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Thanks to a transatlantic collaboration forged by Pasquale Patrizio, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and director of the Yale Fertility Center (YFC), patients in the New Haven area, including women newly diagnosed with cancer who wish to preserve fertility during chemotherapy or radiation, can now reap the benefits of a new, uniquely successful form of the egg-freezing technique known as oocyte cryopreservation (OC).

Although OC has been attempted in various...

Of all the professions, learning medicine requires the greatest time commitment. After four years of medical school, doctors undertake at least three years of internship and residency before beginning their specialty training. At least two additional years are required to become a surgeon; if the career goal is heart surgery or neurosurgery, add two more years.

But for the one out of 10 students who enroll at the...