JARG collection on fertility preservation

Fertility Preservation: Altering the Course of Reproductive Medicine

Rooted in fundamental reproductive biology and driven by the need to better manage the reproductive capacity of patients undergoing gonadotoxic therapies, the fields of fertility preservation and oncofertility formally emerged nearly two decades ago. These disciplines were shaped by the foresight and dedication of a small group of biologists and physicians who sought not only to mitigate gonadal damage in patients treated for life-threatening malignancies, but also to expand the frontiers of basic research in human reproduction—initiatives that have since transformed the field in ways few could have predicted. Since 2009, the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics has served as a key platform for the dissemination of research in this area, in close association with the International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP), founded in 2007 by Professors Sam Kim, Pasquale Patrizio, Tommaso Falcone, and Jacques Donnez, and The Oncofertility Consortium led by Professor Teresa Woodruff. We are pleased to present this Fertility Preservation Collection of Articles, which highlights groundbreaking advances in both patient care and foundational research—advances that continue to drive the evolution and promise of this rapidly advancing field within the larger purview of reproductive medicine and genetics.

check the list of 21 articles published 

Guest Editors:

 

Monica Laronda, Ph.D.

Monica M. Laronda is the Director of Research for the Fertility & Hormone Preservation & Restoration Program at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is the Gesualdo Family Research Scholar at the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University. She has been awarded several National Institutes of Health grants to study foundational biology and to engineer regenerative techniques for both ovaries and testes.

 

Pasquale Patrizio, MD, MBE, HCLD, FACOG

Dr. Pasquale Patrizio is a board-certified specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Andrology and has a Master in Bioethics. He is Professor and Chief, Division Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Director of the REI Fellowship at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. He co-founded the International Society Fertility Preservation (ISFP) in 2007 and served as President (2015-2017); in addition, he served as Chair of the ASRM Fertility Preservation Special Interest Group (2019-2020). He was co-author of the first ASCO guidelines for fertility preservation (2006) and the guideline of IFSP (2015). He has authored 9 books and 646 scientific papers (98 book chapters, 246 peer-reviewed publications and 302 published abstracts) and holds 2 issued patents. He has published extensively in the field of fertility preservation.

Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg MD, PhD, Professor

Dr. Rodriguez-Wallberg is a reproductive medicine specialist by training, responsible for the program for fertility preservation at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an active researcher and a regular speaker in the community providing guidance and education to reproductive medicine specialists, oncologists, pediatricians, primary care providers, nurses, and patients about fertility preservation options.