- Graduate Study -
Reproductive Laboratory Science Faculty

Core faculty

Doris J. Baker, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), MT(ASCP) Professor & Director, Reproductive Laboratory Science Programs, University of Kentucky.

CheMyong (Jay) Ko, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Reproductive Laboratory Science Programs, University of Kentucky.

Julie A. Ribes, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pathology & laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Associate Director of Hospital Laboratories, Director of Clinical Microbiology, Assistant Director of Special Chemistry, Infectious Disease Serology. Joint appointment in Division of Clinical and Reproductive Sciences.

Linda S. Gorman, Ph.D., MT (ASCP), CLS(NCA) Director of Graduate Studies - Clinical Science Graduate Program

Phillip J. Bridges, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Reproductive Laboratory Science Programs, University of Kentucky.

Oliver R. Oakley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Reproductive Laboratory Science Programs, University of Kentucky.

Chendil Damodaran, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Reproductive Laboratory Science Programs, University of Kentucky.

Jeannine Witmyer, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Adjunct Faculty, Reproductive Laboratory Sciences Graduate Programs, University of Kentucky; Supervisor of Andrology and Cryobiology, Boston IVF, Waltham, MA.

Kim Campbell, M.S., MT(ASCP), Instructional Specialist; Adjunct Faculty; Education Coordinator.

Karen McDowell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department Of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kentucky.

Ronald Whitley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pathology & laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.  Joint appointment in Division of Clinical and Reproductive Sciences.

Thomas E. Curry, Jr, Ph.D., Professor, Department Of Ob/GynVeterinary Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.  Joint appointment in Division of Clinical and Reproductive Sciences.

Lecturers

Paul Bachner, M.D. Chairman and Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY; Past-President, College of American Pathologists.

Erica Behnke, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Erica J. Behnke, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB)
Laboratory Director,  Kettering Reproductive Medicine, Kettering, OH   and Regional Commissioner, Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program, College of American Pathologists, Chicago, Illinois.

Maria Bertero, M.D., HCLD (ABB), Laboratory Director, Fertility Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

Eric Dorman, President, Embryo Tech, Wilmington, MA

Philip Campbell, M.S., MT (ASCP), Associate Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Nanette Elster, J.D., M.P.H., Vice-President, Spence & Elster, P.C., Lincolnshire, IL; Adjunct Faculty, School for New Learning and College of Law; Adjunct Faculty, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Melanie Freeman, Ph.D., CLDir (NCA), Director, Embryology Laboratory, Nashville Fertility Center, Nashville, TN

Deborah French, BHS, PA-C, MT (ASCP), Andrology Supervisor, Kentucky Fertility and Gynecology, Lexington, KY

Dayong Gao, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Robert Homm, M.D., FACOG, Fertility & Endocrine Associates, Louisville, KY

Lothar Jennes, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurology, University of Kentucky

Sue Overman, M.S., MT (ASCP), Supervisor, Clinical Microbiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center

Ok-Kyong Park-Sarge, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky

Patricia Payne, Ph.D., MT (ASCP), CLS (NCA), Research Participation Program, Training & Curriculum Services Division, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Douglas Powers, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Scientific Director, Boston IVF, Brookline, MA, Professor, Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA & Adjunct faculty, Harvard Medical School.

George Veloudis, D.O., Reproductive Endocrinologist; Kentucky Fertility and Gynecology, Paris & Lexington, KY; Voluntary faculty for Physician Assistant Program, University of Kentucky

Clinical Faculty

Marlane Angle, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR Assistant Professor & Director, Arkansas Reproductive Technology Laboratory Department of Ob-Gyn, University of Arkansas for Medical Studies, Little Rock, Arkansas

Bill Baird, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Reproductive Diagnostics, Inc. & Cryobiology, Inc., Columbus, OH; In Vitro Fertilization Lab, Akron, OH, Pittsburgh Cryobank of Reproductive Diagnostics, Pittsburgh, PA and In Vitro Fertilization Lab, Kettering, OH

Pedro Beauchamp, M.D., Medical Director, Pedro Beauchamp Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Puerto Rico

Erica Behnke, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Erica J. Behnke, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB)
Laboratory Director,  Kettering Reproductive Medicine, Kettering, OH   and Regional Commissioner, Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program, College of American Pathologists, Chicago, Illinois.

Barry Behr, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Associate Director, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

Maria Bertero, M.D., HCLD (ABB), Director, Fertility Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Catherine Cowart, M.D., Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Clearwater, FL

Nina Desai, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Laboratory Director, Cleveland Clinic Fertility Center, Beachwood, OH

Barbara Estes, B.S., MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), Supervisor, In Vitro Fertilization/Andrology Laboratory, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio

Deborah French, BHS, PA-C, MT (ASCP), Kentucky Fertility and Gynecology, Paris & Lexington, KY;

Marina Gavakharia, M.D., Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Laboratory Director, Fertility Physicians of Northern California, San Jose, CA

Dolores Lamb, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Associate Professor or Urology & Cell Biology and Director, Laboratory for Male Research & Testing, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Department of Ob-Gyn, University of Arkansas for Medical Studies, Little Rock, Arkansas

Karen McDowell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kentucky

Terry Olar, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Director, Center for Reproductive Studies, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Margaret Papadakis, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Director, Reproductive Biology Laboratories, Department of Ob-Gyn, Carolina Medial Center, Charlotte NC

Charles Sims, M.D., Medical Director, Fertility Center of California, Los Angeles, CA

Timothy Smith, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Laboratory Director, North Hudson IVF, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Samer Soubra, B.S., CLS, Embryologist & Laboratory Supervisor, Reproductive Partners Medical Group, Inc. Long Beach, CA

Andras Szell, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Laboratory Director, Alta Bates, IVF, Berkeley, CA

Carolyn Walters, ARNP, Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner, (Ob-Gyn), Utica Park Clinic, Tulsa, OK

Jeannine Witmyer, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), Adjunct Faculty, Reproductive Laboratory Sciences Graduate Programs, University of Kentucky; Supervsior of Andrology and Cryobiology, Boston IVF, Waltham, MA.

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