Learn what your options are once you are finished growing your family. For many the decision about what to do with leftover embryos is a tough one. Hear from experts about your options to donate the embryos for reproductive use, for scientific research, and storing them long-term.
The online event brought to you by Men Having Babies will include several guests experts, including Founder and CEO of Embryo Connections, Deb Roberts, and be moderated by the MHB team. It will include ample opportunities to ask questions in real time.
April 26, 2021 at 1:00pm ET / 19:00 Central European Time
Topics Covered Include:
Donating your embryo for reproductive use, what are your options and how much input do you have?
What is the cost of storing embryos long term and how does this impact viability
Donating your embryos to science, what is the research and how are they used?
Speaker Biographies
Brent Monseur, MD
Brent Monseur is a reproductive endocrinology fellow at Stanford Fertility. He trained as a reproductive biologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health prior to completing his MD at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Monseur is committed to improving outcomes for LBGTQ+ family building and has published relevant work in Fertility & Sterility and the Journal of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics. He recently partnered with Progyny, a fertility benefits insurance company, to investigate trends in single or coupled intended fathers to be presented at the 2021 virtual Pacific Coast Reproductive Society annual meeting. Dr. Monseur is a board member emeritus of the Family Equality Council (Path2Parenthood).
Deb Roberts
Founder & CEO of Embryo Connections, Mom of two fantastic children through embryo donation, Single Mom By Choice over 45. Deb managed brands and launched new products at large companies such as Quaker Oats and Coca-Cola. She completed her MBA at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and her undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania with a BA from the Annenberg School of Communications and & BS from the Wharton School of Business. She left that world to pursue her passion to help create families when she became the proud, overflowing single-mom-by-choice of an embryo-donated child. In addition to her business management and new products experience, Deb has been on the board of various non-profit organizations, including a children’s literacy program, another passion of hers. Deb is an active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Deb supports the team to ensure that everyone can provide the highest level of attention to every client, and personally matches donating and receiving families.
Lisa Schuster, GPAP Program Director
Lisa joined the MHB team in January of 2018 as the Stage II GPAP Case Manager, and was later promoted to GPAP Program Manager. Lisa’s responsibilities include development of ongoing partnerships in support of the assistance program, development of practices and initiatives to further the scope and reach of the program, coordination of the selection and matching process of Stage II candidates, and managing their journeys and budgets until they become parents. Lisa’s professional background is in business development and government contracting, and she also served as treasurer and financial planner for a local non-profit. Lisa was a gestational carrier twice for an international same sex male couple, and she lives with her husband and three children in Maryland.
Anna Van Voorhis
Assistant Site Director at ReproTech MN, Anna has worked for ReproTech since 2015. ReproTech is a long-term cryostorage facility for reproductive tissues that has been in business for more than 30 years. Prior to working at ReproTech Anna worked as a manager for a large-scale retailer. Anna received her BS in Communication from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Anna lead ReproTech’s transition to make electronic documents available for its clients, and she continues to be dedicated to providing exceptional support to ReproTech’s clinic partners and clients. Anna works with various Embryo Donation programs to facilitate donations for ReproTech clients, and currently sits on the Standards Committee of The American Association of Tissue Banks.
Anjali Wignarajah
Anjali Wignarajah is the coordinator for the RENEW Biobank. She attended the University of California, Davis for her undergraduate education, receiving a BS in Cognitive Neuroscience with a minor in Music. She then went on to attend Stanford University where she received her MS in Community Health and Prevention Research. She has been the coordinator for RENEW since she graduated from Stanford last summer and is very excited to be able to offer this as an option for final embryo disposition to a wide variety of patients. She is passionate about reproductive health and freedom and hopes to do more in this field as her career grows.