UAMS to Offer Free Seminar on Infertility Treatments

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LITTLE ROCK — Physicians from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will conduct a free seminar on infertility from 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 4 in the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium of the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


 


Topics will include in vitro fertilization, new treatments for male-factor infertility and fertility issues for older women. Presenters also will share success stories from the UAMS infertility program and financial information related to the program.


 


Featured speakers will be Aida Shanti, M.D., director of the UAMS Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and Marlane Angle, Ph.D., director of the UAMS Arkansas Reproductive Technology Laboratory.


 


Seating is limited. To reserve a seat, call (501) 296-1703. Free parking is available at the Reynolds Institute on Aging located on the corner of Cedar and West Seventh streets.


 


UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has about 2,430 students and 715 medical residents. It is one of the state’s largest public employers with about 9,400 employees, including nearly 1,000 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $4.5 billion a year. For more information, visit www.uams.edu.