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Klaus Wiemer, PhD, HCLD, EMB |
Dr. Wiemer has an extensive clinical and scientific background and experience in cell and embryo culture, cryopreservation of embryos, embryo morphology and assessment, co-culture, blastocyst development, IVF lab design, and supervision. . |
He received his doctorate in Reproductive Physiology (Embryology) in 1989 from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Dr Wiemer has over 20 years of experience directing IVF Laboratories and has been involved in over 10,000 IVF procedures. He was the Scientific Director of the Institute for Assisted Reproduction, Charlotte, NC, USA for 10 years, and Laboratory Director for NorthWest Center for Reproductive Sciences, Kirkland, WA, USA for 7 years.
He and his partner Dr. Mike Opsahl are pleased to announce the opening of a new practice named Poma Fertility in Kirkland, Washington. Poma Fertility, a new world-class infertility treatment medical practice featuring a staff renowned for their top success rates, individualized treatment approach and clinical excellence, is announcing the opening of their first fertility center in Kirkland, Washington; a fertility practice unparalleled in the Pacific Northwest.
The IVF clinics that Dr Wiemer has directed or been associated with have consistently been in the top 10% nationwide. The practices that he has been involved with have always incorporated the latest techniques and most innovative clinical embryology practices in order to ensure that these centers maximize their outcomes. In his most recent practice, Dr Wiemer was part of the team that reported the first frozen oocyte pregnancies, vitrified blastocyst pregnancies, and pregnancies following blastocyst biopsy in Washington State. This center also produced some of the first array-CGH pregnancies in the world. His world-wide affiliations have produced over 200 pregnancies resulting from vitrified oocytes.
Dr Wiemer has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics in the area of clinical embryology. He has received numerous awards for his research, including the Overall Grand Prize awarded by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
His main interests are in embryo culture systems, improving laboratory outcomes and studying the effects of follicular stimulations on subsequent oocyte and embryo quality. He is currently conducting research on developing an embryo morphology grading system that can be used to predict rate and quality of blastocyst development. Other projects include various aspects of oocyte as well as blastocyst vitrification systems.