updated 4/2007

1995-Present Center for Applied Reproductive Science
Medical Center Office Building
408 North State of Franklin Road
Johnson City, Tennessee 37604
Telephone 423-461-8880, Facsimile 423-461-8887

1988-1995 East Tennessee State University
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Johnson City, Tennessee
Director, Reproductive Endocrinology, 1988 – 1995
Associate Professor, Tenured, 1993, Assistant Professor, 1988 – 1993
Interim Chairman, 1990 – 1991
Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Anatomy, Pharmacology, Physiology

1981-1985 & 1987-1988 Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New Haven, Connecticut
Residency (Intern - Chief Resident), 1981-1985
Fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology, 1987-1988
Instructor 1987-1988

1985-1987 University of Edinburgh,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
Lecturer in Reproductive Medicine, Senior Registrar

1981 (January -May) University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
Medical Research Council
Visiting Scientist

1980-1981 (September-January) Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
Baltimore, Maryland
Division of Gynecologic Pathology / Prof. J Donald Woodruff
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow

1974-1981 West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Graduate School, 1974–1981 (PhD in Anatomy 1981)
Medical School 1978-1981 (MD 1981)
Department of Anatomy
Instructor 1977-1978

1968-1974 University of Tennessee
Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee
Undergraduate Studies (BA, Business Administration and Economics) 1968-1972
Post-baccalaureate studies (Biology and Chemistry) 1972-1974

Date & Place of Birth:
December 31, 1949 – Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Medical Certification:
Fellow - American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FACOG) 1990
Subspecialty Certification – Reproductive Endocrinology 1994
Fellow - American College of Clinical Endocrinologists (FACE) 2000

Medical License:
State of Tennessee MD018948, 1988 -current
State of North Carolina 0097-01617 19, 1995 -current

Teaching Awards:
Years' Most Outstanding Teacher 1978 – paraprofessional histology
Attending of the Year – Family Medicine 1991
Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award 1992–1995
Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics Excellence in Teaching Award 1995
Outstanding Attending Physician, MAHEC residency program 2003

Major Clinical / Research Interests:
Assisted Reproduction Therapies
Pathophysiology of Reproductive Aging
Ovarian Structure and Function / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Societies:
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
American Diabetes Association
American Society Reproductive Medicine
Androgen Excess Society
Endocrine Society
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology
Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists
Society for Reproductive Surgeons

Advocacy Organizations
American Infertility Association (advisory board)
INCIID (advisory board)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (advisory board)
Resolve, Endometriosis Association

Editorial Positions:
Reviewer - Fertility and Sterility

PUBLICATIONS

Thatcher SS, Woodruff JD:
Uterine Stomatosis: A Report of Thirty–Three Cases.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 59(4):428–434, 1982

Thatcher SS:
A Literature Filing System in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 69 (1):136–140, 1987

Aitken RJ, Thatcher SS, Glasier AF, Clarkson JS, Wu FCW, Baird DT:
Relative Ability of Modified Version of the Hamster Penetration Test,
Incorporating Hyperosmotic Medium or the Ionophore A23187, to Predict IVF Outcome.
Human Reproduction 2 (6):227–231, 1987

West JD, Angell RD, Thatcher SS, Gosden JR, Hastie ND, Glasier AF, Baird DT:
Sexing the Human Pre–Embryo by DNA In–Situ Hybridization.
Lancet i:1345–1347, 1987

Angell RR, Summer AT, West JD, Thatcher SS, Glasier AF, Baird DT:
Post Fertilization Polyploidy in Human Preimplantation Embryos Fertilized In Vitro.
Human Reproduction 2 (8):721–727, 1987

Glasier AF, Thatcher SS, Wickings EJ, Hillier SG, Baird DT:
Superovulation With Gonadotropins Does Not Inhibit the Luteinizing Surge.
Fertility Sterility 49 (1):81–85, 1988

Thatcher SS, Donachie KM, Glasier AF, Hillier SG, Baird DT:
The Effects of Clomiphene on the Histology of Human Endometrium in Regularly Cycling Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization.
Fertility Sterility 49 (2):296–301, 1988

Thatcher SS, Boyle HP, Glasier AF, Hillier SG, Baird DT:
A Comparison of Dosages of Noresthisterone for Synchronization of Cycles for a Fixed Regimen of Ovulation Induction and In Vitro Fertilization.
Fertility Sterility 49 (5):848–853, 1988

Thatcher SS, DeCherney AH:
In Vitro Fertilization: An Overview.
Resident and Staff Physician 34 (2):127–133, 1988

Thatcher SS:
Hysteroscopic Sterilization.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America 15 (1):51–60, 1988

Thatcher SS, DeCherney AH:
The In Vitro Manipulation of Terminology –An Editorial.
Journal of In Vitro Fertility and Embryo Transfer 5 (4):179–180, 1988

Thatcher SS, Angell RR, West JD, Glasier AF, Kelly RW, Hillier SG, Baird DT:
Effects of Preovulatory Tamoxifen in Regularly Cycling Women on Folliculogenesis, Oocyte Recovery and Luteal Function.
Human Reproduction, 3(8):935–938, 1988

West JD, Gosden JR, Angell RR, West KM, Glasier AF, Thatcher SS, Baird DT:
Sexing the Whole Human Pre–Embryos by In–Situ Hybridization with Y–Chromosome Specific DNA Probe.
Human Reproduction, 3 (8):1010–1019, 1988

Thatcher SS:
Anovulatory Infertility: Causes and Cures.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 34 (1):17–24, 1989
West JD, Flockhart JH, Angell RR, Hillier SG, Glasier AF, Thatcher SS, Roger M, Baird DT: Glucose Phosphate Isomerase Activity in Mouse and Human Pre–Embryos. Human Reproduction, 4 (1):82–85, 1989

Thatcher SS, Jones E, DeCherney AH:
Ovarian Cysts Decrease the Success of Controlled Ovarian Stimulation and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
Fertility Sterility, 52 (5):812–816, 1989

Thatcher SS, Granger D, True L, DeCherney AH:
Pelvic Trophoblastic Implants After Laparoscopic Removal of a Tubal Pregnancy.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 74 (3):514–515, 1989

Thatcher SS, Corfman R, Grosso J, Silverman D, DeCherney AH:
Cocaine Use and Acute Rupture of Ectopic Pregnancies.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 74 (3):478–479, 1989

Thatcher SS, Restrepo U, Lavy G, DeCherney AH:
In Vitro Fertilization and Sex Ratio.
Lancet i:1025–1026, 1989

Thatcher SS, DeCherney AH:
A Critical Assessment of the Indications for In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer.
Human Reproduction 4 (8):11–16, Supplement, 1989

Thatcher SS:
Contraceptive Techniques on the Horizon.
Clinical Consultations in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2 (3), 129–133, 1990.

Zimmerman RC, Westhof G, Thatcher S, Peukert–Adam I, Grunert E, Braendle W:
Follicular Size and Steroid Secretion of Dominant Bovine Follicles.
Zentalblatt fur Gynakologie, 112:1279–1283, 1990

Fukuda A, Wu YK, Roudebush WE, Thatcher SS:
Effect of in vitro oocyte aging and sperm injection on mouse fertilization and embryonic development.
Human Reproduction, 6:390– 391, 1991

Thatcher SS Naftolin F:
The Aging and Aged Ovary.
Seminars in Reproductive Endocrinology, 9 (3):189–199, 1991.

Thatcher SS:
Analogs of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GNRH) in assisted reproduction. Assisted Reproduction Reviews, 1 (4):116–131, 1991.

Penzias AS, Jones EE, Seifer DB, Grifo JA, Thatcher SS, DeCherney AH:
Baseline ovarian cysts do not affect clinical response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for in vitro fertilization.
Fertility and Sterility, 57 (5):1017–1021, 1992.

Shamma FN, Penzias AS, Thatcher SS, Decherney AH, Lavy G:
Corpus Luteum Function In In Vitro Fertilization Cycles.
Fertility and Sterility, 57 (5):1107–1110, 1992.

Fukuda A, Roudebush WE, Thatcher SS:
Influence of oocyte aging on microfertilization in the mouse with reference to zona hardening.
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 9:378–383, 1992

Fukuda A, Roudebush WE, Thatcher SS:
In vitro oocyte aging on microfertilization in the mouse.
In: "FESTSCHRIFT for MC Chang" by the Journal of Assisted Reproductive Technology and Andrology, 3:267–272, 1992

Finney A, Fukuda A, Breuel KF, Thatcher SS:
Coagulation and liquefaction of seminal plasma.
Assisted Reproduction Reviews 2:164–169, 1992

Thatcher SS, Clark K:
Incision and closure.
Current Surgery, January 1993:58–60

Thatcher SS, Fukuda A:
Surgical materials – Adhesion prevention. Current Surgery, January 1993:53–57
Nwosu UC, Thatcher SS: Premature rupture of membranes: a survey of the current clinical practices by maternal–fetal medicine obstetricians in USA.
Journal of Maternal Fetal Medicine, 2:103–110, 1993

Thatcher SS, Stronk J, Lavy G:
Heat inactivated maternal serum (HIMS) vs. bovine serum albumin (BSA) for culture medium supplementation in human IVF.
Journal of Assisted Reproductive Technology and Andrology, 4:319–323, 1993

Nwosu UC, Thatcher SS:
Pregnancy in an non–communicating uterine horn mimicking incarceration with sacculation of a retroflexed uterus.
ACTA Obstetrics and Gynecology Scandinavia, 72;580–582, 1993

Thatcher SS, Fukuda A:
Office hysteroscopy. Clinical
Consultations in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5 (3):198–205, 1993

Thatcher SS, Breuel KF:
Infertility and the luteal phase.
Assisted Reproduction Reviews, 3(4):203–210, 1993

Thatcher SS, Jelovsek FR:
Congenital genital anomaly, endometriosis and sexual dysfunction.
The Journal of Clinical Practice in Sexuality, 1994

Olsen ME, Breuel KF, Thatcher SS:
Communicating double uterus with obstructed hemivagina and subsequent abscess formation: A case report.
Adolesc Pediatr Gynecol, 8;35–38, 1995.

Sills ES, Kirman I, Thatcher SS, Palermo GD:
Sex-selection of human spermatozoa: evolution of current techniques and applications.
Arch Gynecol Obstet, 261: 109-115, 1998

Thatcher S, Diagnosing PCOS:
Female Patient, 29 (4): 33-36, April 2004

Jaffe JS, Timell AM, Elolia R, Thatcher SS:
Risk factors for low bone mineral density in individuals residing in a facility for the people with intellectual disability.
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 49 (6): 457-462, 2005

McCook JG, Reame NE, Thatcher SS:
Health related quality of life issues in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Journal of Obstetric and Gynecolologic Neonatal Nursing, 34 (1): 12-20, 2005

Himelein MJ, Thatcher SS:
Depression and body image among women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Journal of Health Psychology, 11(4): 623-25, 2006

Thatcher SS, Jackson EM:
Pregnancy outcome in infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome who were treated with metformin.
Fertility and Sterility, 85 (4): 1002-9, 2006

Himelein MJ, Thatcher SS:
Polycystic ovary syndrome and mental health: a review.
Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 51 (11):723-32, 2006

CHAPTERS:

Thatcher SS, DeCherney AH: Pregnancy Inducing Technologies: Their Biological and Medical Implications.
In: Women and New Reproductive Technologies: Medical, Psychosocial, Legal and Ethical Dilemmas. J. Rodin and A. Collins (eds.). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, New Jersey, pp. 27–35, 1991.

Thatcher SS, Joshi PN: Acute Urinary Retention After Laparoscopy.
In: Complications of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy. Corfman RS, Diamond M, DeCherney AH, 2nd Edition, Blackwell Scientific Publications Inc, Boston, 1995.

Thatcher SS, Berkowitz GS: Pregnancy Before Age 20 and After Age 35
In: Medicine of the Fetus and Its Mother. Hobbins J, Reece EA (eds.).2nd ed. JB Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, pp. 1409-1431,1999.

Thatcher SS, Diamond MP: Hyperandrogenism.
In: Practical Strategies in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Ransom SB (ed.), W.B. Saunders Companty, Philadelphia, pp. 570-580, 2000.

Thatcher SS, Kennedy JL: Adjunctive Glucocorticoids in Ovulation Induction in
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
In: Manual of Ovulation Induction G. Allahbadia (ed) Rotunda Medical Technologies. Mumbai, pp. 124-130, 2001.

Hensleigh HC, Thatcher SS: Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Transfer: New Life for an Old Egg
In: The Art & Science of Assisted Reproductive Techniques. G. Allahbadia, R.Basuray (eds.) Jaypee Medical Publishers Ltd. New Delhi .pp 372-380, 2003.

BOOKS:

Bruce DF, Thatcher SS: Making a Baby: Everything You Need to Know to Get Pregnant. Ballantine Press, New York, 2000, 380p.

Thatcher SS: PCOS: The Hidden Epidemic. Perspectives Press, Indianapolis, 2000, 496p.

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