Chapter 1: Ovarian Hormones: Structure, Biosynthesis, Function, Mechanism of Action, and Laboratory Diagnosis
Manjula K. Gupta and Su-Ynn Chia
Chapter 2: Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis and Control of the Menstrual Cycle
Victor E. Beshay and Bruce R. Carr
Chapter 3: Female and Male Gametogenesis
Nina Desai, Jennifer Ludgin, Rakesh Sharma, J. Anirudh Kumar, and Ashok Agarwal
Chapter 4: Normal Puberty and Pubertal Disorders
M. Jonathon Solnik and Joseph S. Sanfilippo
Chapter 5: Fertilization and Implantation
Levent Mutlu, Matthew Macer, and Hugh S. Taylor
Chapter 6: Reproductive Imaging
Miriam S. Krause, Tiffany D. Justice, Rhiana D. Saunders, R. Ashley Milam, and Steven T. Nakajima
Chapter 7: Amenorrhea
Melissa F. Wellons and Robert W. Rebar
Chapter 8: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Erika B. Johnston-MacAnanny, John Kyun Park, and Sarah L. Berga
Chapter 9: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Sonia Elguero, Justin R. Lappen, and William W. Hurd
Chapter 10: Menopause
James H. Liu and Francisco Arredondo
Chapter 11: Male Infertility
Mark Gibson and Ahmad O. Hammoud
Chapter 12: Female Infertility and Fertility Preservation
Candice O'Hern Perfetto, Gary M. Horowitz, Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, Tommaso Falcone, Jeffrey M. Goldberg, Marjan Attaran, Ashok Agarwal, and Lynn M.Westphal
Chapter 13: Recurrent Early Pregnancy Loss
Paul Robert Brezina and William H. Kutteh
Chapter 14: Induction of Ovulation
Alan M. Martinez and Steven R. Lindheim
Chapter 15: ART: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects
Beth Plante, Gary D. Smith, and Sandra Ann Carson
Chapter 16: Hysteroscopic Management of Intrauterine Disorders: Polypectomy, Myomectomy, Endometrial Ablation, Adhesiolysis, and Removal of Uterine Septum Michelle G. Park and Keith B. Isaacson
Chapter 17: Gynecologic Laparoscopy
Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, Howard T. Sharp, Tommaso Falcone, and William W. Hurd
Chapter 18: Uterine Leiomyomas
Shahryar K. Kavoussi, Layne Kumetz, and Gregory M. Christman
Chapter 19: Tubal Disease and Ectopic Pregnancy
Rebecca Flyckt and Jeffrey M. Goldberg
Chapter 20: Endometriosis
Dan I. Lebovic and Tommaso Falcone
Chapter 21: Surgical Techniques for Management of Anomalies of the Müllerian Ducts
Marjan Attaran
About the Author: Tommaso Falcone, MD, FRCS(C), FACOG, is Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Chairman of the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. He is Vice Chairman of the Office of Professional Staff Affairs of the Cleveland Clinic. He is co-editor of a textbook, Clinical Reproductive Medicine and Surgery (Elsevier). He is co-author of a laparoscopic surgery atlas (Elsevier) and co-editor of Congenital Mullerian Anomalies (Lippincott). He is also co-author of a patient educational book titled Overcoming Infertility. Dr. Hurd is Professor of Reproductive Biology and the Lilian Hanna Baldwin Chair endowed in Gynecology and Obstetrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology Infertility at University Hospitals/MacDonald Women's Hospital. For almost two decades, he has been an active clinician and researcher focusing on reproductive endocrinology and infertility. He started his academic career as the Director of the IVF program at the University of Michigan Medical School. He then directed the IVF program and Reproductive Endocrinology Division at Indiana University School of Medicine. Most recently, he was the Chief of OB/GYN and the Assistant Dean for Military Affairs at Write State University School of Medicine in Dayton Ohio. Dr. Hurd came to University Hospitals in 2007 after finishing a 31 year career with the US Air Force Reserve.
