Industry Leaders Join OvaTools Andrology & Embryology Training Institute
The Ovatools Andrology & Embryology Training Institute now offers training modules designed to enhance critical laboratory skills in a highly focused and supervised learning environment.
Current trends indicate that many laboratory directors and embryologists are retiring in the next decade, adding to a rising number of U.S. laboratories that are already consistently short-staffed. Additionally, many new U.S. Assisted Reproductive Technology laboratory staff members are college graduates with little to no scientific or clinical medicine experience. This lack of technical experience and skills translates to on-the-job training that is expensive for employers and detracts from overall patient care.
Recognizing this industry concern, they developed the Ovatools Andrology & Embryology Training Institute to meet the growing needs of IVF laboratories nationwide. “Our goal is to provide Andrology and embryology training to existing and aspiring laboratorians, to close the skills gap in a growing area of need for the ART community,” explained Dr. Kathleen A. Miller, D.H.Sc., Vice President of The Ovatools Training Institute. “The Ovatools Andrology & Embryology Training Institute will complement academic and theoretical knowledge with the best technical, hands-on training available today through concise, one-week training modules.”
Meet Our Team
Dr. Kathleen Miller, D.H.Sc
Team leader specializing in assisted reproduction technologies. The author of more than 100 abstracts and papers on fertility and assisted reproduction technologies, Dr. Miller is well known for research advances in the field of blastocyst culture, and pre-implantation genetics as well as a leading expert in laboratory management, quality improvement programs, and single embryo transfer.
Her state-of-the-art designed laboratories at Billings Clinic, University of Alabama, Advanced Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology’s Fertility Institute of Hawaii, Aurora Reproductive Care in Saskatoon, Coastal Fertility Center in Charleston, SC, UNC Fertility Center in Chapel Hill, NC, SpringCreek Fertility in Dayton, Ohio and Family Fertility Center at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston continue to deliver exceptional pregnancy rates and cutting edge technologies.
Dr. Miller is actively involved in research projects relating to many areas of assisted reproduction. As Scientific and research director at IVF Florida, she is actively involved in research projects at the University of Miami, Florida International University and Florida Atlantic University. At IVF Florida, she continues to work on time-lapse technology to select embryos that have the best chance of developing into a successful pregnancy and birth.
