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Review The Moses HL Cone (^ Memorial Hospital INSIDE: Lab Computer Joins Local Area Network 2 Employee Visits Soviet Union ... 2 Picnic 3 Two Employees Make $63,000 Suggestion 4 Nurse Excellence Day 4 Cone Cares for Life 5 September 1986 In Vitro Fertilization to be Done at Moses Cone Hospital Couples who have exhausted every resource in the treatment of infertility are being offered new hope through 1VF. Eight years after the birth of the world's first test-tube baby in England and almost five years since the first baby conceived in vitro in our nation was delivered in Norfolk, Virginia, an in vitro fertilization (IVF) program is being established at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. In conjunction with The North Carolina Reproductive Center, a group formed by four Greensboro physicians, Drs. Stuart J. Abrahams, Daniel L. Gottsegen, A. Kelly Maness, Jr., and Howard C. Mezer, the IVF program will begin accepting patients by early fall of this year. Abrahams, Gottsegen, Maness and Mezer, who are members of two separate Ob/Gyn practices, are experienced in the treatment of infertility. Dr. Mezer was a member of the IVF team at Yale- New Haven Hospital. They identified a need for this treatment in our area and approached Moses Cone Hospital with the idea of opening an in vitro fertilization program here. The program has been reviewed and approved by the Medical Board and the Board of Trustees, and preparation is underway for the establishment of this service. During the past year these physi cians have attended special training programs and have visited other established IVF clinics in preparation for opening the North Carolina Reproductive Center at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. Couples who have exhausted every resource in the treatment of infertility, who have lost hope of ever achieving a pregnancy, are being offered new hope through IVF. "Most successful programs achieve a 15-to-30 percent pregnancy rate," said Sue Brody, Director of Patient Care Management. "In vitro fertilization began in medical school settings, and in the last couple of years, has branched into community hospitals. Several of the existing programs have long waiting lists," she stated. Literally translated, in vitro means "in glass." In vitro fertilization is the union of the egg and the sperm in a petri dish or a test tube. "There are several steps that must take place before this procedure can be accomplished," Brody said. "The woman must make visits to the clinic on a daily basis. Her cycle is carefully monitored by sonogram and blood tests to help determine the size of the follicles and the time REVIEW Moses Cone Hospital 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27401-1020 Address Correction Requested Non Profit Org. Bulk Rate U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 195 Greensboro, N.C. Carolyn Ford, Editor of ovulation." A stimulated cycle is regulated through a combination of medications which are used to stimulate ovulation. At the time of ovulation, laparo- scopy, an outpatient surgical procedure, is done to capture mature eggs. For the process of IVF, the captured egg, depending on its maturity, is allowed to incubate in a culture medium for eight to sixty hours. This incubation period seems to increase the rate of fertilization. The patient's husband delivers a semen specimen to the in vitro laboratory. The sperm is treated by two procedures called "sperm wash" and "sperm rise" to provide the sperm with the most suitable environment for survival. After the eggs and sperm are brought together, they are placed in an incubator to see which eggs will develop into embryos. "Typically, the embryos will develop to the four-to-eight cell stage two to three days after the retrieval and fertilization," said Brody. "The patient must then return to the hospital for implantation of the embryo into the uterus. This is a simple procedure which can be accomplished in approximately five minutes on an outpatient basis. Following a day of rest, the patient can resume her normal activities. A pregnancy test will be performed about two weeks after the implantation," she explained. The total cost for this procedure will range from $4,000 to $5,000 per cycle. This includes all fees for laboratory, operating room, ultrasonography, medication, all procedures and physician fees. The cost is a reflection of the large number of tests and continued on back page Barry Elected to American Hospital Association Board of Directors Dennis R. Barry, President of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, has been elected Chairman of the American Hospital Association Regional Advisory Board and a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association. The 25-member Board of Trustees governs the association, which is made up of 5,400 health care institutions throughout the United States. As the national organization representing hospitals, the AHA helps its members maintain and improve America's hospital system. Barry serves as Chairman of Region 3, which includes the hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia. His election is for a four year term, beginning January 1, 1987. Barry is a recognized leader in the hospital industry. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Hospital Association and is past chairman of the board. He is a member of Barry the American College of Health Care Executives. He has been President of Moses Cone Hospital for seven years. Previously, he was Director of North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Barry serves on the Board of Directors of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, Hospice at Greensboro, Home Health of Central Carolina, the Guilford County Area Mental Health Board and Greater Greensboro Merchants Association. The Review Has New Design The new look of the Review is in keeping with our renewed commitment to provide you with an up-to-date newspaper filled with the latest Moses Cone Hospital news as well as features and personal columns of interest to employees, physicians, volunteers and retirees. The open and easy-to-read Goudy typestyle (which you will be seeing in many of the hospital's publications) of the masthead is repeated in the body copy. We opted to use a sans serif typestyle for the headlines, in keeping with traditional newspaper style. Pages have been divided into five columns rather than four, and columnar lines were added to give the Review increased readability. We also eliminated the second color, which can be distracting in a newspaper, hence our new look is black and white, clean-cut and easier to read. Let us know what you think about our new design. The Review staff welcomes your comments. We want your newspaper to be the best it can be. Building Project Receives Donation Dennis R. Barry, Hospital President, is pictured with Jim Bethel and Chuck Edwards of First American Savings Bank, who presented a $1,000 donation toward Moses Cone Hospital's new day surgery facility.
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Transcript | Review The Moses HL Cone (^ Memorial Hospital INSIDE: Lab Computer Joins Local Area Network 2 Employee Visits Soviet Union ... 2 Picnic 3 Two Employees Make $63,000 Suggestion 4 Nurse Excellence Day 4 Cone Cares for Life 5 September 1986 In Vitro Fertilization to be Done at Moses Cone Hospital Couples who have exhausted every resource in the treatment of infertility are being offered new hope through 1VF. Eight years after the birth of the world's first test-tube baby in England and almost five years since the first baby conceived in vitro in our nation was delivered in Norfolk, Virginia, an in vitro fertilization (IVF) program is being established at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. In conjunction with The North Carolina Reproductive Center, a group formed by four Greensboro physicians, Drs. Stuart J. Abrahams, Daniel L. Gottsegen, A. Kelly Maness, Jr., and Howard C. Mezer, the IVF program will begin accepting patients by early fall of this year. Abrahams, Gottsegen, Maness and Mezer, who are members of two separate Ob/Gyn practices, are experienced in the treatment of infertility. Dr. Mezer was a member of the IVF team at Yale- New Haven Hospital. They identified a need for this treatment in our area and approached Moses Cone Hospital with the idea of opening an in vitro fertilization program here. The program has been reviewed and approved by the Medical Board and the Board of Trustees, and preparation is underway for the establishment of this service. During the past year these physi cians have attended special training programs and have visited other established IVF clinics in preparation for opening the North Carolina Reproductive Center at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. Couples who have exhausted every resource in the treatment of infertility, who have lost hope of ever achieving a pregnancy, are being offered new hope through IVF. "Most successful programs achieve a 15-to-30 percent pregnancy rate," said Sue Brody, Director of Patient Care Management. "In vitro fertilization began in medical school settings, and in the last couple of years, has branched into community hospitals. Several of the existing programs have long waiting lists," she stated. Literally translated, in vitro means "in glass." In vitro fertilization is the union of the egg and the sperm in a petri dish or a test tube. "There are several steps that must take place before this procedure can be accomplished," Brody said. "The woman must make visits to the clinic on a daily basis. Her cycle is carefully monitored by sonogram and blood tests to help determine the size of the follicles and the time REVIEW Moses Cone Hospital 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27401-1020 Address Correction Requested Non Profit Org. Bulk Rate U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 195 Greensboro, N.C. Carolyn Ford, Editor of ovulation." A stimulated cycle is regulated through a combination of medications which are used to stimulate ovulation. At the time of ovulation, laparo- scopy, an outpatient surgical procedure, is done to capture mature eggs. For the process of IVF, the captured egg, depending on its maturity, is allowed to incubate in a culture medium for eight to sixty hours. This incubation period seems to increase the rate of fertilization. The patient's husband delivers a semen specimen to the in vitro laboratory. The sperm is treated by two procedures called "sperm wash" and "sperm rise" to provide the sperm with the most suitable environment for survival. After the eggs and sperm are brought together, they are placed in an incubator to see which eggs will develop into embryos. "Typically, the embryos will develop to the four-to-eight cell stage two to three days after the retrieval and fertilization," said Brody. "The patient must then return to the hospital for implantation of the embryo into the uterus. This is a simple procedure which can be accomplished in approximately five minutes on an outpatient basis. Following a day of rest, the patient can resume her normal activities. A pregnancy test will be performed about two weeks after the implantation," she explained. The total cost for this procedure will range from $4,000 to $5,000 per cycle. This includes all fees for laboratory, operating room, ultrasonography, medication, all procedures and physician fees. The cost is a reflection of the large number of tests and continued on back page Barry Elected to American Hospital Association Board of Directors Dennis R. Barry, President of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, has been elected Chairman of the American Hospital Association Regional Advisory Board and a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association. The 25-member Board of Trustees governs the association, which is made up of 5,400 health care institutions throughout the United States. As the national organization representing hospitals, the AHA helps its members maintain and improve America's hospital system. Barry serves as Chairman of Region 3, which includes the hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia. His election is for a four year term, beginning January 1, 1987. Barry is a recognized leader in the hospital industry. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Hospital Association and is past chairman of the board. He is a member of Barry the American College of Health Care Executives. He has been President of Moses Cone Hospital for seven years. Previously, he was Director of North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Barry serves on the Board of Directors of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, Hospice at Greensboro, Home Health of Central Carolina, the Guilford County Area Mental Health Board and Greater Greensboro Merchants Association. The Review Has New Design The new look of the Review is in keeping with our renewed commitment to provide you with an up-to-date newspaper filled with the latest Moses Cone Hospital news as well as features and personal columns of interest to employees, physicians, volunteers and retirees. The open and easy-to-read Goudy typestyle (which you will be seeing in many of the hospital's publications) of the masthead is repeated in the body copy. We opted to use a sans serif typestyle for the headlines, in keeping with traditional newspaper style. Pages have been divided into five columns rather than four, and columnar lines were added to give the Review increased readability. We also eliminated the second color, which can be distracting in a newspaper, hence our new look is black and white, clean-cut and easier to read. Let us know what you think about our new design. The Review staff welcomes your comments. We want your newspaper to be the best it can be. Building Project Receives Donation Dennis R. Barry, Hospital President, is pictured with Jim Bethel and Chuck Edwards of First American Savings Bank, who presented a $1,000 donation toward Moses Cone Hospital's new day surgery facility. |