Egg and embryo freezing: What a physician should know
Caitlin Martin, MD, MS
Clinical Fellow, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Washington University School of Medicine
Educational Objectives:
- Demonstrate understanding of an egg/embryo freezing cycle
- Describe candidates for medically indicated egg/embryo freezing
- Describe candidates for “social” or “elective” egg/embryo freezing
- Explain that physicians are disproportionately affected by infertility, especially age-related, and may benefit in particular from egg or embryo freezing.