Scott E. Smith, Ph.D.

Within his first year at Abington Memorial Hospital, Dr. Smith launched an onsite Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) program and prepared the hospital’s laboratories for accreditation by the College of American Pathologists. Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Smith and his team, we became the first laboratory in Pennsylvania to offer onsite PGD for chromosomal abnormalities using fluorescent in situ hybridization, or FISH. Dr. Smith also was instrumental in conducting the state’s first successful PGD case to diagnose Huntington's disease. He is currently president of the Delaware Valley Reproductive Biology Group.

Dr. Smith’s areas of interest and expertise include:
• PGD
• Embryo biopsy
• Blastocyst culture
• Embryo and egg freezing
• Micromanipulation
• ICSI
• Assisted Hatching
• Autologous Endometrial Coculture
• Male factor infertility
• Sperm retrieval techniques
• Sperm penetration following testicular and epididymal sperm extraction
• IVF

Background information:
Graduate school: Ph.D. in Reproductive Biology, the University of Tennessee
Fellowship: Embryo and Uterine Interaction, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Lab
 

MaryBeth MacNamara, MT
A member of the American Society of Andrology, MaryBeth has worked as a medical technologist for over 24 years. She joined Abington Reproductive Medicine in 2006.

Kathy Myers, MT – Laboratory Manager
Kathy joined Abington Reproductive Medicine in 1996, the year Abington Reproductive Diagnostics was founded. A member of the American Association of Bioanalysts and the American Society of Andrology, Kathy is an expert in her field with over 30 years of experience as a medical technologist. 
 
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Desiree Thompson, MLT
Kathy Klawiter, MT
Cathy Lee Stenderowicz, MA
Donna Murdock, Phlebotomist

Teresa Wiesak, Ph.D.
Proficient in all assisted reproductive technologies, especially ICSI, assisted hatching, cryopreservation and embryo transfer, Teresa previously worked as an embryologist at the Cooper Center for IVF in New Jersey. Prior to that, she served as director of reproductive laboratories at the Delaware Valley Institute of Fertility and Genetics, where she was responsible for developing lab procedures and protocols, training lab and support staff and preparing for CAP and COLA accreditation visits. A reviewer for the scientific journals Biology of Reproduction, the Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, Animal Science and Reproductive Biology, Teresa is also trained in molecular biology techniques, including DNA/RNA isolation, hybridization and PCR. She holds a master’s degree in biology from the University of Gdansk in Poland and a doctorate of philosophy in agricultural sciences with a concentration in reproductive biology from the University of Agriculture and Technology, also in Poland.

Maria L. Wikarczuk
Maria has 20 years of experience in the field of embryology beginning at Albert Einstein Medical Center. She has been in In Vitro Fertilization for 18 years and with the Toll center since it’s inception in 1991. As the senior embryologist of the team, she is involved in all aspects of IVF. She is certified as a Technical Supervisor in Andrology by the American Board of Bioanalysis and American Association of Bioanalysts. A member of numerous societies including American Society for Reproductive Medicine and College of Reproductive Biologist.