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Lab Director -
Dr Tao | PhD, HCLD: |
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 Dr. Tao is a board certified Embryologist, Andrologist and High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director. He received his PhD in Embryo Biotechnology from China Agricultural University and the Institut fur Tierzucht und Tierverhalten, FAL, Germany (joint program), and completed extensive post-doctoral training at the University of Missouri. Dr. Tao has worked in field of Assisted Reproductive Technologies for over 21 years. |
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| From 1988 to 1999, Dr. Tao had been engaged in the studies on embryo biotechnologies, including nuclear transfer, gene transfer, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, in vitro maturation, in vitro fertilization, embryo freezing and embryo splitting in the pig, cow, rabbit, goat and mouse. |
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| In 2000, Dr. Tao joined Conceptia Reproductive Clinic, Moncton, NB, Canada as a senior embryologist. He established all ART programmes and run the IVF Laboratory. With his added expertise, Conceptia Reproductive Clinic became one of the top fertility clinics in Canada at that time. Dr. Tao then joined ReproMed, Toronto, Canada as an IVF laboratory director and joined Georgia Center for Reproductive Medicine at Savannah, GA, USA as a embryology laboratory director between 2005 and 2008 to again successfully set up IVF labs with all ART programmes. In addition to being laboratory director, Dr. Tao also served as an Assistant Professor in the OB/GYN department at the Mercer University School of Medicine. He has over 40 publications in peer review journals to his credit. |
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| In 2009, Dr. Tao joined ASTRA Fertility Clinic as a embryology laboratory director. Dr. Tao’s 21 years of experience in assisted reproduction has been an asset to the continuing growth of our ART program. Dr. Tao is a member of many professional associations, such as the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society; the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Tao is also a reviewer for the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. |
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