow-Up Program, an Attending Pediatrician and full Member, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, New York City. He has a long-standing research interest in the…

By: Leah Bressler - November 5, 2015

Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, Conferences, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility

Tags: 2015 Oncofertility Conference

Dr. Lesley Breech and her Oncofertility team at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital medical Center (CCHMC) shared a fascinating and high-yield overview of best practices in implementing a high-powered oncofertility program. Attendees gained practical knowledge and insight into how a successful patient enrollment process and fertility preservation…