VP of Laboratory Services
Kathleen Miller – Vice President of Laboratory Services, leads the team specializing in assisted reproduction technologies. The author of more than 100 abstracts and papers on fertility and assisted reproduction technologies, Ms. Miller is well known for research advances in the field of blastocyst culture and pre-implantation genetics as well as a leading expert in laboratory management, quality improvement programs, and single embryo transfer.
Since 2010, Ms. Miller has been the Laboratory Director at Vancouver’s Genesis Fertility Centre where she is responsible for all functions of one of Canada’s largest (800 cycles) and most successful private practice clinical in vitro fertilization laboratories. Genesis Fertility Centre is dedicated to providing single embryo transfer therapy to patient undergoing IVF treatment. Between 2010 and early 2011 Ms Miller designed and opened the first IVF laboratory in Montana at Billings Clinic, a multi-specialty physicians’ clinic providing inpatient and outpatient care to a four-state region. Most recently, she has joined the IVF teams at University of Alabama at Birmingham and IVF Florida Reproductive Associates as embryology laboratory director. She is also a consultant at over a dozen IVF practices as well as a consultant for Sage IVF and Wallace Catheter. She also serves as an Expert Content Advisor for Biodigital Systems, a leading developer of biomedical visualization and medical simulation.
Previously, she was the director of the Assisted Reproduction Laboratories at the Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey and the joint program at Southeastern Fertility Center, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. She is certified in the disciplines of embryology and andrology by the American Board of Bioanalysis. She is currently working on her PhD in epidemiology at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale Florida. A former president of the American Association of Bioanalysis (AAB), she is still an active member and serves on many committees of ASRM, ESHRE, and AAB.
Laboratory Consultants
Karen Elkind-Hirsch, M.Sc., PhD, HCLD is the Scientific Director of the Woman’s Health Research Institute, Woman’s Hospital and Adjunct Professor of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Previously she was Director of Research and Development at the Center for Reproduction and Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Elkind-Hirsch received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Psychology from Skidmore College and her doctoral degree from Tulane where she was a National Science Foundation pre-doctoral fellow. She then was awarded a 3 year Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in reproductive endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Woman’s Hospital. She has been actively involved in basic science and clinical research for 30 years. She currently serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Journal of Drugs in Endocrinology.
Dr. Elkind-Hirsch has published over 50 articles on topics in reproductive medicine and endocrinology and numerous articles on topics in reproductive medicine and endocrinology with an expertise in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), insulin resistance and ovulation induction. She has served as the principal investigator or co-investigator of over 25 clinical and basic science trials, with the most recent trials involving new protocols and gonadotropins for IVF and ovulation induction, preimplanattion genetic diagnosis (PGD), treatment of PCOS, prevention of preterm labor, and gestational diabetes.
Salah Abdelgadir, B.V.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., T.S., (ABB), H.C.L.D., (ABB), Laboratory Director and Clinical Consultant at numerous full service laboratories performing all aspects of andrology, embryology and assisted reproductive technologies including in vitro fertilization, ICSI, embryo cryopreservation, thawing, transfer, semen analysis, sperm wash and semen cryopreservation.
Dr. Abdeligadir is certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis as a High-Complexity Laboratory Director and a Technical Supervisor (andrology and embryology). He received his Ph D, (reproductive endocrinology), and his MS from Oregon State University. He earned his BS at the University of Khartoum in the Sudan, where he was born and raised.
Matthew Goering, Ph.D. has 18 years of clinical experience in assisted reproductive technology and laboratory management. A consultant to numerous IVF programs across the United States, he is certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis in the disciplines of Embryology and Andrology. Dr. Goering received his undergraduate degree in Biology and Chemistry from Bethel College and his doctorate from the University of Kansas. He completed his research fellowship at the prestigious Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City. His graduate and post-doctoral research is focused on the molecular and genetic mechanisms of aneuploid gamete formation.
Jennifer E. Graves-Herring, Ph.D., HCLD earned her Ph. D. (Biological Science) from Clemson University in 2008 where she also earned her M.S. (Animal Physiology) and B.S. (Animal Science). In her post-doctorial fellowship at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Department of Reproductive Services she is performing research studying the preservation of cat oocytes by desiccation and developed of a study to increase the percentage of blastocyst obtained from in vitro production of cat oocytes. Previous laboratory responsibilities include implementation of FDA requirements, developing laboratory procedures and ensuring compliance. She is a member of the AAB and is certified as a High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (andrology and embryology).
Colin Craig, M.Sc., T.S. (ABB), Colin holds a Masters Degree in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Clinical Andrology and Embryology from the Eastern Virginia Medical School and is certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis (ABB) as a Technical Supervisor. He received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences from Rutgers University.
Colin spent 8 years as an andrologist and embryologist with a major east coast IVF facility gaining experience in ICSI, assisted hatching, embryo transfers and cryopreservation techniques.
He is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American Association of Bioanalysts and the New York Metropolitan Embryology Society.
Keith Richard Masterson, M. Sc., has 13 years of experience in assisted reproductive technology with involvement in the laboratory evaluation and treatment of infertility He has extensive experience covering many aspects of andrology, endocrinology and embryology. Currently he is an Embryo Culture Technician, Oregon Health and Science University and previously worked in an laboratory handling 200 cases per year. Keith is skilled in many areas including: oocyte handling and manipulation; blastomere biopsy, embryo handling and transfer; and sperm cell isolation, seaman analysis, and sperm washing techniques. He earned a Masters in Clinical Embryology and Andrology at the Eastern Virginia Medical School and has a B.S. from the Department of Animal Science of Ohio State University.
Jennifer Gilbert, earned her M.S. in Clinical Embryology and Andrology from the Eastern Virginia Medical School, has a B.S. from Clemson University and is certified as a Technical Supervisor (embryology and andrology) with AAB. She has more than ten years of laboratory experience including supervisory and management responsibilities. She is currently with an endocrinology group as laboratory supervisor responsible for all aspects of andrology and embryology with additional responsibilities for the training of employees on all new equipment and the training of all new employees.
Lori E. Shultz, B.S., MT (ASCP), Laboratory General Supervisor, Andrologist Embryologist, Medical Technologist with Nevada Fertility, C.A.R.E.S. responsible for operation of CAP-accredited laboratories and embryology procedures. Her experience includes fresh oocyte retrievals, insemination, fertilization assessment, culture of embryos to blastocyst stage, selection and transfer of embryos to recipient and vitrification, cryo/thaw of embryos with ongoing training in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), biopsy of embryo blastomeres for preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) and assisted hatching. Her B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Sciences is from the University of Nevada.
Melissa R. Johnson, has more than ten years of practical laboratory and research experience. She has held positions as an embryology laboratory supervisor, embryologist and embryology consultant with responsibilities for all aspects of embryology lab procedures including in vitro fertilization, testicular and epidydmal sperm preparation, retrievals, cumulus removal with hyaluronidase, fertilization checks, embryo development checks, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), assisted hatching, embryo and oocyte cryogenics and embryo transfers. She is certified as a Technical Supervsior (embryology) with AAB and has a B.S. (Cum Laude) in Biological Sciences from Cornell University.
Operations Manager
Karen Adams–Operations Manager has 30 years of experience in the Medical field, with the last 5 in reproductive medicine as assistant to the laboratory director of a major IVF facility. This experience will enable her to provide support to our MedTech Laboratory Solutions division and Laboratory Consultants. During her years in reproductive medicine Karen had hands on experience with our Group Purchasing Program as a GPO member. She will be working closely with GPO members and vendors and her experience will ensure that she understands your needs will maximize your satisfaction with the GPO. In addition, Karen will function as the primary contact for our professional recruiting efforts for GPO members and MedTech Laboratory Solutions clients staffing needs.
