| General Information |
Birth date:
March 26, 1948 |
Citizenship: U.S.A. |
| Birthplace: Gliwice, Poland |
Marital Status: Married |
| Founder and Director of the Alta Bates In Vitro Fertilization Program, and private practice of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in Berkeley, California since l984. |
| Medical Training |
| 1974 to 1978 |
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (M.D., April 2, 1978) |
| 1978 to 1982 |
Rotating Internship and Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut |
| 1982 to 1984 |
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California |
| Premedical Education |
| 1961 to 1965 |
Liceum Slowackiego, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1966 to 1970 |
University of California, Berkeley (BA with Great Distinction, June 16, 1970) |
| 1970 to 1974 |
University of California, Berkeley (MA, March 22, 1973) |
| Professional Certifications |
| 1979 |
National Board of Medical Examiners |
| 1987 |
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| 1989 |
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Reproductive Endocrinology |
| 1998 |
Re-certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility |
| Professional Societies |
| 1981 |
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Junior Fellow) |
| 1983 |
American Fertility Society (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) |
| 1984 |
American Society of Andrology |
| 1985 |
Pacific Coast Fertility Society |
| 1985 |
Alameda - Contra Costa Medical Association |
| 1985 |
California Medical Association |
| 1986 |
Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology of the American Fertility Society |
| 1988 |
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, (Fellow) |
| 1989 |
San Francisco Gynecological Society Bay Area Reproductive Endocrinology Society |
| 1990 |
Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists of the American Fertility Society |
| 1992 |
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Honors and Awards |
| Awards |
| 1967 |
Preferment to the Berkeley Branch of Telluride Association |
| 1970 |
Departmental Citation, Department of English, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1970 |
Phi Beta Kappa |
| 1970 |
Woodrow Wilson Fellow |
| 1977 |
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society |
| 1982 |
The Meehan-Miller Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine |
| 1983 |
Pearls and Nuggets Award, Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society |
| 1986 |
Practicing Physician's Award, Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society |
| 1999 |
Top Doctors in the Bay Area, Focus magazine |
| Ad hoc Reviewer: Fertility and Sterility and The New England Journal of Medicine |
| Committees |
| Alta Bates Medical Center: Ethics, OB-GYN Executive, Surgery Committee |
| Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART): Executive Committee |
| Bay Area Reproductive Endocrinologists Society (BARES): Program Chairman |
| Medical Advisory Panel of RESOLVE of Northern California |
| Selected Publications and Presentations |
| R.J. Chetkowski, J. DeFazio, I. Shamonki, H.L. Judd, R.J. Chang: The incidence of late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency among hirsute women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 58:595, 1984. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, R.J. Chang, J. DeFazio, D.R. Meldrum, H.L. Judd: The origin of serum progesterone in polycystic ovarian disease. Obstetrics and Gynecology 63:27, 1984. |
| J. DeFazio, C. Verheugen, R.J. Chetkowski, L. Laufer, J.K. Lu, H.L. Judd, D.R. Meldrum: The effects of naloxone on hot flashes and gonadotropin secretion in postmenopausal women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 58:578, 1984. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, C. Verheugen, K.A. Steingold, D.R. Meldrum: Management of retrograde ejaculation. Presented at the Thirty- First Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Rancho Mirage, California, October 12-16, 1983 and submitted for publication. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, T.E. Nass, D.W. Matt, F. Hamilton, K.A. Steingold, D. Randle, D.R. Meldrum: Optimization of hydrogen ion concentration during aspiration of oocytes and culture and transfer of embryos. Journal of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer 2:207, 1985. |
| D.R. Meldrum, R.J. Chetkowski, K.A. Steingold, D. Randle: Transvaginal ultrasound scanning of ovarian follicles. Fertility and Sterility 42:803, 1984. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, D.R. Meldrum, K.A. Steingold, J.K.H. Lu, P. Eggena, D. Randle, H.L. Judd: Biological effects of estradiol administered by a transdermal therapeutic system. The New England Journal of Medicine, 314:1615, 1986. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, T.E. Nass: Isofluorane inhibits early mouse embryo development. Fertility and Sterility 49:171, 1988. |
| R.J. Chetkowski: Transient premature ovarian failure following administration of clomiphene citrate: Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, San Diego, April 10 to 13, 1986. |
| D.R. Meldrum, R.J. Chetkowski, K.A. Steingold, D de Ziegler, M.I. Cedars, M Hamilton: Evolution of a highly successful in vitro fertilization embryo transfer program. Fertility and Steril 48:86, 1987. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, T. Saito, L.R. Kruse, T.E. Nass: The Incidence and significance of luteinizing hormone rise during stimulation with human menopausal gonadotropins for in vitro fertilization. Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society, Reno, September 27 to October 1, 1987. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, L.R. Kruse, T.E. Nass: Improved pregnancy outcome with the addition of leuprolide acetate to gonadotropins for in vitro fertilization. Fertility Sterility 52:250, l989. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, L.R. Kruse, V.R. Burruel, T.E. Nass: IVF treatment outcome in women above the age of 40. Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society, Atlanta, October 8 to 13, 1988. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, R.A. Rode, V. Burruel, T.E. Nass: The effect of pituitary suppression and the women's age on embryo viability and uterine receptivity. Fertility Sterility 56:1104, 1991. |
| R.J. Chetkowski: What is the success rate? - the SART Report. National RESOLVE Newsletter 16:7, 1991. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, D. Moore, T.E Nass: Cefazolin inhibits early mouse embryo development in vitro. Presented at the 7th World Congress on IVF, Paris, June 30 to July 3, 1991. |
| S.P. Willman, R.J. Chetkowski, T.E. Nass: Is adrenal suppression of benefit for assisted reproductive technologies? Presented at the 7th World Congress on IVF, Paris, June 30 to July 3, 1991. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, T.E. Nass: Anesthesia and antibiotics in assisted reproduction. Assisted Reproduction Reviews 2:36, 1992. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, T.E. Nass: Age-associated Infertility: Comparison of cost-effectiveness of pregnancy initiation with donated eggs (PRIDE) and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Presented at District VIII-IX Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Monterey, CA, October 15 to 18, 1993. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, R.J. Kiltz, B.J. Sehnert, T.E. Nass: Assisted hatching (AH) of day 3 embryos after in vitro fertilization (IVF). Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Indian Wells, CA, April 20 to 24, 1994. |
| R.J. Chetkowski: Cost-effectiveness of in vitro fertilization(IVF) in different age groups. Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society meeting, Indian Wells, CA, April 20-24, 1994. |
| C.V. Hounshell, R.J. Chetkowski: Donation of frozen embryos after in vitro fertiization is uncommon. Fertil Steril 1996;66:837-8. |
| R.J. Chetkowski, R.J. Kiltz, W.R. Sayler: In premature luteinization, progesterone induced secretory transformation of the endometrium without impairment of embryo viability. Fertil Steril 1997:68:292-295 |
| R.J. Chetkowski: The SART Report. RESOLVE of Northern California Newsletter 1997; 18(2):5. |
| R.J. Chetkowski: Cloning, Legislators and the Infertility Community. RESOLVE of Northern California Newsletter 1997; 18(4):8. |
| B. Sehnert, R.J. Chetkowski: Secondary donation of frozen embryos is more common after pregnancy initiation with donated eggs than after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer and gamete intrafallopian transfer. Fertil Steril 1998;69:350-2 |
| R.J. Chetkowski, S. Bedrosian, A.Z. Szell: Micro-leuprolide acetate(LA) flare stimulation protocol is associated with advanced secretory endometrium. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine/IFFS '98, San Francisco, CA, October 4, 1998. |
| A.Z. Szell, J.M. Antaran, R.J. Chetkowski: Assisted hatching improves pregnancy rates independently of female age. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine/IFFS '98, San Francisco, CA, October 4, 1998. |
| A.Z. Szell, J.M. Antaran, R.J. Chetkowski: Pregnancy and implantation rates for the transfer of human embryos cultured in P1 or human tubal fluid medium and transferred with or without assisted hatching. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine/IFFS '98, San Francisco, CA, October 4, 1998. |
| R.J. Chetkowski: Spontaneous conceptions after removal of a unilateral hydrosalpinx: Report of two cases. Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, Carlsbad, CA, April 14, 1999. |
| R.J. Chetkowski: Embryo donation: Myths and misconceptions. RESOLVE of Northern California Newsletter |
| Egg donor-recipient matching strategies. A Symposium presented with Dr. Ina Cholst and Terry Royal at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Diego, CA, October 2000. |
| R.J. Chetkowski: The CDC reports of ART success rates. National RESOLVE Newsletter (letter) |
| U.Zenke, R.J.Chetkowski. Inclusion of heterozygotes for cystic fibrosisa (CF) in the egg donor pool. Fertility and Sterility (in print, September 2002) |
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