The advanced practice providers (APP) at Shady Grove Fertility is a group comprised of Physician Assistants (PA-C), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNP), and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM). This team is here to enhance the patient’s care and work closely with our physicians in all aspects of the care spectrum from evaluation and management, to many of the procedures.
The role of each advanced practice provider varies from office to office. Their responsibilities include performing ultrasounds, intrauterine inseminations (IUIs), mock embryo transfers, and hysterosalpingograms (HSGs). They review lab results and medical records, as well as counsel patients about genetic screening and educate patients about medications. Several of them also provide care to our donor egg patients. The titles for advanced practice providers may vary based on training. After obtaining undergraduate degrees, most go on to complete a Master’s-level program. Nurse practitioners and midwives are trained in women’s health; while, physician assistants are trained in general medicine and then specialize after graduation. They are all licensed to prescribe medications.