22nd Annual CRB Symposium

May 17-19, 2018
Rosen Plaza Hotel
Orlando, Florida

Click a program title below to view a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation given during the 22nd Annual CRB Symposium.

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

CRB Workshop: Troubleshooting the IVF Laboratory and Practical Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Laboratory Equipment
Gerard Celia Jr., Ph.D., HCLD/TS(ABB)

Troubleshooting Cryopreservation
Kimball O. Pomeroy, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB)

Quality Control
Kathryn C. Worrilow, Ph.D.

Troubleshooting: Media in the IVF Laboratory
Brett Glazar, M.Sc.

Troubleshooting PGT
Jean Popwell, Ph.D., HCLD/CC(ABB)

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Embryologists: What Were We? What Are We? What Will We Be?
Thomas B. Pool, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Fertility Center of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Future of Genetic Testing in Fertility
Sarthak Sawarkar, CooperGenomics, a CooperSurgical Company, Livingston, New Jersey

Keynote: CRISPR and human fertility
Sarthak Sawarkar, CooperGenomics, a CooperSurgical Company, Livingston, New Jersey

Mitochondrial DNA Analysis in IVF
Cengiz Cinnioglu, Ph.D., Igenomix, Los Angeles, California

Sperm Epigenetics: A Link Between Environment, Fertility, and the Health of Your Progeny
Douglas T. Carrell, Ph.D., HCLD/CC(ABB), University of Utah School of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine

Donor Egg Banking: From The Inside
Kimball O. Pomeroy, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), The World Egg Bank, Phoenix, Arizona

Friday, May 18 2018

Keynote: Debating the Pros and Cons of Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) (Paulson and Simón)
Richard J. Paulson, M.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California/Carlos Simón, M.D., Ph.D., University of Valencia; INCLIVA; Igenomix, Paterna-Valencia, Spain

Extended Embryo Culture: Going Beyond Day 6
T. Arthur Chang, Ph.D., HCLD/ELD/CC(ABB), University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas

Creating the Artificial Womb
Marcus Davey, Ph.D., The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Endometrial Receptivity
Carlos Simón, M.D., Ph.D, University of Valencia/INCLIVA/Igenomix, Paterna-Valencia, Spain

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Franchising IVF and the Changing Business Model for Laboratory Operations
Richard T. Scott Jr., M.D., HCLD/ALD(ABB), IVI RMA Global, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Reproductive Tourism: Reproductive Exile or an Insemination Vacation
Mitchel C. Schiewe, Ph.D., HCLD/ELD(ABB), Ovation Fertility, Newport Beach, California

Cost Reducing Approaches to IVF
Gerard Celia Jr., Ph.D., HCLD/TS(ABB), Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Norfolk, Virginia