For the third year in a row, VCRM has received the “2010 Best of Reston” Award in the “Physicians and Surgeons Category by the US Local Business Association (USLBA). Nationwide, < 1% qualified as Three-Time award winners. The USLBA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies…
Dr Sharara was named one of Northern Virginia’s Top Doctors by Northern VA Magazine. The Top Docs issue will be out in February 2011 which includes Top Docs in Northern Virginia and the district. In an unprecendeted move, the magazine not only asked local doctors to nominate their peers but asked the hospitals in the…
One of the worst things guys can do is put their laptops on their laps because of the association with worse sperm parameters. Today a new article shows the terrible damage inflicted on the skin, enough to “toast” the skin of the thighs: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317532/Laptop-heat-toast-skin-thighs.html?ITO=1490
It was announced today that the father of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Robert Edwards received the 2010 Nobel Prize for medicine. Dr Edwards was responsible for the first IVF birth in the world (Louise Brown) in 1978. Since then, more than 4 million births are due to the use of IVf and related techniques. Currently,…
We had our College of American pathology (CAP) inspection for our Embryology, Endocrinology, and Andrology laboratories on September 25th and passed with no deficiencies. This is another proof of our continued committment to Excellence. It is no wonder why we were chosen as a Center of Excellence by UnitedHealthcare in the spring.
You can also follow us on Facebook (under Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine) and post your comments (only nice ones please :))
VCRM has now an official blog. I will try to post at least few comments during the week. I hope this will be another forum to stay in touch with patients.