Overcoming Infertility: The Next Step to Parenthood
Pacific Fertility Center®, offers complimentary monthly educational seminars hosted by our infertility specialists. These seminars will provide you with an opportunity to:

• Meet our physicians
• Learn about infertility
• Learn about options available through ART or Advanced Reproductive Technology
• Ask your specific infertility questions
• Tour our facility

Our seminars are always free and are led by our Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologists and Infertility Specialists.

San Francisco Seminar Location (All Seminars will be at the PFC Education Center unless otherwise noted):

   Pacific Fertility Center's New Education Center
   55 Francisco Street, Suite 550
   San Francisco, CA 94133
   Complimentary Parking is available in 55 Francisco St. Garage (around the corner from front entrance)
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Every third Wednesday (except as noted)
Registration begins at 6:00 PM
Tours of the clinic begin at 6:00 PM and we will stop new tours at 6:15 PM
The seminar begins promptly at 6:30 PM and runs until 8:30 PM

2009 Seminar Dates (All Seminars will be at the PFC Education Center unless othewise noted):

January 21
February 18
March 18
April 15
May 2^**
May 20
June 17
July 15
August 19
Semptember 16
October 21
November 11^*
December 2<sup>*

*</sup>  Not a third Wednesday.
^**Saturday Seminar, begins at 11 AM. Validated parking is not available.

Please phone 888-834-3095 and make a reservation or
Click here to make a Reservation on line.

Seminar Speakers:

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Philip E. Chenette, MD

Infertility specialist, Dr. Chenette has spent over a decade specializing in the treatment of patients with complex infertility diagnoses, especially those over the age of 40. Previously, he performed clinical care and infertility research at Northwestern University Medical School, founding their successful IVF program. Board Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Indiana University Medical School, 1983; residency, Magee Women's Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh; fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Southern California; faculty, Northwestern University Medical School, 1989–91; Pacific Fertility Center 1991–92, San Francisco Center for Reproductive Medicine, 1992–99, Pacific Fertility Center, 1999-present.

Carolyn R. Givens, MD

Infertility specialist, Dr. Givens is a skilled practitioner in physician-assisted ovulation induction, laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. During her years at the University of California, San Francisco, she developed particular expertise in severe male factor infertility and genetic problems associated with infertility. She is an accomplished clinical researcher and author of numerous published professional articles . Board Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1986; residency, Parkland Memorial Hospital; fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UCSF; faculty, UCSF 1992–99, Pacific Fertility Center, 1999-present.

Carl M. Herbert, MD

Dr. Herbert has been performing IVF longer than any other infertility specialist in San Francisco, and was instrumental in the development of one of the first assisted reproductive technology programs in the country, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Under his direction over the last ten years, SFCRM has become a leading center for infertility care and assisted reproductive technology services . Board Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; University of Florida Medical School, 1978; residency, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology, Vanderbilt; faculty and Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology Division, Vanderbilt 1989–90; Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at California Pacific Medical Center, 1996–present, President of ISFAHSIM, The International Society for Advancement of Humanistic Studies in Medicine 2002-2003, Pacific Fertility Center, 1999-present.

Isabelle P. Ryan, MD

Dr. Ryan is an experienced Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialist who joined PFC in December 1999. Her pioneering research at UCSF has led to new insights into the important clinical problem of endometriosis-related infertility. She has published extensively on this subject in major journals. Board Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; University of California, Davis Medical School, 1989; combined residency/fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology, UCSF; faculty, UCSF, 1996–99, Pacific Fertility Center, 1999-present.

Eldon D. Schriock, MD

Dr. Schriock is an internationally recognized expert in infertility and was a member of the medical team of infertility specialists that performed the first IVF treatment in Northern California. He has expertise with couples whose IVF treatment has been unsuccessful at other clinics. During his years as a faculty member and later Director of the UCSF IVF Program, he concentrated on infertility patient care and physician education. Board Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Northwestern University Medical School 1977; residency, Northwestern; fellowship in Endocrinology, UCSF; faculty, University of Tennessee; faculty and Director of IVF Program, UCSF, 1990–99, Pacific Fertility Center, 1999-present.