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Samuel Seldon Thatcher
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Website: Center for Applied Reproductive Science

1996-Present Center for Applied Reproductive Science
Medical Center Office Building
408 North State of Franklin Road
Johnson City, Tennessee 37604
Telephone 423-461-8880, Facsimile 423-461-8887

1988-1995 East Tennessee State University
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Johnson City, Tennessee
Director, Reproductive Endocrinology, 1988 - 1995
Associate Professor, Tenured, 1993
Assistant Professor, 1988 - 1993
Interim Chairman, 1990 - 1991
Adjunct Faculty: Departments of Anatomy, Pharmacology, Physiology

1981-1985 & 1987-1988 Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New Haven, Connecticut
Residency (Intern to Chief Resident), 1981-1985
Fellow in reproductive Endocrinology, 1987-1988
Instructor 1987-1988

1985-1987 University of Edinburgh,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
MRC Centre for Reproductive Biology
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
Lecturer in Reproductive Medicine
Medical Director , IVF Programme
Senior Registrar

1980-1981 Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
Baltimore, Maryland
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Gynecologic Pathology / Prof. J Donald Woodruff
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow (October to March)

1974-1981 West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Graduate School, 1974-1981 (PhD in Anatomy 1981)
Medical School 1978-1981 (MD 1981)
Department of Anatomy
Instructor 1977-1978

1968-1974 University of Tennessee
Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee
Undergraduate Studies (BA , Business Administration and Economics) 1968-1972
Post-bacculaureate studies (biology and chemistry) 1972-1974

Date & Place of Birth:
December 31, 1949 - Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Medical Certification:

• Fellow - American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FACOG)
• Sub-Specialty Certification - Reproductive Endocrinology

Medical License:
State of Tennessee

Teaching Awards

• Years' Most Outstanding Teacher - 1978 - paraprofessional histology
• Attending of the Year - Family Medicine - 1991
• Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award - 1992-1995
• Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics-- Excellence in Teaching Award 1995

Major Clinical Interests:

• Assisted Reproduction Therapies / Fertilization and Early Embryonic Development
• Climacteric/Menopausal Transition / Pathophysiology of Reproductive Aging
• Controlled Ovarian Stimulation Ovulation Induction / Ovarian Structure and Function
• Endometriosis
• Male/Female Infertility
• Menstrual Disorders/Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Microsurgery/Gynecologic Endoscopy

Societies:

• American Society of Andrology
• American Society Reproductive Medicine
• Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Endocrine Society
• Endometriosis Association
• European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology
• Menopause Study Group
• North American Menopause Society
• Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists
• Society for the Study of Reproduction
• Society for the Study of Fertility
• Southern Obstetrical Seminar
• Resolve
• Tri-City OB/GYN Society

Editorial Positions:
Ad Hoc Reviewer : Fertility and Sterility, Obstetrics and Gynecology, European Journal of Endocrinology
Consultant for Drug Evaluations- American Medical Association