Mark V. Sauer is an American physician who specializes in reproductive medicine. He is a clinician, researcher and medical educator best known for his work in the development of egg and embryo donation, fertility care of HIV-seropositive patients, and reproductive bioethics. He currently is Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He also serves as the Senior Associate Dean for Women's Health there. Sauer was the Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at
Columbia University Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP/CUIMC), also known as the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), is an academic medical center and the largest campus of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. It includes C ...
in New York City for twenty-one years, where he was also the program and laboratory director of the Center for Women's Reproductive Care, and a tenured professor and vice-chairman in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. While at Columbia University he also served on the Medical Ethics Committee of New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center.
Biography and education
Sauer received an A.B. degree in biology from
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
in 1976. He received an M.D. from the
University of Illinois College of Medicine
The University of Illinois College of Medicine offers a four-year program leading to the MD degree at four different sites in Illinois: Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, and formerly Urbana–Champaign. The Urbana–Champaign site stopped accepting ne ...
in 1980. Sauer received a M.S. in Bioethics from Columbia University in 2017. He completed his residency in
obstetrics and
gynecology at the University of Illinois Hospital in 1984 and then obtained sub-specialty training in reproductive endocrinology at the University of California in Los Angeles,
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, under the mentorship of
John Buster. Sauer has been married since 1979 to Lynda Marie (Treppa) Sauer and has 4 children.
Career
Sauer achieved the world's first donor egg pregnancies in older menopausal women while serving as an associate professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Sauer's other projects included the introduction of
methotrexate for the nonsurgical treatment of
ectopic pregnancies, and more recently the use of
semen
Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize the female ovum. Sem ...
washing techniques to prevent the transmission of HIV in couples wishing to conceive when the wife is uninfected. He also developed a program for procuring eggs for stem cell therapy from paid donors.
Sauer has served on the editorial board of several medical journals. He is the Associate Editor of Fertility and Sterility Reports. He has written more than 370 peer-reviewed articles, and 50 book chapters related to reproductive endocrinology and infertility. He was a three-term member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).
Sauer is known for his work in establishing pregnancies in women following natural
menopause
Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time in women's lives when menstrual periods stop permanently, and they are no longer able to bear children. Menopause usually occurs between the age of 47 and 54. Medical professionals often ...
. While an associate professor at the University of Southern California (USC), he headed the egg donation program that established the first pregnancies in women who were in their 40s, 50s and 60s. His series of experiments and work were published in
The New England Journal of Medicine
''The New England Journal of Medicine'' (''NEJM'') is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals as well as the oldest continuously published one.
Hi ...
, the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Lancet. He was credited as being a pioneer in reproductive medical research and has been interviewed by Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and People, as well as television programs such as “Dateline,” "Charlie Rose",” “20/20,” “Nightline,” “The CBS Sunday Morning Show,” “Good Morning America,” and “Today”.
Sauer served for many years as a board examiner for both obstetrics and gynecology and the sub-specialty of reproductive endocrinology for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the past he has served as a medical consultant to the New York State Department of Health, the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, the New Jersey State Department of Health and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Publications
Books
*Sauer, Mark V. ''Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation,'' London: Springer, 1st. ed., 1998 2nd ed. 2013 . According to WorldCat, the book is held in 226 libraries
*Sauer, Mark V. "Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation", London: Springer, 2nd ed. 2013 .
References
External links
The Future Of Birth*
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American obstetricians
Physicians from California
Physicians from New York (state)
Physicians from New Jersey
1955 births
Living people
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
University of Illinois College of Medicine alumni
Columbia University alumni