Inside Reproductive Health Podcast Fertility Bridge

What do embryologists do when they own stake in the company?

If you’re Professor Alison Campbell, Chief Scientific Officer and equity owner at Care Fertility, you’d build massive datasets to train a machine learning system to predict live births.

With Alison we dive into:


Their proprietary Caremaps-AI system (Saving 10 weeks of Embryologist time per year)


Why CARE is building a machine learning system rather than using AI software already on the market


How she pitted 10 of her best embryologists against an AI software she was skeptical of (And who won!)
The one AI solution she likes for egg freezing (Why CARE Fertility uses that rather than building their own)

How do you prepare your patients for donor IVF in a way that provides the personalized care they need while setting the right expectations for their future?

Dr. Mark Leondires, REI and co-founder of Illume Fertility,  tackles this question with Lisa Schuman, licensed clinical social worker and co-author of Building Your Family: The Complete Guide to Donor Conception.

Tune in as Dr. Leondires & Ms. Schuman discuss:


The criteria intended parents should focus on more when searching for donors (And focus on less)


What’s reasonable for intended parents to expect from their donors


What’s reasonable for donor-conceived children to expect from their donors


The commodification of donor sperm and donor egg


Speculation on how to solve the issue of 3rd Party IVF demand far outstripping the supply of carriers & donors

How does someone go from CCRM to one of the big fertility networks in Australia?

What can fertility executives in the US and other countries learn from the consolidation that happened earlier in Australia? How does the Australian fertility market compare to the US?

Find out on this week’s podcast as Scott Portnoy, COO of Genea Fertility, gives an in-depth look at the current climate of the Australian fertility space.



Tune in as Scott discusses the Australian perspective about:


Where Australia is ahead of the US with Fertility (And where it’s behind)
Fellowship & training practices (And how it's impacting their doctor shortage)
Donor and surrogacy regulations in the fertility market
Fertility Networks going public (And why that may have happened sooner in Australia)
The private equity backed consolidation in fertility (Foreshadowing what may happen in the States)

What trends are young REI doctors interested in?

What do fertility practices need to consider when recruiting first year Fellows?

Dr. Morgan Wilhoite, a first-year REI Fellow, provides insight into her career focus and how she's shaping her Fellowship experience to align with her goals.

With Dr. Wilhoite we discuss:


Her areas of learning interest during Fellowship (Valuable for clinics to see the trends for young REIs)


The resources that all Fellows should be consuming to prepare for their ideal careers


Why Privademic might become the default model for young REI career preferences
Advice for clinics looking to recruit young fertility doctors (How to be ahead of the hiring curve)

Ever wondered how much your fertility clinic could achieve with just a 5% increase in efficiency?

In this week's episode of Inside Reproductive Health, we explore this question with returning guest Dr. Mark Amols, Medical Director of New Direction Fertility Center, and Elizabeth Lee, VP of Wellnest Fertility.

Join us as we dive into:


The impact of your EMR on your clinic's performance


Where a 5% efficiency boost can generate 25% overall clinical improvements


How enhanced efficiency can unlock patient access to care


A brief demo of Embie, spotlighting its clinic-streamlining features

You have an idea for a start-up that will completely revolutionize the fertility space and need seed money, how do you attract investors to believe in your idea?

Dr. Santiago Munné, Co-Founder of Homu Health Ventures, offers up the investor side of that question as he gives an honest look at the venture capital landscape in the fertility space.


Tune in as Dr. Munné:
Introduces us to a different kind of venture capital in the fertility space

Tells us the start-up must-haves for his company to invest

Discusses AI: Tool or complete business solution?

Reveals Homu Health’s target ROI multiple (And their ROI timeline)
Speaks on the current climate of the VC Market (Hint: Winter is coming)