Landrum Brewer Shettles
Landrum Brewer Shettles (21 November 1909 – 6 February 2003) was an American biologist and pioneering in vitro fertilization researcher at Columbia University.
Biography
Dr. Landrum Brewer Shettles, M.D; Ph.D; F.A.C.O.G. was born Nov 21, 1909 in Pontotoc, Mississippi: B.A Mississippi College 1933; M.S.(fellow 1933-34) University New Mexico; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins 1937; M.D. Johns Hopkins 1943; Hon Doctor of Science Mississippi College 1966.
Diplomate Am. Bd. Obstetrics and Gynecology. N Am. sect. Obstetrics and Gynecology Pan Am. Med. Assn. Inst. Biology Miss Coll 1932-33; Biologist US Bur. Fisheries 1934; Instr Biology Johns Hopkins, 1934-37; Research Fellow 1937-38; Research Fellow Nat Com. Maternal Health, NYC 1938-43; Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1943-44; Resident Columbia-Presbyterian Med Center, NYC 1947-1951; Attending Obstetrician-Gynecologist Columbia-Presbyterian Med Center, NYC, 1951-1973; Doctor's Polyclinic and Flower Fifth Avenue Hospitals, NYC 1974-75; Chief Obstetrician-Gynecologist: Gifford Memorial Hospital, Randolph, Vt 1975-1981; Star Clinic, Las Vegas, Nev 1981-82;Oasis Clinic, Las Vegas, Nev 1982-85; Attending Gynecologist-Obstetrician Woman's Hospital, Las Vegas, Nev 1981-94. Sunrise Hospital and Med Center 1994.
Markle Foundation Scholar Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons 1951-56; Assoc. Prof. Clinical Obstetrics-Gynecology Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons 1951-75. Director Research NY Fertility Foundation, NYC 1975-75; Anglo-Am Lectr. Royal Coll Obstetrics and Gynecologists, London, England 1959; Research cons. Office Naval Research, Am Embassy, London 1951-52.
Author: "Ovum Humanum", 1960; "Your Baby's Sex, Now You Can Choose," 1970; "From Conception to Birth", 1971; "Choose Your Baby's Sex", 1976; "The Rites of Life: The Scientific Evidence of Life Before Birth," 1983; "How to Choose Your Baby's Sex," 1984,89. Numerous Articles.
Served to Maj MC Aus 1944-46. Editorial Bd. Infertility; Recipient Orthno medal and Award Am Soc. Study Fertility, Sterility, and Allied Subjects, 1960; Order of the Golden Arrow Award, Miss Coll, 1993; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Miss Coll, 1993; Fellow ACS, AAAS, Am College Obstetricians and Gynecologists; World Medical Assn; Royal Society of Health (London), Royal Society Medicine (London).
Member: AMA, Am Society Zoologists, Am Physio Soc, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, VT Med Soc, Soc U. Gynecologists, NY Obstetrics Society, Harvey Society, Wisdom Society, NY State Medical Assn, NY County Nev Med Assn, Clarke County Med Assn, 50 Year Club Miss Coll, 50 Year Club Johns Hopkins, 50 Year Club Vt State Med Society, 25 Year Club Columbia Presbyterian Med Center, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Gamma Alpha.
Spl. research fisheries biology. Physiology, Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, Hemorrhagic Diseases in Newborn Infants, Sperm Biology.
Discovered identified male and female producing sperms. Achieved gamete intrafallopian transfer, 1978; human in vitro fertilization, 1951.
Reference: Who's Who In America | Marquis Who's Who | 50th Edition
In 1951 he duplicated the Rock-Menkin experiments in fertilizing eggs, and in 1954 he received a Markle Scholarship, which was awarded to one scientist at Columbia University each year. In 1960 Shettles published Ovum Humanum, a book containing color photographs of fertilized human eggs in various stages of development. He made the first United States attempt at an in vitro fertilization. The experiment was terminated, which led to a court case by the sperm and egg donors.
References
- ↑ Rorvik, David Michael (1969-05-19). [http://books.google.com/books? id=d90CAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=%22Landrum+B.+Shettles,+M.D.,+Ph.D.,%22&source=bl&ots=4F5om_aNvI&sig=HrgAm04O4m7SJ6clwi3ZkfFZmwk&hl=en&ei=N05kTfOPBMf1gAfi8IX5AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22Landrum%20B.%20Shettles%2C%20M.D.%2C%20Ph.D.%2C%22&f=false "Your Baby's Sex: Select, Don't Settle"]. New York Magazine volume= 2 (New York Media Holdings) (20): 37. Retrieved 2011-02-22. "Landrum B. Shettles, M.D., Ph.D.,"