Rare Horse May Get to be a Dad, Thanks to Area Surgeon by Michele Munz June 18, 2008 Dr. Sherman Silber has long been a trailblazer in fertility. Now the St. Louis – area surgeon is taking his expertise in humans and using it for endangered animals. Silber has performed the first successful reverse vasectomy […]
Doctor from St. Luke’s Hospital will be the first to try the live transplant in the United States to help infertile woman. Front Page – St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 21, 2004by Tina Hesman of the Post-Dispatch A St. Louis fertility specialist is set to perform a transplant today that may be the ultimate “gift […]
Beating the Clock? Frozen Ovaries Make Headlines By Cindy Haines, M.D., Special to the Beacon St. Louis Beacon, November 14, 2008 More women are waiting to start their families, delaying pregnancy until their mid- to late-30s, 40s and beyond. While pregnancy in a woman’s later years can carry some complications, “the biggest risk of delaying […]
by Sophia Banay Moura Marie Claire, July 2010 What if you are ready for baby-making but freaked by the thought of infertility? We got the scoop on the newest reproductive technologies out there from the doctor who performed the first-ever successful ovary transplant. So whether or not you’ve got babies on the brain, we’ve got […]
By Julia Evangelou Straitstlbeacon.org, November 12, 2009 As far back as Sherman Silber can remember, his parents told him he wanted to be a doctor. “They pounded it into me!” said Silber with a laugh. “There was a tremendous parental push. But I’m really happy for it,” he said. “I was a Jewish boy in […]
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Summary of Berlin International Congress March 21-23, 2013, Organized by Dr. A. Arav (Israel), Dr. A. Cobo (Spain), Dr. J. Donnez (Belgium), Dr. N. Noyes (USA), Dr. P. Patrizio (USA), Dr. Z. Shoham (Israel), Dr. G. Vajta (Australia), and Dr. Sherman Silber (USA) April 19, 2013 This was a unique gathering in Europe of the […]
St. Luke’s Hospital Named One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Fourth Year in a Row St. Luke’s Hospital Press Release CHESTERFIELD, MO, February 24, 2010 – For the fourth year in a row, St. Luke’s Hospital is the only Missouri hospital to be named on the HealthGrades list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals. The […]
Ovarian Transplantation – Our Experience and Vision Editorial by Dr. Sherman J. Silber, M.D. IVF NEWS.Direct! April/June 2011 Dr. Sherman J. Silber, a pioneer in microsurgery and infertility, is considered a leading authority on IVF, sperm retrieval,ICSI, vasectomy reversal, tubal ligation reversal, egg and embryo freezing, testicle and ovary freezing and transplantation, and the reproductive […]
Preliminary Tests of a New Reversible Male Contraceptive in Bush Dog, Speothos Venaticus: Open-Ended Vasectomy and Microscopic Reversal Karen DeMatteo, Ph.D., Sherman Silber, M.D., Ingrid Porton, M.S., Kathy Lenahan, Randall Junge, D.V.M., and Cheryl Asa, Ph.D. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2006 Download PDF version of this article Abstract Open-ended vasectomies were performed on […]
“Giving An Ovary To My Twin Was A ‘Magical’ Opportunity” by Gordon Rayner, Chief ReporterTelegraph.co.uk, November 17, 2008 Susanne Butscher’s identical twin said donating an ovary to give her sister the chance of a normal life was a “magical” opportunity. Dorothee Tilly, 39, was “ecstatic” when Susanne told her she had fallen pregnant a year […]
by Jo Gardner Fertility Road, March/April 2011 Nothing prepares a woman for the news that conceiving will be a challenge, but when you’re informed IVF isn’t plausible either, a sense of helplessness just adds to the hurt and confusion. That’s what happened to my twin sister when she got blood test results back from a […]