Donna Session, MD - Associate Professor
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Director, In Vitro Fertilization
Medical Director, Emory Reproductive Center
Academic & Clinical Office
Emory Reproductive Center 550 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1800 Atlanta GA 30308Email: Donna.Session@emoryhealthcare.org
Patient Appointments · 404-778-3401
Board certification
Obstetrics & Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Education
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 1986
Internship: Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, 1987
Residency: Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, 1990
Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, 1993
Areas of Clinical/Research Interest
In-vitro fertilization, infertility, reproductive surgery, ultrasound. Regulation of genes expressed in the reproductive tract; evaluation of the expression of a Y chromosome specific gene in the testis; the role of cyclin E in gynecologic malignancies; development of qualitative imaging methods to evaluate antral follicle counts and follicle growth responses to gonadotropins stimulation in women undergoing ovarian stimulation.
Organizational Leadership/Memberships
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Medical Association
American Association of Gynecologic Laparosocpists
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Resolve
Southeastern Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
Selected Publications
Foong SC, Abbott DH, Lesnick TG, Phy JL, Session DR, Tummon IS, Walker DL,Thornhill AR, Dumesic DA Diminished Intrafollicular Estradiol (E2) Levels in Women with Reduced Ovarian Responsiveness to Recombinant Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone (rhFSH) Therapy for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Fertility and Sterility 2005:83/5;1377-1383.
Walker DL, Gardner DK, Lane M, Tummon, IS, Session, DR, Thornhill, A. Cryosystem assessment by glucose uptake of blastocysts. Reproductive Biomedicine Online. 2005:11;601-607.
Allemand MC, Dumesic DA, Tummon I, Session D, Morphological Criteria for the Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) by 3-Dimensional (3D) Transvaginal Ultrasound (TVUS), Fertility and Sterility Fertility & Sterility. 2006:85(1);214-9.
Park JK, Murphy AA, Bordeaux BL, Dominguez CE, Session DR. Ovulation induction in a poor responder with panhypopituitarism: a case report and review of the literature. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2007:23;82-86.
Session DR. Thyroid replacement and pregnancy. Georgia Chapter Resolve. The National Fertility Association Newsletter 2007 Session DR. Gynecologic ultrasound; and diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome in adults, in Avoiding Common Errors in OB/GYN. Roberts CP & Bloomfield DP. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.