Oncofertility Around the Globe

Join us on a tour around the world to learn about global advances in fertility preservation

Virtual Conference
March 5, 2021

Conference Co-Chairs 

Francesca Duncan, PhD  
Lauren Ataman-Millhouse, MA 
Center for Reproductive Science (CRS) 
Northwestern University 

Below are the March 2021 meeting agenda videos.  

Resources Contained: 

Opening Talk

Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD 
Founder of the Oncofertility Consortium;  
Provost, Michigan State University 

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1A United States

Monica Laronda, PhD,  
Northwestern University 
Engineering the Microenvironment that will Enable a Bioprosthetic Ovary 

Emilie Johnson, MD,  
Lurie Children’s Hospital 
Fertility Potential and Preservation in DSD: Surgical Perspective 

Mitch Rosen, MD,  
University of California-San Francisco 
Random...

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1B North America

Ellen Greenblatt, MDCM, FRCSC,  
Mount Sinai Fertility 
Oncofertility in Canada: Current Landscape 

María Bourlon, MD,  
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán 
Current status of Oncofertility in Mexico 

Mario Vega Croker, MD,  
Panama City, Panama 
Implementing a pro-bono ...

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2A Europe

Stine Kristensen, PhD,  
Rigshospitalet 
Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation (OTC) and aging 

Marie-Madeleine Dolmans, MD, PhD,  
Université Catholique de Louvain 
Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation (OTC) and live births 

Rod T. Mitchell, PhD,  
University of Edinburgh 
Fertility preservation in prepubertal ...

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2B United States

Josh Halpern, MD,  
Northwestern University 
A Practical Approach to Fertility Preservation in the Male Cancer Patient 

Gwendolyn Quinn, PhD,  
New York University 
Ethical issues and Decisions in Fertility Preservation 

Mary Zelinski, PhD,  
Oregon Health Sciences University 
Functional Evaluation of...

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3A United States

Kara Goldman, MD,  
Northwestern University 
Pathways to Fertoprotection 

Kyle Orwig, PhD,  
University of Pittsburgh 
Stem cell and tissue transplant therapies for male infertility 

Leslie Appiah, MD,  
University of Colorado 
Pediatrics 

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3B South America

Romina Pesce, MD,   
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires 
Oncofertility perspectives from Argentina 

Jose Ricardo Figueiredo, PhD, DVM,  
Universidade Estadual do Ceará 
Approaches to improve the efficiency of in vitro survival, growth and maturation of oocytes using animal models (ruminants) 

Dana ...

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4A United States

Courtney Finlayson, MD,  
Lurie Children’s Hospital 
Fertility Potential and Preservation in DSD: Endocrinology Perspective 

David Pepin, PhD,  
Harvard University 
Mechanisms of uterine and ovarian protection from chemotherapy by AMH/MIS 

Veronica Gomez Lobo, MD,  
National institute of Child Health...

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4B Australia

Antoinette Anazodo, MD, PhD,   
Future Fertility 
The Development and Evaluation of a Reproductive Survivorship Patient Reported Outcome Measure 

Rob Gilchrist, PhD,  
University of New South Wales Sydney 
Application of in vitro maturation in fertility preservation 

Karla Hutt, PhD,  
Monash University...

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5A Africa

Chris Venter, MD,  
Vitalab 
Tracing the Oncofertility Consortium’s Footprint in South Africa 

Nonso Daniels, MD,  
Ekocorp Plc (Eko Hospitals) 
Oncofertility in Nigeria: Situation Report 

Mohamed Khrouf, MD,  
Fertillia ART 
Building the Oncofertility Consortium in Africa 

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5B United States

Mary Ellen Pavone, MD,  
Northwestern University 
Egg Vitrification in Adolescents: Considerations for a Unique Patient Population 

Shuo Xiao, PhD,  
Rutgers University 
Ovarian toxicities of doxorubicin 

Leena Nahata, MD,  
Nationwide Children’s 
Advances in Pediatric Oncofertility: Contributions of the...

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6A United States

Erin Rowell, MD,  
Lurie Children’s Hospital 
Pediatric ovarian tissue cryopreservation: from OR to Cryo 

Molly Moravek, MD,  
University of Michigan 
Fertility Preservation in Gender Diverse Patients 

Kristin Smith,  
Northwestern University 

Stacy Whiteside,  
APRN, Nationwide Children’s 
Patient...

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6B Asia

Kazuhiro Kawamura, MD, PhD,  
International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine 
In vitro activation (IVA) for Oncofertility 

Satish Kumar Adiga, PhD,  
Kasturba Medical College 
Access to fertility preservation care in India 

Wen Li, MD, PhD,  
Changzheng Hospital 
Applying urinary...

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Closing Talk

Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD 
Founder of the Oncofertility Consortium;  
Provost, Michigan State University 

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