The Doctors
Interview: Monica Moore, MSN, RNC
Monica Moore is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, specializing in REI (reproductive endocrinology and infertility). The founder of Fertile Health, LLC, she works to educate REI nurses and other practitioners, giving them the tools to provide a caring and productive experience for each individual patient. She is also an amazing advocate for PCOS sufferers, being one herself. She can help navigate the winding and often confusing path of infertility and PCOS. Find out more at: http://www.fertilehealthexpert.com/.
What led you to a career in fertility?
Interestingly, although I can’t imagine doing anything else, I wasn’t initially drawn to it. I had just graduated with my Women’s Health NP degree, moved to NYC and tried to find a job in an OB/GYN office but couldn’t. I interviewed at Cornell’s infertility center as a nurse. The physicians there didn’t really know what a NP was or could do (this was 20 years ago). We made a deal. I would work “as a nurse” for 6 months and learn reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) and if, after the 6 months, they thought that I could add value to the practice as an NP, then they would segue me into that role, and it worked. I’m forever grateful that they believed in me and gave me a chance.
You started Fertile Health, LLC as a way to teach providers and others how to empower patients. What led you to do so?
I love the comments, texts, holiday cards and other little thank-you’s that I receive from patients. On one occasion, my daughter was in the same class as my patient’s son and she never failed to recognize or thank me at every single school occasion. Made me feel so proud of doing what I do, but I realized that I wanted to make an impact on a greater level, if I could. Read more
Monica Moore is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, specializing in REI (reproductive endocrinology and infertility). The founder of Fertile Health, LLC, she works to educate REI nurses and other practitioners, giving them the tools to provide a caring and productive experience for each individual patient. She is also an amazing advocate for PCOS sufferers, being one herself. She can help navigate the winding and often confusing path of infertility and PCOS. Find out more at: http://www.fertilehealthexpert.com/.
What led you to a career in fertility?
Interestingly, although I can’t imagine doing anything else, I wasn’t initially drawn to it. I had just graduated with my Women’s Health NP degree, moved to NYC and tried to find a job in an OB/GYN office but couldn’t. I interviewed at Cornell’s infertility center as a nurse. The physicians there didn’t really know what a NP was or could do (this was 20 years ago). We made a deal. I would work “as a nurse” for 6 months and learn reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) and if, after the 6 months, they thought that I could add value to the practice as an NP, then they would segue me into that role, and it worked. I’m forever grateful that they believed in me and gave me a chance.
You started Fertile Health, LLC as a way to teach providers and others how to empower patients. What led you to do so?
I love the comments, texts, holiday cards and other little thank-you’s that I receive from patients. On one occasion, my daughter was in the same class as my patient’s son and she never failed to recognize or thank me at every single school occasion. Made me feel so proud of doing what I do, but I realized that I wanted to make an impact on a greater level, if I could. Read more
Interview: Dr. Gary DeVane
Gary DeVane, M.D. is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as reproductive endocrinology and infertility. The founding partner of the Center for Reproductive Medicine in Orlando, Fl., Dr. DeVane developed the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) program in Central, FL in 1985. Now retired, Dr. DeVane focused on providing high quality in vitro fertilization (IVF) with special emphasis on cost-effective minimal approaches to ensure that all couples have access to this treatment.
Please read more about Dr. DeVane and his work here:
http://www.ivforlando.com/
For further information please visit www.ASRM.org a wonderful multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of the art, science, and practice of reproductive medicine.
A note: This was a very special interview for me to conduct, as Dr. DeVane was my RE when I went through treatments. He was not only incredibly knowledgeable, but so kind, caring and genuinely concerned about each of his patients. Speaking with him years later, he is the exact same individual, someone I am very fortunate to have had as my physician.
What motivated you to focus your career on fertility?
I attended a training center for my internship and residency that was strong in internal medicine. It was a rotating internship and I spent a lot of time in OB/GYN. At the time, they were doing more interesting, cutting edge, endocrine science and I just got caught up in what was happening. I gravitated toward GYN Endocrine and that dovetailed into infertility. Read more
Gary DeVane, M.D. is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as reproductive endocrinology and infertility. The founding partner of the Center for Reproductive Medicine in Orlando, Fl., Dr. DeVane developed the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) program in Central, FL in 1985. Now retired, Dr. DeVane focused on providing high quality in vitro fertilization (IVF) with special emphasis on cost-effective minimal approaches to ensure that all couples have access to this treatment.
Please read more about Dr. DeVane and his work here:
http://www.ivforlando.com/
For further information please visit www.ASRM.org a wonderful multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of the art, science, and practice of reproductive medicine.
A note: This was a very special interview for me to conduct, as Dr. DeVane was my RE when I went through treatments. He was not only incredibly knowledgeable, but so kind, caring and genuinely concerned about each of his patients. Speaking with him years later, he is the exact same individual, someone I am very fortunate to have had as my physician.
What motivated you to focus your career on fertility?
I attended a training center for my internship and residency that was strong in internal medicine. It was a rotating internship and I spent a lot of time in OB/GYN. At the time, they were doing more interesting, cutting edge, endocrine science and I just got caught up in what was happening. I gravitated toward GYN Endocrine and that dovetailed into infertility. Read more
Interview: Dr. Alice Domar
Dr. Alice Domar, Ph.D., is a pioneer in women’s wellness. The founder and Executive Director of the Domar Centers for Mind/Body Health and the Director of Mind/Body Services at Boston IVF, she established the first Mind/Body Program for Fertility. Dr. Domar is also a senior staff psychologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. Her cutting-edge research focuses on the relationship between stress and different women’s health conditions for which she creates innovative programs to help women decrease these physical and psychological symptoms. She has earned an international reputation as one of the country’s top women’s health experts.
Dr. Domar also recently lauched an app called FertiCalm. A Mind/Body relaxation app, FertiCalm gives the user more than 500 custom coping strategies for over 50 specific potentially distressing situations that can arise throughout one’s infertility journey.
Find it here: http://FertiCalmApp.com/
To read more about Dr. Domar, her internationally-recognized work, and to find information about her speaking engagements, please visit:
https://www.domarcenter.com
www.bostonivf.com
http://www.dralicedomar.com/
How did you become interested in fertility counseling?
My parents went through primary and secondary infertility. It took them about seven years to get pregnant with my sister and five years to get pregnant with me. They talked a lot about how hard it was to go through infertility, so I was very aware of it growing up.
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Dr. Alice Domar, Ph.D., is a pioneer in women’s wellness. The founder and Executive Director of the Domar Centers for Mind/Body Health and the Director of Mind/Body Services at Boston IVF, she established the first Mind/Body Program for Fertility. Dr. Domar is also a senior staff psychologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. Her cutting-edge research focuses on the relationship between stress and different women’s health conditions for which she creates innovative programs to help women decrease these physical and psychological symptoms. She has earned an international reputation as one of the country’s top women’s health experts.
Dr. Domar also recently lauched an app called FertiCalm. A Mind/Body relaxation app, FertiCalm gives the user more than 500 custom coping strategies for over 50 specific potentially distressing situations that can arise throughout one’s infertility journey.
Find it here: http://FertiCalmApp.com/
To read more about Dr. Domar, her internationally-recognized work, and to find information about her speaking engagements, please visit:
https://www.domarcenter.com
www.bostonivf.com
http://www.dralicedomar.com/
How did you become interested in fertility counseling?
My parents went through primary and secondary infertility. It took them about seven years to get pregnant with my sister and five years to get pregnant with me. They talked a lot about how hard it was to go through infertility, so I was very aware of it growing up.
Read more
Interview: Dr. Allison Rodgers
Dr. Rodgers is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and has been practicing medicine since 2004. She currently practices at the nationally and internationally-recognized Fertility Centers of Illinois. Dr. Rodgers’ personal experiences with both secondary infertility and pregnancy loss give her unique insight into reproductive medicine, and she is well-known for her compassionate and individualized patient care. Dr. Rodgers’ blog Destination: Parenthood is featured on ChicagoNow.
What motivated you to focus your career on fertility?
I was really drawn to the physiology of pregnancy and conception, so in medical school, I came to the conclusion that this was what I wanted to do. Read more
Dr. Rodgers is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and has been practicing medicine since 2004. She currently practices at the nationally and internationally-recognized Fertility Centers of Illinois. Dr. Rodgers’ personal experiences with both secondary infertility and pregnancy loss give her unique insight into reproductive medicine, and she is well-known for her compassionate and individualized patient care. Dr. Rodgers’ blog Destination: Parenthood is featured on ChicagoNow.
What motivated you to focus your career on fertility?
I was really drawn to the physiology of pregnancy and conception, so in medical school, I came to the conclusion that this was what I wanted to do. Read more