Michael J. Tucker, Ph.D., scientific director of Georgia Reproductive Specialists, Atlanta, was the guest speaker at a luncheon hosted by Xytex Research on August 15, 2006 at the Pinnacle Club in Augusta. The meeting was attended by a large number of faculty members from the Medical College of Georgia, where Xytex Research is located.
Recognized in his field as one of the world’s top ten scientists in early human reproduction, Dr. Tucker is widely known and respected for his breakthrough achievements in assisted reproductive technology. A full-time clinical embryologist since 1983, he pioneered the first intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) birth in the United States, the nation’s first birth resulting from a testicular biopsy, the world’s first birth from frozen donor eggs, and the first pregnancy in the world from immature eggs that were matured after thawing in the IVF lab.
Since 1983, Dr. Tucker has been scientific director and chief embryologist at major fertility centers in London, Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Rockville, MD, and Jackson, MS and served as a scientific consultant in more than 50 clinics worldwide. His current research interests include pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, egg and embryo freezing, blastocyst cultures, embryo growth and selection, and gamete/embryo micromanipulation.
Dr. Tucker is a zoology and physiology graduate of Bedford College, University of London. He earned a doctorate in reproductive physiology from the University of Birmingham in the UK and is a Fellow of London’s Royal Institute of Biology. A frequent speaker internationally and locally, he also serves on the advisory board of Child of My Dreams, an online resource for adoption and infertility.
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