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Robert Rebar
EWG: Female subfertility work-up

Robert Rebar
Robert W. Rebar, MD, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Subspecialty Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Executive Director of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Volunteer Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, US

Robert W. Rebar, M.D., is Executive Director of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama and Volunteer Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Dr. Rebar is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in obstetrics and gynecology and in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Dr. Rebar received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1972 and from 1972 to 1974 was a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He was a Clinical Associate at the Reproduction Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1974-1976) before completing his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California at San Diego Medical Center (1976-1978). After his residency, Dr. Rebar continued on at the University of California, San Diego for six years (1978-1984), serving as Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology for the last two of those years. He was Professor and Head of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Northwestern University School of Medicine (1984-1988). Before assuming his current duties, Dr. Rebar was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine from 1988 through 1999 and served as Associate Executive Director of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine from 2000 through 2002.

Dr. Rebar is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Fellow), the Endocrine Society, the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, and the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. Dr. Rebar has served on the editorial boards of several journals and is currently a member of the editorial board for the journals Contraception and Journal Watch. Dr. Rebar has contributed to many books, as well as authored over 200 articles on menopause, fertility, and reproductive endocrinology and has been the Principal or a Co-Investigator on several NIH grants.

Ten most recent publications

  • Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Endometriosis and infertility: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2012 Sep;98(3):591–8.
  • Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Position statement on West Nile virus: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2012 Sep;98(3):e15–16.
  • Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Compounded bioidentical menopausal hormone therapy. Fertil Steril. 2012 Aug;98(2):308–12.
  • Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Diagnostic evaluation of the infertile male: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2012 Aug;98(2):294–301.
  • Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Diagnostic evaluation of the infertile female: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2012 Aug;98(2):302–7.
  • Stuenkel CA, Gass MLS, Manson JE, Lobo RA, Pal L, Rebar RW, Hall JE. A decade after the Women’s Health Initiative--the experts do agree. Menopause. 2012 Aug;19(8):846–7.
  • Stuenkel CA, Gass MLS, Manson JE, Lobo RA, Pal L, Rebar RW, Hall JE. A decade after the Women’s Health Initiative--the experts do agree. Fertil Steril. 2012 Aug;98(2):313–4.
  • Stuenkel CA, Gass MLS, Manson JE, Lobo RA, Pal L, Rebar RW, Hall JE. A decade after the women’s health initiative--the experts do agree. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Aug;97(8):2617–8.
  • Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Recommendations for development of an emergency plan for in vitro fertilization programs: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2012 Jul;98(1):e3–5.
  • Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2012 Jul;98(1):e6–9.

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