IVPCARE is pleased to announce Tamara Tobias and the REI nurses from Seattle Reproductive Medicine in Seattle, WA are the winners of the 2007 Cathy James Professional Patient Education Grant. Their grant titled: My Fertility Journal: Monthly Calendar and Resource Pocket Guide, promises to be a great contribution and resource for infertility patients and centers.

IVPCARE’s Professional Patient Education Grant Program was established to provide clinicians working in the field of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility an opportunity to harness personal innovation, desire and creativity by developing a patient education initiative. In 2003, IVPCARE decided to dedicate this grant annually in memory of Cathy James, NP for her enormous contributions to the field of Infertility Nursing.

We are now in our seventh year of the grant program. The high quality proposals that have been chosen by our Nursing Advisory Board will certainly contribute to the ongoing provision of excellent patient education. For more information about the 2007 Professional Patient Education Grant Program please, contact Humberto DeSantiago or Ann Scalia.

We would like to share with you the accomplishments achieved by nurses who are working in the field of infertility, just like you, taking care of patients every day. Our National Nurses Week 2003 & 2005 Newsletters highlight some of our past grant winners.

2006
Kathy Wyckoff, RN and the nursing staff from Baystate Reproductive Medicine in Springfield, MA have successfully completed their grant titled: “Infertility and Beyond; What It Really Means to Have a Diagnosis of PCOS”.
View a program of 4 evening educational series designed to help women learn more about PCOS.

2005
Karen Dolan and Connecticut Fertility Associates have successfully completed their grant titled, “Preserving Fertility: Partnership between Reproductive Endocrinology and Oncology Teams.” View portions of this booklet.

2004
Monica Moore, MSN, RNC, and Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut-Norwalk have successfully completed their grant titled, “The IVF Laboratory: What Goes On Behind Those Doors.” View a snapshot from the CD.

2003
Our 2003 Grant Winner Ellen Tougias, RN and Baystate Reproductive Medicine have successfully completed their grant, a program titled, "Taking Care of You"

http://www.infertilitymindbody.com/

Marianne Barba, RN is also a 2002 Grant winner. Barba has successfully completed a booklet, which serves as a guide for Donor Egg patients and their families titled, "A Gift of Hope"

2001
Our 2001 Grant winner Marcia Bookal, RN has successfully completed her booklet titled, “The Transition From Infertility To Early Pregnancy.” You can access this booklet by clicking on the link below.

We congratulate all of our grant winners for their dedication and hard work!
If you would like more information about the 2007 Professional Patient Education Grant Program please contact Humberto DeSantiago or Ann Scalia.