“The purpose of the egg freezing conference, and all of our educational events, is two-fold—First, for women to gain knowledge about their fertility and to learn about the option to freeze their eggs; secondly, to decide if egg freezing is the right choice for them. By educating women with the facts and science behind egg freezing, they have the opportunity to make a decision that could change their life.” – Joseph Doyle, M.D.
On Sunday, November 8, 2015, Shady Grove Fertility’s Joseph Doyle, M.D. (Rockville, MD), was joined by four other presenters—Sarah Elizabeth Richards, author of Motherhood, Rescheduled and contributor to national media outlets such as Today.com, and publications such as Time, Marie Claire, and Elle; Eric A. Widra, M.D., Medical Director of Shady Grove Fertility; Shruti Malik, M.D. (Fair Oaks, VA); and Radell Peischler, former SGF egg freezing patient—to discuss egg freezing from many different perspectives. The goal of the Egg Freezing Conference hosted by Shady Grove Fertility was to address the growing need in the Washington, D.C. area for education on this increasingly popular option for women. Attendees of the conference gained an inside look at all aspects of egg freezing.
Sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Freedom Fertility Pharmacy, and EMD Serono, and hosted at the modern, yet comfortable and intimate District Architecture Center in Washington D.C., conference guests had the opportunity to hear from keynote speaker Sarah Elizabeth Richards, who provided a first-hand perspective of egg freezing, described what she has learned from the dozens of women she has interviewed about egg freezing, and explained how this growing movement has been shaped from a cultural and societal standpoint. Following Richards, Dr. Widra explained female reproductive physiology and how egg freezing can help to preserve a woman’s fertility.
“Ten years ago I wouldn’t have believed that I would be presenting to the community about egg freezing, but the technology has advanced in such a significant way that we can now provide verifiable cycle data and success rates.” – Eric A. Widra, M.D.
The biggest takeaway from the Egg Freezing Conference
Dr. Joseph Doyle described the science of vitrification technology and detailed how and why the program has seen such growth in the past few years. He elaborated how this technology has led to remarkable success rates, with over 60 babies born from autologous frozen eggs at the practice and over 1,000 egg freezing cycles. In addition, Dr. Doyle shared very exciting data that will soon be published in the esteemed medical journal Fertility & Sterility, including how many frozen eggs a woman needs to reach a pregnancy, based on her age and number of eggs frozen. This data is from the largest study published in the United States regarding pregnancy rates from autologous frozen eggs. Once the study is published, we will share information with everyone on the Shady Grove Fertility egg freezing email list.
Dr. Shruti Malik, a former egg freezer herself, went on to provide egg freezing conference attendees with a comprehensive look at the clinical process from a patient’s perspective, covering the medications a patient would take, details about the egg retrieval, and what to expect during an egg transfer procedure.
The conference included a presentation about exclusive financial programs available to Shady Grove Fertility egg freezing patients and a personal testimonial from former Shady Grove Fertility patient, Radell Peischler, who, since being a patient, has become an egg freezing advocate and well-known blogger.
The egg freezing conference concluded with an in-depth question and answer session in which attendees could submit anonymous questions of our expert panel.
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