Chief Executive Officer
Heidi Hayes, MA
Heidi Hayes received her undergraduate degree in
political science from the University of Michigan and her Masters of
Arts degree from the University of Texas. She served as an animal
husbandry specialist in the United States Peace Corps in Ecuador. After
returning stateside, she began her career as the Director of Development
and Marketing for a national not-for-profit. She diversified her
knowledge level by accepting Executive positions in both small and large
healthcare operations. Heidi has more than 25 years of healthcare
experience, having worked in the fields of pain management, physical
therapy, dialysis and reproductive endocrinology. She serves on the
board of CapEX MD, a national financing company and the Tinina Q. Cade
Foundation, a national not-for-profit which provides financial support
and education to individuals with infertility. Heidi, a former Regional
Executive Director of Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center
and IntegraMed America, not only knows the business of assisted
reproductive therapies, she has personally experienced it. Heidi and her
husband are the parents of three children and have built their family
through adoption and donor egg treatment.
President
Michael J. Levy, MD, FACOG
Dr. Michael Levy is a board certified OB/GYN and
Reproductive Endocrinologist. He received his medical degree from the
University of Cape Town Medical School in South Africa. Dr. Levy
completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a two-year
fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at George Washington
University. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown
University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Dr. Levy is a
founding partner of Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center
and has been an innovative leader by introducing shared risk programs,
split donor cycle programs and now an egg bank cooperative concept to
the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) field.
Scientific Director
Michael J. Tucker, PhD
Dr. Michael Tucker has received global recognition
for his pioneering work in the IVF technologies that have helped
revolutionize the treatment of infertility. He received his
undergraduate degree in zoology and physiology from the University of
London and his doctorate in reproductive physiology from the University
of Birmingham in the UK. In 1992, he helped to advance the ICSI
technique and was responsible for the first ΓÇ£ICSI babyΓÇ¥ born in the US.
In 1997, he led the team that was successful in achieving the first
pregnancy and birth using cryopreserved eggs. Prior to joining Shady
Grove Fertiltiy Center as the Director of Andrology and IVF Laboratories
in 1997, Dr. Tucker spent nine years establishing a track record of
exceptional pregnancy rates for IVF and other assisted technologies as
the scientific director for a leading fertility program in Atlanta. Dr.
Tucker has worked in the field of reproductive medicine/embryology for
over 26 years.