Panel: How to develop a working relationship with IVF clinics and reproductive urologists

Speaker: 
Gary Nakhuda, MD, Lorne Brown B.Sc., CPA, Dr.TCM, FABORM, CHt, Paul Magarelli, MD, PhD, F.A.C.O.G., Paul Turek, MD, FACS, FRSM, Timea Belej-Rak MD, FRCSC
Lecture Type: 
Panel Discussion
Lecture Day: 
Day 3
Room: 
Segal Conference Room
Credits: 
1.00

The reproductive encocrinologists and urologist have been invited to particpate in a panel to dicuss some of the  best approaches to developing a postive integrative relationship with your local infertility specialist.  The panel is designed to provide the participants with the tools necessary to create and maintain a working relationship with a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Reproductive Urologist. 

Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to create a unique message that can be used to contact and get through to an RE&I in their area
  • A working dialogue will be presented and is easily modified for the TCM practitioner to use as talking points with an RE&I
  • To bring awareness about data, research, publications and other resources available to  participants to create their own resources for productive interactions with Reproductive Endocrinologist and Reproductive Urologist

 

 

Paul Magarelli, MD, PhD, F.A.C.O.G.
Location: 
Colorado Springs, Colorado

If you ask anyone in Colorado about Dr Paul Magarelli they will tell you that he makes babies for a living. Dr Magarelli and his Magarelli Fertility Center (MFC) Team have served Colorado and the Western Region as a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist since 1998. Over 1,000 babies are part of his legacy, and he has only just begun. His motto of practice began as “High Tech with a Personal Touch” then evolved to “We Heal by Creating Families in an Affordable way”. Recently Dr Magarelli decided to spearhead a change in how Reproductive Medicine is practised in the United States. He did this by creating HQA-Fertility Care (said HiKu). High Quality Affordable Fertility Care is a revolutionary approach to helping infertility patients get access to all types of fertility care, including High Tech in the forms of IVF/ICSI and Comprehensive Chromosomal Screening (CCS/PGD), at incredibly affordable prices. He changed the average fee for IVF from $18,000 to $9,000 and the typical fees for CCS/PGD from over $36,000 to $13,000. This is a major shift in the accessibility and affordability of infertility care. He did this while preserving his signature 5 Star service guarantee: he and his staff will provide care in a pleasant, compassionate, competent and respectful fashion. He also created a program in which patients with cancers that may make them permanently infertile, can have an IVF cycle at no fee and this includes medications. He is now advancing care for our military with his US Military Family Fertility Services™ non-profit program in which active-duty soldiers can apply for grants for money and/or services.

Dr Magarelli and his wife, Diane K Cridennda, L.Ac., Doctor of Oriental Medicine (NMex), of East Winds Acupuncture in Colorado Springs originated the research to incorporate Acupuncture into IVF treatment cycles. Their C-MAP protocol (Cridennda Magarelli Acupuncture Protocol) is used worldwide to help infertility patients create “One Healthy Baby™”. Both Dr Magarelli and Dr Diane founded and serve on the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine and both are invited lecturers worldwide on topics that range from infertility to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Menopause, Andropause and the treatment of Insulin Resistance.

Dr Magarelli designed the nation’s first comprehensive clinic to treat Insulin Resistance and its sequelae of diabetes, hypertension, low testosterone, depression, andropause, fatigue and more in his clinic called the Institute for Sustained Health™.

Dr Magarelli remains the only RE in the city with the ability to diagnose and treat folks both locally, nationally and internationally. He is a graduate of Duke University Health Sciences Residency and UCLA RE Fellowship program. He earned his PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology at the University of Arizona. Recently he was elected President of the nations’ oldest regional fertility organization, the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society.

Dr Magarelli presented the Key Note talk at the 2015 Integrative Fertility Symposium and has been a regular attendee and presenter since.


Paul Turek, MD, FACS, FRSM

Paul J. Turek MD, FACS, FRSM is Director of The Turek Clinics (www.TheTurekClinic.com) men’s health clinics in Beverly Hills and San Francisco. As a former Endowed Chair Professor at UCSF, he is a highly decorated teacher, mentor and internationally recognized authority on issues of men’s sexual and reproductive health.

Dr. Turek attended Yale College, followed by Stanford Medical School. After a urology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Turek was fellowship trained at Baylor College of Medicine. His over 200 publications have advanced our knowledge of stem cells, fertility genetics, Sperm Mapping and the epidemiology of men’s reproductive health. He is Past-President of the American Society of Andrology and the Society of Male Reproduction and Urology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Société Internationale d'Urologie and the Royal Society of Medicine (U.K). He has consistently been voted a “Top Doctor” by seven national accrediting agencies.

Dr. Turek has received an NIH grant to develop an artificial testicle. He is a consultant to Healthcare 2.0 organizations, is a board member of several non-profits, and regularly advises the NIH, the CDC and The White House. Dr Turek maintains an award-winning blog on men’s health issues (www.TurekonMensHealth.com) and is syndicated contributor to WedMD.

Timea Belej-Rak MD, FRCSC

Timea Belej-Rak, MD, will help you embrace Your Fertility and empower you with tools to help you succeed.  She is a practicing fertility specialist who has learned from her patients that they hold the key to their success.  In her practice, she has incorporated holistic techniques such as acupuncture, naturopathy, TCM, health coaching, hypnosis and Western modalities, to maximize your success. She is also a trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming, a master coach and a master Time Line Therapy practitioner, as well as a board certified School of Hypnosis.  After working through her own journey of fertility challenges, SARS and cancer, she has pursued her Whole Health Medicine certification to bring peace and healing to those who come to see her.  She can also be found on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/timea.belejrak) and Twitter (@tbelejrak).  She recently completed a chapter for the book, Empowering Women to Succeed.  And in a continuing effort to improve her patient outcomes and with a yearning for ongoing learning, she is now pursuing her certification through the Institute of Functional Medicine.  

Gary Nakhuda, MD
Location: 
Vancouver British Columbia

Dr Nakhuda is co-director of Olive Fertility Centre.

Dr Nakhuda graduated from New York Medical College and spent the next 12 years at New York's Columbia University Medical Center. There he completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, which he followed up with a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Dr Nakhuda also served on faculty at the Center for Women's Reproductive Care. During his time at Columbia University, he was active in both basic science and clinical research, publishing over 20 research articles and text book chapters. He repeatedly received the “Patients Choice Award” for outstanding clinical care. Married to a BC native, he moved to Vancouver in 2011, delighted to work with Drs. Yuzpe, Taylor, Hitkari, & Fluker at the Olive Fertilty Centre. 

Dr Nakhuda's special interests include polycystic ovarian syndrome, fertility preservation, recurrent pregnancy loss, and embryology laboratory technology. He is board-certified in both ob-gyn and reproductive endocrinolgy and infertility by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

 

DR GARY NAKHUDA - PUBLICATIONS

Nakhuda GS, Douglas NC, Thornton MH, Guarnaccia MM, Lobo R, Sauer MV, Anti-Müllerian hormone testing is useful for individualization of stimulation protocols in oocyte donors. Reprod Biomed Online, February 2011  22 Suppl 1:S88-93. doi: 10.1016/S1472-6483(11)60014-X

read more:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21575855

Yu B, Douglas N, Ferin MJ, Nakhuda GS, Crew K, Lobo RA, Hershman DL, Changes in markers of ovarian reserve and endocrine function in young women with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer, May 2010116(9):2099-105. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25037

read more:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20187091

Nakhuda GS, The role of mullerian inhibiting substance in female reproduction. Curr Opin Obstet Gyneco, June 2008  257-64. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3282fe99f2. Review

read more:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18460940

Nakhuda GS, Sauer MV, Wang JG, Ferin M, Lobo RA, Müllerian inhibiting substance is an accurate marker of ovarian response in women of advanced reproductive age undergoing IVF. Reprod Biomed Online, April 2007  14(4):450-4

read more:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17425826

Nakhuda GS, Chu MC, Wang JG, Sauer MV, Lobo RA, Elevated serum müllerian-inhibiting substance may be a marker for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in normal women undergoing in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril, May 200685(5):1541-3. Epub 2006 Mar 29

read more:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16566934

Integrative Fertility Symposium

Healthy Seminars 6th Integrative Fertility Symposium will be held exclusively online. The IFSymposium is geared towards Chinese medicine and naturopathic physicians who have an interest in treating reproductive health issues using an integrative approach. IFS 2021 date TBA

Symposium Location

Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada

778-861-3826