Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility complexity laboratory director (HCLD), will now be overseeing the laboratory. Dr. Ruben Alvero, formerly the division director and vice chair at the University of Colorado, was named the division and fellowship director, bringing additional experience in assisted reproduction, robotic surgery, and ovulatory disorders. Anchored by seasoned veterans and with the addition of new practitioners, the division is poised to take REI to the next level for families in Rhode Island and its surrounding communities.
ACHIEVEMENTS • Gary Frishman, MD, was elected secretary of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, the first step in the presidential chain for the organization.
EXPERTISE • Achieving pregnancies in patients who otherwise would have great difficulty in conceiving. • Eliminating the passing on of heritable genetic diseases by testing embryos created by couples who are carriers of the gene for the disorder. • Normalizing the uterine cavity in women with recurrent miscarriages so that they can carry a pregnancy to term. • Preserving fertility in young women who are about to undergo potentially gonadotoxic chemotherapy. The Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility provides these and many other services to women from adolescence to menopause. Success in this fast-paced subspecialty requires human, technical and basic science resources, a team approach, and seamless integration of many moving parts. Drs. Gary Frishman, John Buster and Carol Wheeler have been at Women & Infants Hospital for many years and have been recognized by the medical and patient community for their expertise and dedication. Dr. Victoria Snegovskikh joined the group this year after graduating from her fellowship at Women & Infants. Dr. Shunping Wang, a long-time high 18
• Carol Wheeler, MD, served as co-chair of the Residency Education Committee for the National Association for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG). Dr. Wheeler was also elected chairman of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Special Interest Group for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. • Ruben Alvero, MD, was elected to the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Board of Directors. Dr. Alvero was also co-author on two New England Journal of Medicine publications as part of the Reproductive Medicine Network. • Victoria Snegovskikh, MD, is currently completing a PhD program and was named chair of the Committee on Perinatal Research at the Siberian Perinatal Center. • John Buster, MD, was honored with a named lectureship by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. He also gave the Dr. Sterling Williams lecture at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual Meeting and was named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. • Lynae Brayboy, MD is a Reproductive Scientist Development Program (RSDP) Scholar of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She developed Girl Talk, a smart phone app offering sexual education for adolescent girls, evaluated its impact and presented her findings at NASPAG.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology | Women & Infants Hospital | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University