Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine

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We continue to make every effort to focus on helping you achieve your "dreams" by utilizing the most cutting-edge technology modern "science" has to offer in making your family a "reality".

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Since 1986, Dr. Jeffrey B. Russell, Director, Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine, P.A., has quietly provided cutting-edge reproductive technology resulting in the births of over 6,000 babies to thousands of couples in Delaware and around the world. The Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine, P.A. is the first comprehensive infertility practice of its kind in the area, providing an individualized approach to the diagnosis and treatment of reproductive problems.
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Dr. Russell successfully began and produced the first In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), frozen embryo, GIFT, ZIFT, host uterus and donor egg, embryo, and donor sperm births in Delaware. Dr. Russell also produced the first single sperm injection or ICSI pregnancy in the Mid-Atlantic area. His innovative research has resulted in the first Immature Egg pregnancy in the U.S., the second pregnancy of its kind in the world. He was the first to provide genetic testing on embryos (PGD) for genetic disorders as well as family balancing options for couples in the area.
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Dr. Russell is a leading Surgical Fertility specialist who brought innovative laser surgery for treatment of endometriosis and pelvic pain to Delaware. He completed his OB/GYN residency at Emory University School of Medicine and completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Yale University. Dr. Russell is world-renowned and has appeared on regional and national television programs and in numerous newspapers articles across the country.
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Dr. Russell has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 16 chapters in leading textbooks and has presented 58 abstracts in his field of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at national and international meetings. Dr. Russell has lectured in Israel, Italy, Paris, Australia, Canada and the birthplace of IVF, in Cambridge, England at Bourn Hall.
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Dr. Russell is also licensed in Arizona. He continues to lecture as an Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Delaware.