EP 64: COVID-19 Implication on Fertility Therapy - Dr Yetunde Ibrahim, Endocrinologist and Fertility Specialist

 Dr. Yetunde Ibrahim Jimoh, a Dallas based expert shares some insight on her work as a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist. In her role she helps aspiring people and couple achieve their goal of becoming parents. The nature and process of this work can be challenging on the best of days but with the added pressure and presence of COVID-19 this has become even more complicated. Dr Ibrahim sheds some light on the

• General fertility and infertility statistics as a whole

• On the metrics and indicators as it relates to fertility in African American women

• Implications of COVID-19 on Pregnancy, Trying to Conceive(TTC)  and fertility therapy.

Her practice and many more are following the mandate stipulated by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) which is to temporarily halt service provision (with the exception of severe cases- cancer) until there is a better handle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  New England Journal of Medicine : An Uncomplicated Delivery in a Patient with Covid-19 in the United States

Connect with Dr. Yetunde Ibrahim Jimoh

Instagram - @yetundeibrahimjimoh

Practice - www.ccrmivf.com