69. #femDR Series: Fertility Specialist Serena H. Chen, MD

Fertility & Reproductive Specialist Serena H. Chen MD was an open book, sharing her experience growing up in an Asian American immigrant family of physicians with pressures to go to Harvard Medical School. While Dr. Chen "only" went to Brown (you'll hear about that in the interview!) she still turned out pretty good!  

Dr. Chen graduated from Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. She attended Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, where she caught her first baby and decided to become an Obstetrician Gynecologist. She then trained in Gynecology and Obstetrics and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Chen serves as Director for the Division of Reproductive Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, and the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science, and is a Clinical Associate Professor at Rutgers, UMDNJ Medical School and the St George’s University School of Medicine.

Dr. Chen shared her special expertise about eggs, sperm, conception, IVF and fertility - and we even came up with an idea for a TV show!  (Margaret Atwood, call us!)  

Included in this conversation:

The evolution of "test tube" babies and fertility clinics
A walk through IVF treatments 
Prevalence of endometriosis in the fertility population
Unexplained infertility 
Delayed childbearing 
Endocrine disruptors
How birth control pills can actually protect your fertility 
Anti-aging and egg freezing
"Geriatric" pregnancy
Trend of later-in-life pregnancies
Age vs. Lifestyle as a factor in fertility 
More than you ever wanted to know about eggs
The challenge of mid-40s fertility in women
When should you freeze your eggs?
Is it ever too late to freeze your eggs?
What about freezing your sperm!
Biological superpower of the egg 
Designer babies 
Can we "manufacture" eggs or sperm without a human?  (The answer will shock you)
Ethics of sex selection
The role of mother nature vs. science in fertility 
Dr. Chen's book recommendations (see links below)

Follow Dr. Chen on Instagram: @drserenahchen 

https://www.instagram.com/drserenahchen/

Dr. Chen's website here: https://www.sbivf.com/fertility-doctors/serena-h-chen-m-d/

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Anchor: https://amzn.to/3cYEsAs

Big Potential by Shawn Anchor: https://amzn.to/2PDkWkr

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