On March 10th, Time Magazine published an article that mentioned both Dr. Silber, a member of the Oncofertility Consortium, and a journal article published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A Hope to Prolong Fertility: Ovarian Transplants describes the choices faced by Stephanie Yarber, one of Dr. Silber’s patients. Yarber was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure at 14 and opted to try an ovarian transplant.

The article also mentions “Preservation of Fertility in Patients with Cancer” by Dr. Jeruss and Teresa Woodruff.

Hi, my name is Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld and I am an ob/gyne currently undergoing subspeciality training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.  As part of this program, I have had the opportunity to work in Dr. Woodruff’s lab and learn about the emerging scientific discoveries regarding ovarian biology.  Oncofertility focuses on fertility preservation for cancer patients as treatments as well as the disease can affect one’s future fertility.  Yet, cancer is not unique in this way; other disease processes have treatments that also effect one’s future fertility.  I plan to focus this blog on coverage of some of those diseases with suggested articles and websites to learn more about this important topic.  It is very exciting to be apart of the oncofertility focused “blog-society”!  I look forward to your comments and suggestions.