Nina Desai, PhD, HCLD

Appointed
2000

Additional Training

• Board-certified as High Complexity Laboratory Director (HCLD)

Professional Highlights

• Dr. Desai has authored numerous research articles as well as book chapters including
  "Laser Pulse Application in IVF."

Specialty Interests

blastocyst culture, in vitro fertilization, embryo cryopreservation, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, follicle culture/oocyte maturation, reproductive endocrinology and infertility

Awards & Honors

Innovations & Patents

• Pioneered the use of a novel endometrial cell line to promote human embryo development during in vitro fertilization. This technique benefits patients who have repeated implantation failures or poor embryo quality, allowing them to successfully achieve a pregnancy.  
• Established a preimplantation genetic diagnosis program for screening of IVF embryos for genetic diseases or chromosomal abnormalities. First clinic to offer such testing in northern Ohio. 
• Introduced an innovative embryo freezing methodology that has resulted in a significant increase in clinical pregnancy outcomes with frozen embryos. 
• Invented a novel methodology for single sperm cryopreservation in cases of severe male infertility. Small numbers of sperm can be surgically retrieved from the testis and stored for a future treatment cycle.

Memberships

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• European Society for Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
• American Board of Bioanalysis
• Reproductive Technologists Professional Group
• Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART)

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