William W. Hurd, MD, Professor of Reproductive Biology and Division Director
Dr. Hurd became the Director of the REI Division August 2007 and will be the Fellowship Program Director. He has been actively involved in academic medicine for almost 2 decades and has extensive experience in research design, data analysis, scientific writing, and scientific presentations. His basic research efforts have focused on myometrial physiology, and his laboratory has received significant funding over the years from NIH (NIDA and NICHD), and the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. His clinical research areas of interest include infertility, assisted reproductive techniques, and minimally invasive surgery. Other clinical areas of interest include recurrent pregnancy loss, polycystic ovarian syndrome and chronic pelvic pain. Earlier this year, he co-edited a textbook with Dr. Tommaso Falcone entitled, “Clinical Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, written primarily for residents and fellows. He will serve as overall clinical and research director for each fellow, and meet with them individually each month to supervise their progress. As such, he will ensure that each fellow completes an application for registration in that fellowship, and that each fellow actively pursues a research program which will result in the completion of a thesis which may be utilized in the certification process. He will also serve as the primary clinical mentor and as a research mentor.
James H. Liu, MD, Professor of Reproductive Biology and Department Chair
Dr. Liu has been the Department Chart since 2001. Previously, he was the REI Division Director and Fellowship Program Director at the University of Cincinnati for over a decade. He is an internationally known expert in hormonal changes associated with aging and therapeutic hormone effects during menopause. He has extensive translation and clinical research experience, and has been the PI on multiple NIH and industrial grants, including the Women’s Health Initiative and the Clinical Contraceptive Trials Network. His clinical areas of interest include menopausal medicine, osteoporosis, infertility, and assisted reproductive techniques. He will serve as a clinical and research mentor.
Stacie J. Weil, MD, Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology
Dr. Weil is a clinical reproductive Endocrinologist in the REI Division. She has been in the Department since 2005. Prior to coming here, she spent several years as a staff REI at the National Institutes of Health, National Naval Medical Center, and Walter Reed Hospital. Her primary clinical interests include polycystic ovarian syndrome, menopause, assisted reproductive technologies, in vitro fertilization, and reconstructive fertility surgery. She will serve as a clinical mentor.