Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 580-582, September 2005

Assisted reproductive technology has been detrimental to academic reproductive endocrinology and infertility: depth of the problem and possible solutions

  • Richard H. Reindollar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Richard H. Reindollar, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, KS-322, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 (FAX: 617-975-5575)

Received 31 March 2005; received in revised form 31 March 2005; accepted 31 March 2005.

Dr. Soules’ editorial (1) points out some, but not all, of the detrimental effects of assisted reproductive technology on the subspecialty of academic reproductive endocrinology and infertility. This response adds to the list of problems (i.e., discussing the loss of pure endocrinology) but points out an example of a creative solution (i.e., merging academic units with private practices).

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PII: S0015-0282(05)01091-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.057

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 580-582, September 2005

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