American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Founded in 1944 by a small group of fertility experts who met in Chicago, the initial name was the American Society for the Study of Sterility, changed in 1965 to American Fertility Society (AFS). The current name, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, was adopted in 1994. In 2018, ASRM created its own research institute. In 2019, it moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C., from Birmingham, Alabama.

Though primarily an American organization, it had members from over 100 countries as of 2020.{{cite press release |url= https://amaalliance.org/healthcare-news/?rkey=20200812CL89524&filter=88 |title= American Society for Reproductive Medicine Updates Mission, Vision and Values Statements |date= August 12, 2020 |access-date= August 13, 2020|work= AMA Alliance |publisher= PRNewswire}}{{cite book |title= From the Beginning: A History of the American Fertility Society 1944–1994 |date= 1995 |publisher= The American Fertility Society |asin= B001C0ITLO |author1= Duka, Walter E. |author2=DeCherney, Alan H. |page= 5}} The society hosts an annual scientific congress, as well as courses, seminars, workshops and publications. Special interest groups are focused on a range of reproductive medicine topics.

ASRM has an Ethics Committee that provides guidance on ethical issues.{{cite magazine |last1=Morton |first1=Catriona |title=Let People Collect Sperm From the Dead |url=https://www.wired.com/story/sperm-death-sex-bioethics-conception/ |access-date=30 September 2024 |magazine=Wired |date=July 5, 2023}}{{Cite news|title = Embryo battles are likely to get a precedent in San Francisco couple's case|url = http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-embryo-20150920-story.html|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|access-date = September 30, 2015|issn = 0458-3035}}{{Cite web|title = Report documents gaps in infertility treatment access |date=September 25, 2015|author-first= Lisette |author-last= Hilton |url = http://urologytimes.modernmedicine.com/urology-times/news/report-documents-gaps-infertility-treatment-access|website = Urology Times|access-date = September 30, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151002213231/http://urologytimes.modernmedicine.com/urology-times/news/report-documents-gaps-infertility-treatment-access|archive-date = October 2, 2015|url-status = dead}} The ASRM Practice Committee issues clinical guidelines and reports.{{Cite news|title = Freezing Your Eggs Is No Longer Experimental. But It's Still Not the Path to Having It All|url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/10/19/egg_freezing_no_longer_experimental_american_society_for_reproductive_medicine.html|newspaper = Slate|date = October 19, 2012|access-date = September 30, 2015|issn = 1091-2339|first = Amanda|last = Marcotte}}

The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) is described as a sister organization or special interest group associated with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. SART was founded in 1985 by Alan DeCherney and Richard Marrs, with the goal of establishing a national registry to track IVF attempts and outcomes. As of 2014, 375 member clinics were registered with SART in the United States, accounting for 91% of all reported ART cycles. Data are tabulated at clinics, gathered, and reported nationally to the SART Clinical Outcomes Reporting System (CORS) and National ART Surveillance System (NASS). SART's aim is to “promote and advance the standards for the practice of assisted reproductive technology to the benefit of our patients, members, and society at large.” Its committees use registry information to compile measures clinical effectiveness, safety and harm, and quality of care; work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure accurate data reporting to CORS and NASS, and set advertising guidelines for clinics and practices.{{cite journal |last1=Toner |first1=James P. |last2=Coddington |first2=Charles C. |last3=Doody |first3=Kevin |last4=Van Voorhis |first4=Brad |last5=Seifer |first5=David B. |last6=Ball |first6=G. David |last7=Luke |first7=Barbara |last8=Wantman |first8=Ethan |title=Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology and assisted reproductive technology in the United States: a 2016 update |journal=Fertility and Sterility |date=September 2016 |volume=106 |issue=3 |pages=541–546 |doi=10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.05.026 |pmid=27301796 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028216612931 |access-date=30 September 2024|doi-access=free }}

In May 2014, the ASRM became an associated non-state actor (NSA) with the World Health Organization (WHO).{{cite web |title=History of ASRM |url=https://www.asrm.org/about-us/about-asrm/history-of-asrm/ |website=American Society for Reproductive Medicine |access-date=30 September 2024 |language=en}}

Publications of the ASRM{{cite web|url=http://www.asrm.org/detail.aspx?id=5787|title=ASRM – Publications|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413042316/http://www.asrm.org/detail.aspx?id=5787|archive-date=April 13, 2011|access-date=December 25, 2010}} include:

• Fertility and Sterility – Peer reviewed monthly official publication of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Society of Reproductive Surgeons, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, Pacific Coast Reproductive Society and Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.{{cite web |title=Fertility and Sterility |url=https://www.asrm.org/news-and-publications/fertility-and-sterility/ |website=American Society for Reproductive Medicine |access-date=30 September 2024 |language=en}} Specialist titles in the Fertility and Sterility series include F&S Reports, F&S Reviews and F&S Science.{{cite web |title=Aims & Scope |url=https://www.fertstert.org/content/aims |website=Fertility and Sterility |access-date=30 September 2024}}
• Ethics Committee Reports and Statements – Ethical issues in reproduction are addressed by the Ethics Committee that published guidelines for medical practitioners.{{cite web |title=Ethics Opinions |url=https://www.asrm.org/practice-guidance/ethics-opinions/ |website=American Society for Reproductive Medicine |language=en}}
• Practice Committee Guidelines – Practice Committee summarizes consensus opinions on medical standards and educational bulletins.{{cite web |title=ASRM Practice Guidance |url=https://www.asrm.org/practice-guidance/ |website=American Society for Reproductive Medicine |language=en}}{{cite web |title=ASRM Practice Committee Documents |url=https://www.asrm.org/practice-guidance/practice-committee-documents/ |website=American Society for Reproductive Medicine |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Gibbons |first1=William E. |last2=McClure |first2=R. Dale |title=Practice Committee documents: an effort to improve practice |journal=Fertility and Sterility |date=1 November 2009 |volume=92 |issue=5 |pages=1515–1516 |doi=10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.054 |pmid=19846075 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028209038047 |issn=0015-0282|doi-access=free }}
• Patient Education Fact Sheets and Booklets – series produced under the direction of the ASRM Patient Education Committee and the Publications Committee.{{cite web |title=Browse Resources |url=https://www.reproductivefacts.org/browse-resources/ |website=www.reproductivefacts.org |language=en}}

• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
• Assisted Human Reproduction Canada

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• [http://www.asrm.org ASRM Home page]
• [http://www.reproductivefacts.org ReproductiveFacts.org] – the ASRM patient education portal
• [http://www.fertstert.org/ Fertility and Sterility]
• [https://www.springer.com/journal/10815/ Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics]
• [https://www.sart.org/ Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology]

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