Agenda
Monday, May 5th – Wednesday, May 7th 2025
Fairmont Grand Del Mar
San Diego, CA
Jump to
Monday, May 5th
11:00 – 12:50pm
Registration Open / Partner Networking
11:30 – 12:30pm
Lunch
1:00 – 1:15pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jim Graham, Steven Gay, MD & Paul Shin, MD
Co-Chairs, Council of Physicians & Scientists
1:15 – 2:00pm
State of the Union Address
Richard Jennings & Jaime Shamonki, MD
CEO & COO US Fertility
2:00 – 3:00pm
The Legislative Climate in 2025: Protecting & Expanding Access to Care
Barbara Collura
President & CEO, Resolve
3:00 – 3:30pm
Break
3:30 – 5:30pm
US Fertility Research: Fellow Presentation of Top Projects
Kate Devine, MD
Medical Director and Chief Research Officer, US Fertility
Phillip Romanski, MD
Associate Research Director, US Fertility
5:30 – 6:30pm
Cocktail Hour
(Aria Lawn)
6:30 – 8:30pm
Dinner
(Aria Lawn)
Tuesday, May 6th
7:00 – 8:00am
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:15am
The Quality Assurance Program at US Fertility
Lisa Rinehart
Director of Clinical Risk, US Fertility
Jim Graham
VP of Laboratory Operations, US Fertility
Cassie Miller
Director of Risk Management, US Fertility
Kate Devine, MD
Medical Director and Chief Research Officer, US Fertility
9:15 – 10:15am
AI-Generated Therapeutics for Fertility Applications
Pranam Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Duke University & Co-Founder of Gameto, Inc.
10:15 – 10:45am
Break
10:45 – 12:00pm
Breakout Sessions:
Physicians
Lab Directors
Fellows, Program Directors & Researchers
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
12:15 – 6:30pm
Leisure:
Golf: 1pm – 6pm
Pickleball: 1pm – 5pm
Spa: 1pm – 4:45pm
Yoga & Sound Bath: 3pm - 4pm
SD Zoo Conservation: 1pm – 6pm
6:30 – 7:30pm
Cocktails
(Grand Social)
7:30 – 9:30pm
Dinner
(Grand Social)
Wednesday, May 7th
7:00 – 8:00am
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00am
Biobanking Samples in the Frozen Zoo: Downstream Applications to Wildlife Conservation
Marlys Houck, BS
San Diego Zoo
9:00 – 9:30am
Recognition of our Sponsors
Richard Jennings
CEO, US Fertility
9:30 – 9:45am
Break
9:45 – 10:45am
Innovation Initiatives Across USF
Tex VerMilyea, PhD, HCLD
VP of Scientific Advancement, USF
Eduardo Hariton, MD
REI Physician, RSC Bay Area & VP Strategic Initiatives, US Fertility
10:45 – 11:45am
Emerging Technologies in Reproductive Urology
Samuel Ohlander, MD
Urology
11:45am – 12:00pm
Closing Remarks
Jim Graham, Steven Gay, MD & Paul Shin, MD
Co-Chairs, Council of Physicians & Scientists