RightHealth Daily Dose » embryo http://dailydose.righthealth.com We feature the one health item you simply cannot afford to miss. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “Octomom” Doctor Expelled From Fertility Organization http://dailydose.righthealth.com/medical-ethics/octomom-doctor-expelled-from-fertility-organization/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/medical-ethics/octomom-doctor-expelled-from-fertility-organization/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:29:16 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.righthealth.com/?p=2233 The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has expelled Dr. Michael Kamrava, the physician famous for transferring numerous embryos via in vitro fertilization to Nadya Suleman, who later went on to give birth to octuplets. Dr. Kamrava of the West Coast IVF Clinic in Beverly Hills, California transferred six embryos into Ms. Suleman’s uterus – it’s believed that two of those embryos split into twins, leading to the birth of eight infants. In patient younger than 35 years of age, ASRM guidelines say that only one or two embryos can be transferred to reduce the risk of multiple births. Provider tracking data apparently shows that Dr. Kamrava transferred, on average, 4.1 embryos to patients under 35. [via Medical News Today]

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