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About Bruce I. Rose, Ph.D., M.D
Bruce I. Rose, Ph.D., M.D., a specialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, is one of about 900 board certified infertility specialists practicing in the United States. He is also board certified in obstetrics and gynecology.
Infertility Solutions, P.C., his private practice, includes the Lehigh Valley Sperm Bank. Dr. Rose also serves as Medical Director of the adjoining Male Fertility Assessment Laboratory.
Dr. Rose currently does most of his surgery at St. Lukes Medical Center in Allentown, Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, and Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown. Dr. Rose has also previously served as Medical Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology Program at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, and as head of reproductive endocrinology at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. He has published research articles in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, the International Journal of Fertility, Fertility and Sterility, Biology of Reproduction and other medical publications.
Dr. Rose earned his medical degree at the University of Miami and his graduate and doctorate degrees at the University of Chicago. His postgraduate medical education included an internship at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford University Hospital and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Miami.
Dr. Rose and his wife, Maureen, are the parents of three children who represent the couple's personal triumph over infertility. Maureen Rose is a registered nurse who plays an active role in her husband's practice.
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Embryologists and Laboratory Staff
Donna Laky, B. A., B. S., T. S.
Donna is our head embryologist and the supervisor of all our laboratories. Donna has been working in reproductive laboratories for more than 18 years and has experienced the rapid and powerful growth in this technology. She has experience in both small and large programs. She joined our program with extensive prior experience in embryo micromanipulation including experience in ICSI, assisted hatching and embryo biopsy. Most recently, she has taken on the demanding challenge of IVM. In spite of the demands of embryology, Donna has a eighteen year old daughter, who is also very interested in pursuing a career in the medical field.
[ Laky Curriculum Vitae ] [ Back to Top of Page ]
Ingelise Brown, B. S., Medical Technologist
Ingelise assists Donna in the endocrinology and male infertility labs during our periods of peak IVF activity. Before joining our practice about ten years ago, Ingelise worked at New York Babies Hospital and at the Tissue Typing Laboratory at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis.
All the members of Ingelise's immediate family are in the medical field: Ingelise is married to a pathologist, her older daughter is a recently board-certified internist, and her younger daughter is a student at Temple University Medical School.
Nursing
Ruth Cortazar, RN
Ruth runs our Clarks Summit office and is the on site care person for all patients who use that office. Ruth spent many years as a Hospice care nurse, but also comes with experience from med-surg and cardiac care.
Maureen Rose, RN
Maureen works part-time for the practice. Her husband is Dr. Rose. She has been a nurse for more than twenty years and has worked in pediatrics, med-surg, the emergency room and the ICU. She has three children in or past college and still clearly recalls the heartbreak of infertility. Maureen has earned the American Society of Reproductive Medicine Nurse Certificate in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Laura Hoey, RN
Laura works part-time in our Allentown office, where she is the primary triage nurse. Most patients who undertake a cycle through that office will get to know her well. She has 20 years of nursing experience which included work in the NICU as well as mother-baby units. Her life has taken her from Virginia to North Carolina to Pennsylvania with a husband and four children.
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Office Staff
Jayne Miller
Jayne is our office manger and the head of our billing department. She brings more than twenty years of billing experience and dedication to our practice. Billing is a time-consuming support function that is constantly changing and often unappreciated. Her two children, Justin and Britt, have grown up with the practice.
Britt Miller
Amazingly, Britt has been with us in some form for most of her life. Her childhood was devoted to competing in cheerleading and dance. She graduated from the Performing Arts Charter School in Bethlehem and now attends Northampton Community College with plans to become a nurse.