Kieran Cunningham joined South Jersey Fertility Center in 1995 as Laboratory Manager of the Embryology, Endocrine and Andrology laboratories, after years of experience as the IVF Laboratory Supervisor at a center in Delaware.  There he was a part of some groundbreaking work with immature oocyte retrievals and culture.  Kieran has had many years of experience performing IVF, sperm and embryo cryopreservation, ICSI, assisted hatching with fragment removal, blastocyst culture and cryopreservation and many embryo culture techniques. His work overseas resulted in the birth of the first GIFT baby in Syria. He has worked closely with local Urologists specializing in male fertility in the collection of sperm from testicular tissue and epididymal fluid.  Recently he implemented embryo biopsy and cell fixation for Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) of embryos at South Jersey Fertility Center.  He was instrumental in setting up the new state-of-the-art Embryology and Andrology laboratories.

 Education:

         University of Delaware – BS in Medical Technology, Minor in Biology – 1991

         Successful completion of graduate courses in embryology – 1995-1996

         Completed many post graduate seminars and courses in embryology, cryopreservation and PGD.

 Professional Societies

         American Society for Reproductive Medicine

         Philadelphia Area Reproductive Endocrine Society

         American Association of Bioanalysts

         AAB College of Reproductive Biology

         Society of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART)

         Delaware Valley Reproductive Biology group

Certification

         Medical Technology (ASCP) – American Society of Clinical Pathologists

         Board Certified as Technical Supervisor in Andrology and Embryology by The American Board of
         Bioanalysts

         Board Certified as Embryology Laboratory Director by The American Board of Bioanalysts.