Reproductive Endocrinologist: Understanding Infertility Treatment & Disorders

Reproductive endocrinologists specialize in treating reproductive disorders that cause infertility. Infertility is the inability to get pregnant or impregnate someone due to a medical disorder that might or might not be known. A reproductive endocrinologist helps patients discover the causes of infertility and offers treatment options.

Types

• Reproductive endocrinologists treat patients of all ages for several disorders, including hormonal imbalance, recurrent miscarriage and menopause.

Education

• Reproductive endocrinologists are obstetrician-gynecologists with additional education, research and training that prepares them to treat reproductive disorders.

Duties

• Reproductive endocrinologists recommend various treatments, such as intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilization and coordinate the process.

Famous Ties

• In 2009, actress Courtney Cox Arquette and her husband, David Arquette, used in vitro fertilization under the care of a reproductive endocrinologist to conceive their daughter.

Fun Fact

• Reproductive endocrinologists engage in continuing education even after becoming a licensed physician in order to know the latest advances in their field.