A Hopeful Breakthrough for Turner’s Syndrome Patients ST. LOUIS MISSOURI, October 2, 2023 In a groundbreaking medical milestone, a team of researchers has successfully performed the world’s first ovary tissue allotransplantation to a Turner’s syndrome patient resulting in a successful pregnancy, offering hope to thousands of women who have long faced fertility challenges due to […]
Extract from December 6th, 2019 The New York Times Article about Dr. Silber’s Pioneering Microsurgery A 36-year-old man born without testicles received one transplanted from his identical twin brother in a six-hour operation performed on Tuesday in Belgrade, Serbia, by an international team of surgeons. The operation was only the third known transplant of this […]
Rob Stein E-mail address: silber@infertile.com (Sherman Silber). NPR, Morning Edition, July 19, 2016 Download the PDF Version of this Article Dr. Sherman Silber, a renowned pioneer in microsurgery and infertility, is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on IVF, sperm retrieval, ICSI, vasectomy reversal, male infertility, Y chromosome, tubal ligation reversal, egg and embryo […]
By Clare Wilson, New Scientist Download PDF version of Clare Wilson’s Article Introduction Freezing an ovary and then having thin slices of it periodically put back in looks set to offer women a way to delay or reverse menopause. It could be as revolutionary as the pill. Freezing an ovary and having thin slices of […]
“REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY” THE SCIENTIST; Volume 10, No. 22 November 11, 1996 S.J. Silber, Z.P. Nagy, J. Liu, H. Godoy, R Devroey, A.C. Van Steirteghem, “Conventional in vitro fertilization versus intracytoplasmic sperm injection for patients requiring microsurgical sperm injection,” Human Reproduction, 9:1705-9,1994. (Cited in more than 50 papers as of October 1996) Comments by Sherman J. […]
From U.S. to Russia and Back Again Dr. Sherman Silber and Victor Krylov share microsurgery techniques mixed with friendship For Dr. Victor Krylov and Dr. Sherman Silber, East met West in a magazine article in 1984. Dr. Krylov, chief of microsurgery at the Central Institute for Advanced Medical Studies in Moscow, wrote the first article […]
The Boston Globe, July 1, 1999By Karen Hsu, Globe Correspondent Troy and Brandy Ciccarelli’s story of how they managed to have a baby is becoming commonplace as the medical community makes strides in treating infertility. After Troy, 34, was told by doctors that he had a low sperm count, the couple consented to an increasingly […]
“Infertility programs help women ‘beat the clock” St. Louis Business Journal, February 27 – March 4, 2004 by Susan Kerth At the Infertility Center of St. Louis at St. Luke’s Hospital, Dr. Sherman Silber and his partners are developing procedures that might have been considered science fiction only a few years ago. “St. Louis may […]
St. Louis Commerce Magazine, November 2004by Sue Britt Download this article as a PDF. Heidi and Randy Smith, of Chesterfield, had tried to get pregnant since they were first married, when Heidi was 26. After a year of trying unsuccessfully on their own, they sought medical advice. They were sent to an infertility doctor, and […]
by Rick DeslogeFebruary 10, 2006 Dr. Sherman Silber’s medical practice, the Infertility Center of St. Louis, has attracted patients from around the world since he started it 25 years ago in conjunction with St. Luke’s Hospital. When he’s here, Silber, 64, puts in 80-hour weeks performing in vitro fertilizations, reversing vasectomies and doing other procedures […]
THE NEW YORK TIMES May 5, 2008 by Laurie Tarkan But for a semen specimen, most men are practically ignored when couples go to fertility centers. And depending on the infertility specialist offering treatment, that is either a good thing or a bad thing. Some urologists say they can treat a man with low sperm […]
A Hope to Prolong Fertility: Ovarian Transplants By Tiffany Sharples, Time.com For Stephanie Yarber, who received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure at age 14, conceiving children the old-fashioned way was a life’s wish. In 2003, after several unsuccessful — and costly — courses of in vitro fertilization (IVF) using her identical-twin sister’s donated eggs, […]
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