Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Valerie Ratts practices Obstetrics & Gynecology. She researched medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a one of the best medicals schools. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has a rank of 3 in research and a 29 in primary care She received 5 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Women's Health", "St. Louis Magazine: Top Doctors" and "Fellow (FACOG)". Valerie Ratts, MD is a published physician as well. She has 30 publications published. The latest was: A combined surgical and radiologic technique for creating a functional neo-endocervical canal in a case of partial congenital cervical atresia.

Publications

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• Sperm banking for fertility preservation: a 20-year experience.
• The Auto-amputated Adnexa: A Review of Findings in a Pediatric Population.
• Sperm Recovery and IVF after Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE): Effect of Male Diagnosis and Use of Off-Site Surgical Centers on Sperm Recovery and IVF.
• A retrospective cross-sectional study: fresh cycle endometrial thickness is a sensitive predictor of inadequate endometrial thickness in frozen embryo transfer cycles.
• The ART of social networking: how SART member clinics are connecting with patients online.
• Smaller fetal size in singletons after Infertility therapies: the influence of technology and the underlying Infertility.
• Associations between free fatty acids, cumulus oocyte complex morphology and Ovarian function during in vitro fertilization.
• Polycystic ovary syndrome and maternal obesity affect oocyte size in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles.
• Adenomyotic cyst in an adolescent girl.
• Disposition of cryopreserved embryos by Infertility patients desiring to discontinue storage.
• A prospective, randomized, double-blinded study of assisted hatching in women younger than 38 years undergoing in vitro fertilization.
• Morbid obesity is associated with lower clinical Pregnancy rates after in vitro fertilization in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
• Encouraging patient-driven single-embryo transfer.
• Risk of multiple gestation after ovulation induction in Polycystic ovary syndrome.
• A randomized, prospective study comparing laser-assisted hatching and assisted hatching using acidified medium.
• A prospective comparison of the impact of uterine artery embolization, myomectomy, and hysterectomy on Ovarian function.
• Risk of surgery after use of potassium chloride for treatment of tubal heterotopic Pregnancy.
• Programming ovulation using estrogens for patients to time intercourse.
• Radiographic and hysteroscopic findings of a placental site nodule.
• Septate uterus with Cervical duplication and longitudinal vaginal septum: a report of five new cases.
• Fertility treatment in the forty and older woman.
• Reduction of Ovarian torsion 1 week after embryo transfer in a patient with bilateral hyperstimulated ovaries.
• Metformin increases the ovulatory rate and Pregnancy rate from clomiphene citrate in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome who are resistant to clomiphene citrate al...
• Expression of BCL-2, BAX and BAK in the trophoblast layer of the term human placenta: a unique model of apoptosis within a syncytium.
• Idiopathic calcinosis cutis presenting as labial lesions in children: report of two cases with literature review.
• Soft-tissue realignment for adolescent patellar instability.
• Analysis of apoptosis and expression of bcl-2 gene family members in the human and baboon ovary.
• A combined surgical and radiologic technique for creating a functional neo-endoCervical canal in a case of partial congenital Cervical atresia.
• Ablation of bcl-2 gene expression decreases the numbers of oocytes and primordial follicles established in the post-natal Female mouse gonad.

Schools

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• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• Johns Hopkins University Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Contraceptive Management
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Fluid Contrast Ultrasound
• Gynecologic Cancer Screening
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Conditions Treated

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• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cervical Polyps
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Encounters for High-Risk Pregnancies
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Doctors Specialties

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• Obstetrics
• Gynecology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• America's Top Doctors
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Women's Health
• St. Louis Magazine: Top Doctors
• Fellow (FACOG)

Education

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• Johns Hopkins University
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• St. Louis Children's Hospital

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