Endocrinology and Gynecology

Reproductive Endocrinology

Reproductive endocrinology describes the hormones and control mechanisms that regulate sexual development, sexual function, and reproduction. Disorders of reproductive endocrinology can occur from abnormal changes anywhere in the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal axis and can include a wide range of symptoms including infertility, hirsutism, virilization, oligomenorrhea and amenorrhea in women

Reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) is a surgical subspecialty of obstetrics and gynaecology that trains physicians in reproductive medicine addressing hormonal functioning as it pertains to reproduction as well as the issue of infertility.

Reproductive endocrinologists, or REs, are fertility/infertility specialists. They are the only doctors trained in providing fertility treatments using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and egg freezing.