Mitchel C. Schiewe, M.S., Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), ELD (ABB), Ovation Fertility Newport Beach Laboratory Director
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His extensive work in the 1980’s included research projects in Africa and Asia, and involved pioneering efforts in embryo toxicology, embryo freezing & vitrification, laparoscopic embryo transfer and blastocyst reconstruction/placental donation.
In 1992, he extended his expertise into the biomedical field of Human Embryology. There, he co-published 8 peer-reviewed manuscripts by 1996. This manscripts covered many topics.
ICSI
Embryo biopsy
Oocyte freezing
Laser hatching
Embryo culture/blastocyst hatching mechanisms
To date, Dr. Schiewe has served as an author or co-author on 35 peer-reviewed papers and 70 abstracts presented at national and international meetings. He has been a moderator and Abstract Reviewer for multiple ASRM meetings and continues as a Journal Reviewer for Fertility & Sterility and Theriogenology. Dr. Schiewe’s foundation was in the IETS where he served for 5-10 years on their Import/Export Committee, Education Committee, Research Subcommittee and the IETS Foundation (Vice-Chair, 1993; Chairman, 1994-1997). For the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Dr. Schiewe served as the only two-term Chairman of the Reproductive Biology Professional Group (2007-2009). He subsequently was instrumental in founding the Society for Reproductive Biologist and Technologists(SRBT) in 2010. Additionally, he has served as the Program Chairman for ASRM in 2007 and 2010.
All about Dr. Schiewe’s background
Dr. Schiewe’s academic foundation in Animal Science reinforced a strong interest in embryo biology. He earned an undergraduate at the University of California at Davis (B.S., 1981). Then he was a Masters’ degree student at Louisiana State University (LSU, 1983). He served as a Research Intern, Fellow and Associate of the Smithsonian Institution at the National Zoological Park (NZP, 1984-1992) which involved developing an embryo research program for nondomestic species.
Research efforts at both LSU and NZP resulted in award winning research presentations at the International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS) meetings (1983 and 1984, respectively). Concurrent with his NZP affiliation, he completed a Ph.D. program in the Department of Physiology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD and was a guest scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Upon receiving his Ph.D. in 1989, he was awarded a National Research Council Research Associateship for post-doctoral work at the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). In 1992, he joined the faculty in the REI Division at the University of California Irvine (UCI) as an Assistant Professor.
More about Mitchel C. Schiewe
In the mid 90’s, Dr. Schiewe served as the Laboratory Director of IVF & Embryology at California Fertility Associates in conjunction with the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center (5 yrs) and as a Guest Scientist at the Studio Interdisciplinare Fecondazione e Transfer in Rome, Italy (6 yrs). Before joining SCIRS in 2007, he devoted his efforts to establishing another IVF program (FSAC). Dr. Schiewe’s experience and open-mindedness to technological advancement has allowed us to successfully optimize blastocyst culturing, embryo and egg vitrification (cryopreservation) and preimplantation genetic screening.
In his spare time, Mitch enjoys international travel and doing community service with his family. To no surprise, he is a huge animal lover. At home, he enjoys the company of his three dogs with his wife and teenage daughter.
