21st Annual CRB Symposium
May 18-20, 2017
Westin Galleria Hotel
Houston, Texas
Click a program title below to view a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation given during the 21st Annual CRB Symposium.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
CRB Workshop: Regulatory Preparedness and CAP Inspector Training
Regulatory Preparedness and CAP Inspector Training: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Erica J. Behnke, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB)
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Overall Direction of Reproductive Technology in the Near and Not So Near Future
Barry Behr, Ph.D., HCLD/ELD/CC(ABB), Stanford University Medical Center, Sunnyvale, California
Can the Standard Semen Analysis be used to Decide Between Insemination Methods for IVF?
David H. McCulloh, Ph.D., HCLD/CC(ABB), NYU Fertility Center, New York, New York
Current and New Approaches for Fertility Preservation in Challenging Patients
Kyle Orwig, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Extended Culture of Blastocysts: Advantages and Disadvantages and In Which Patients?
Catherine Racowsky, Ph.D., HCLD/ELD(ABB), Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Origin, Mechanisms, and Clinical Consequences of Embryo Mosicism in Humans
David Albertini, Ph.D., Center for Human Reproducition, New York, New York
Accuracy of Assessing Embryo Ploidy of Human Embryos with PGS in Association with IVF
Norbert Gleicher, M.D., FACOG, FACS, Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York
Friday, May 19 2017
Are we there yet? Ultimate culture conditions in 2017
Barry Behr, Ph.D., HCLD/ELD/CC(ABB), Stanford University Medical Center, Sunnyvale, California
Fertility Challenges on Spaceflight Missions
Virginia Wotring, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Dissecting the New SART Reporting System
Amy Sparks, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Strategies for Maximizing FET Outcomes
James Stachecki, Ph.D., Innovative Cryo Enterprises LLC, Linden, New Jersey
Are Human Embryos the Next Great GMO?
Janet Malek, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Extended embryo culture in the era of Time-Lapse, PGS and Vitrification
Joseph Conaghan, Ph.D., HCLD/ELD/CC(ABB), Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco, California
Advanced Current & Future Cryogenic Technologies for ART
James Stachecki, Ph.D., Innovative Cryo Enterprises LLC, Linden, New Jersey
Does Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy Provide a Benefit to Patient Success During Assisted Reproductive Technologies?
David H. McCulloh, Ph.D., HCLD/CC(ABB), NYU Fertility Center, New York, New York
Impact of Zika on the ART World
Peter Jay Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas
