Dr. Pedro Beauchamp is an endocrinologist who is the first Puerto Rican specialist certified by the American Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Board. In 1985, he performed the first
in vitro fertilization
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating an individual's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) f ...
(IVF) technique in Puerto Rico.
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In-vitro fertilization
Pedro Beauchamp was born in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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. In 1982, Beauchamp was responsible and is credited with delivering the first triplets born by
in-vitro
''In vitro'' (meaning in glass, or ''in the glass'') studies are performed with microorganisms, cells, or biological molecules outside their normal biological context. Colloquially called " test-tube experiments", these studies in biology and ...
fertilization in the United States and the first in-vitro baby born in
Argentina
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. His work is known as GIFT (in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer) and TET (Tubal Embryo Transfer).
Dr. Beauchamp returned to
Puerto Rico
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in 1985 and established his practice in reproductive endocrinology and infertility in the city of
Bayamón. In 1986, he delivered the first child born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure in all of Puerto Rico at the Regional Hospital of Bayamón.
Dr. Beauchamp's In-Vitro Fertilization program was the first of 31 such programs established in the United States. Since its establishment in Puerto Rico thousands of families have been able to give birth to children. In the United States, he has the highest average for the planning and completion of successful in-vitro fertilization.
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In his field, Dr. Beauchamp has published over 50 scientific works in myriad medical journals, and has been an invited speaker to numerous medical conferences.
Honors and memberships
Dr. Beauchamp is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and a co-founder of "SART," the Society of Assisted Reproductive Techniques and Reproductive Endocrinology and In-fertilization Society.
See also
* List of Puerto Ricans
*Puerto Rican scientists and inventors
Before Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadors landed on the island of "Borikén" (Puerto Rico), the Tainos who inhabited the island depended on their astronomical observations for the cultivation of their crops.
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Puerto Rican endocrinologists
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