What’s all the fuss about HCG tests?
onRSC Bay Area’s Dr. Mary Hinckley shares the importance of testing for the hormone produced by the placenta known as HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin.
About the Author: Dr. Mary Hinckley
Dr. Hinckley is a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist who completed her training at Stanford University Medical Center. She says her greatest joy is helping patients to realize their dreams in creating a family, but she also enjoys participation in clinical and laboratory studies. She has extensively published articles in peer-reviewed journals on blastocyst transfer, avoiding triplet pregnancies, monozygotic twinning, operative hysteroscopy, correction of uterine anomalies, and biochemical pathways involved in ovulation and fertilization. She serves as a member of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists, the Christian Medical and Dental Society and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Her areas of interest include laparoscopic surgery, premature ovarian failure, oocyte freezing, and recurrent pregnancy loss.
Get to Know Dr. Hinckley
The 10,000 Hour Rule In Infertility
onBy Dr. Mary Hinckley – What matters to patients is the ability to diagnose a problem, to correctly stimulate a patient, to retrieve the eggs, handle the embryos, and transfer them back safely into a uterus.
Ask the Doctor – General Infertility
onMary Hinckley, MD, answers your questions about infertility.
Ask the Doctor – Age and Infertility
onMary Hinckley, MD, answers your questions about age and infertility.
Ask the Doctor – Unused Embryos
onMary Hinckley, MD, answers your questions about unused embryos.
Ask the Doctor – IVF and Egg Donors
onMary Hinckley, MD, answers your questions about IVF and egg donors.