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Publisher Jack Iannaccone jack@infertilitynurse.org 732-992-1537 Editorial Director Dalia Buffery dalia@novellushc.com 732-992-1889 Associate Editor Lara J. Reiman lara@novellushc.com 732-992-1892
CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Sue Jasulaitis, RN, MS Clinical Research Manager Fertility Centers of Illinois, Chicago
Debra Moynihan, WHNP-BC, MSN Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Carolina OB/GYN, Myrtle Beach, SC
Margaret-Rose Agostino, DNP, MSW, RN-BC, IBCLC Assistant Professor Department of Nursing Delaware State University
Jennifer Iannaccone, RNC Nursing Manager, IVF Coordinator IVF New Jersey
Cyndi Gale Roller, PhD, RN, CNP, CNM Program Director, Women’s Health College of Nursing Kent State University, OH
Barbara Alice, RN, APN-C, MSN Nursing Manager, IVF Coordinator South Jersey Fertility Center
Carolyn E. Keating, BSN, RNC, NP Piedmont Reproductive and Endocrinology Group Greenville, SC
Patricia Rucinsky, RN, BSN Clinical Nurse Manager IRMS at Saint Barnabas, NJ
Monica R. Benson, BSN, RNC Nurse Manager Third Party Reproduction, RMA New Jersey
Cheryl Kilbourne, RN Clinical Director Women and Children Services Waccmaw Hospital, SC
Elizabeth A. Shrader, MSN, APN-C IVF Nurse Coordinator DVIF&G Marlton, NJ
Melissa B. Brisman, Esq Owner Reproductive Possibilities, LLC Surrogate Fund Management, LLC Montvale, NJ
Juergen Liebermann, PhD, HCLD IVF Laboratory Director River North Fertility Centers of Illinois, Chicago
Christopher S. Sipe, MD OB/GYN & Reproductive Endocrinology Fertility Centers of Illinois, Chicago
Kit Devine, MSN, ARNP Advanced Nurse Practitioner Fertility & Endocrine Associates, Kentucky
Mary M. Macgregor, RNC IVF Nurse Coordinator Fertility Institute of New Orleans, LA
Dale C. Smith, RN, MPH, MSN NFP Nursing Supervisor DHEC Region 6 Conway, SC
Richard P. Dickey, MD, PhD Director, Reproductive Medicine Fertility Institute of New Orleans, LA
Jill Marchetti, RN Director, Egg Donor Program IVF New Jersey
Harvey J. Stern, MD, PhD Director, Reproductive Genetics Genetics & IVF Institute Fairfax, VA
Gina Paoletti-Falcone, RN, BSN Clinical Services Manager Freedom Fertility Pharmacy Byfield, MA
Donna Makris, RN, BSN, IBCLC Parent Education Coordinator OB/GYN, St. Peter’s Medical Center, NJ
Kriston Ward, RN, MS, NP-C Strong Fertility Center University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Donielle Farrington, RNC Clinical Nursing Manager Brunswick Hills OB/GYN, NJ
Norah S. Nutter, MSN, WHNP-BC, IBCLC Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Magnolia OB/GYN Myrtle Beach, SC
Joan Zaccardi, MS, DrNP Administrative Practice Manager Urogynecology Arts of New Jersey
Sandra Fernandez, RPh, PharmD Pharmacist Mandell’s Clinical Pharmacy, NJ
Kutluk Oktay, MD, FACOG Director, Division of Reproductive Medicine & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Director, Institute for Fertility Preservation, NY
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