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Omurtag named Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Kenan Omurtag, M.D. has accepted the role as our Division Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility effective June 1, 2021.
Solutions that Scale for Maternal-Child Health Disparities (Links to an external site)
MDisrupt Presents: Sarah England, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, on Solutions that Scale for Maternal-Child Health Disparities
“Access to Care” Navigating Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: A PECaD Town Hall (Links to an external site)
Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities focuses on Access to Care for Breast and Cervical Cancer screenings
Wash U doctor: Black women are 3 times more likely to die during pregnancy, child birth (Links to an external site)
This week is Black Maternal Health week and new studies show Black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy or child birth than white women.
Doctors urge prospective parents to get COVID-19 vaccine (Links to an external site)
The vaccines do not impact sperm count, fertility treatment, or a woman’s ability to get pregnant, research shows