Patient's guide to Infertility Research. Dr. Laura Londra IVF and Fertility Specialist at Ohio Reproductive Medicine in Columbus Ohio, explains how to look up and interpret a Reproductive Endocrinologists published research.

1. Patient’s guide to Infertility Research Laura Londra, MD, FACOG
Patients can go to www.fertstert.org and
enter your Reproductive Endocrinologist’s
name. Alternatively www.PubMed.org to
find all publications from the author
Fertility and Sterility is one of the most respected journals in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Subspecialty. * Other important journals, include Human Reproduction and Contraception. Click here for listing
In general, the order of the authors
indicates their contribution to the
research. First Author, in this case Dr.
Londra, typically is the person who had the
idea, does most of the work and is the
leader of the project. The 2nd, 3rd , 4th , 5th
authors contribute is decreasing degrees.
The last author is considered to be the
mentor of the project
Why is Research important?
Research helps to advance
the IVF and fertility treatment and ultimately
guides, improves and leads to breakthroughs in
patient care. Peer reviewed research can also
indicate that your physician is engaged in the
subspecialty and is keeping current with changes
and new ideas.
Research, like the example here, is subject to a
peer review process, where experts in the field
review and critique a paper before publication.
On average, a paper takes almost a year from
start to finish to complete a project.
Once completed Reproductive Endocrinologist
often present their research to their peers at
annual conferences. For Infertility, that the best
known conferences is ASRM which is held each
year in October.
Date published the article was published.
Google Scholar can also be used to view
research publications by topic or author
(physician)
Laura Londra, MD, FACOG
ASRM’s website www. Reproductivefacts.org has a great information
for patient’s struggling with infertility.
Authors can be from the same institution, in this case Johns Hopkins, or
from different universities or private practices.
Researchgate.net also lists publications by author