John R. Marshall, M.D., helped orchestrate the world's first embryonic transfer.

Education

Marshall attended Pomona College and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He has completed advanced study in pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania and in the executive MBA program at the Anderson School at UCLA.

Career

Currently, Marshall is clinical professor of

obstetrics and gynecology Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and t ...

at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, adjunct professor at the

Mercer University School of Medicine Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) is the graduate medical school of Mercer University and a component of the Mercer University Health Sciences Center. It was founded in 1982 in Macon, Georgia, United States, and in 2008 opened a second ...

in Savannah, and adjunct professor of Public Health at Georgia Southern University. For 17 years he served as professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA, vice chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA, and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and residency program director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program at the Harbor/UCLA Medical Center. Marshall, along with

John Buster John Edmond Buster (born July 18, 1941) is an American physician who, while working at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, directed the research team that performed the first embryo transfer from one woman to another r ...

, was one of the developers of the technique that resulted in the first successful transfer of a conceptus from the uterus of a donor to the uterus of a recipient with a resulting live birth. He has been a principal in three start-up medical companies and has been involved in medical and pharmaceutical marketing for over 20 years. He currently serves as a medical advisor to

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. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and has served as an examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, as chairman of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Test Committee of the National Board of Medical Examiners, and on the editorial board of ''Obstetrics and Gynecology''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, John R. American medical academics American obstetricians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Pomona College alumni UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni