About Dallas Fertility Associates

Dallas Fertility Associates in the News

Drs. Chantilis, Lee and Thomas regularly present scientific abstracts at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s (ASRM) Annual Meeting. Listed below are the professional presentations and scientific papers authored by Dallas Fertility Physicians and the staff of Dallas Fertility Center's IVF lab.

The doctors and staff at Dallas Fertility Associates are committed to patient care, research, and continuing education to advanced the field of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

 

Dallas Fertility Press Releases

Dallas Fertility Associates Offers New Technology to Increase Pregnancy

Odds for Infertile Couples

Dallas, Texas – December 19, 2011 – Infertility affects one in eight couples. Specialists at Dallas Fertility Associates work to determine causes of infertility and offer solutions to produce the healthy babies these couples desire. Recently, Dallas Fertility Associates has begun using trophectoderm biopsy to identify the best embryos for implantation, improving the chances of conception.

July 2010: Dallas Fertility Associates opens their new office and Dallas Fertility Center, their new state of the ART IVF laboratory at 5477 Glen Lakes Drive, suite 200.  This move has been a long time coming and we are so excited to see what the future has in store.  Please take a tour of our new office space via the Website.

April 2010: Dr. Lee takes and passes her oral reproductive endocrinology and infertility boards given by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.  She now joins Dr. Chantilis in being board-certified.

March 2010: Dr. Thomas co-authors a manuscript published in Human Reproduction.  The paper is entitled “Effects of exogenous testosterone supplementation in gonadotropin stimulated cycles.” Dr. Thomas co-authors a manuscript published in Molecular Endocrinology entitled “Transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor is involved in the lutropin receptor-mediated down-regulation of ovarian aromatase expression in vivo.”  This paper is the product of Dr. Thomas’ research performed during fellowship.

December 2009: Construction on our new clinic and IVF laboratory commences…finally!

October 2009: Drs. Chantilis, Lee and Thomas present scientific abstracts at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

September 2009: Dallas Fertility Associates welcomes Dr. Mika Thomas to the practice.  Dr. Thomas, a Dallas native, graduated from SMU before attending medical school at UT San Antonio, completed her residency in OB/GYN in Phoenix, Arizona and recently finished her fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of Iowa.  Please see her complete biosketch.

April 2009: Dr. and Mrs. Chantilis welcomed twin girls Ashley Sarah and Caroline Rose on April 29, 2009.  Big brother Austin (1 1/2 yrs) is excited as well.  Dr. Chantilis is very supportive of the single embryo transfer, and much more empathetic to his patients who have raised twins and triplets!

February 2009: Dr. Chantilis co-authored a manuscript published in Human Reproduction in the February 2009 journal.  The work was titled “A controlled randomized trial evaluating the effect of lowered incubator oxygen tension on live births in a predominantly blastocyst transfer program.”  Marius Meintjes, PhD., former Scientific Director, and James D. Madden MD, former Medical Director of Presbyterian Hospital ARTS Program were the lead authors on the publication.

January 2009: Dr. Chantilis was a co-author on a manuscript published in Human Reproduction Advance Access Online on January 14, 2009.  Mari us Meintjes,PhD., former Scientific Director, and James D Madden MD, former Medical Director of Presbyterian Hospital ARTS Program were the lead authors on the publication.  The manuscript was titled “A randomized controlled study of human serum albumin and serum substitute supplement as protein supplements for IVF culture and the effect on live birth rates.”