Inflammatory Factors in Reproductive Medicine

Richard S. Legro, MD

Our guest editor, Dr. Daniel Dumesic, is the Professor and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California at Los Angeles. Behind his suave demeanor and elegant dress rests a native Wisconsonite (or is it Wisconsonian?) known for his scientific diligence, erudition and creativity. As someone who has weaved together in a long and distinguished career multiple disciplines, basic and clinical research, monkey and human studies, he is the ideal Guest Editor to examine the role of inflammation in reproduction.

Dr. Dumesic completed his undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and medical school at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He finished both his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of California at San Francisco. From there he joined the Section of Reproductive Endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where he eventually became Section Head and Chair of the Department before eventually moving West.

Dr. Dumesic has 145 peer reviewed publications with a special interest in PCOS, oocyte and adipocyte function. He is funded by the NIH to examine the role of androgen excess in adipocyte dysfunction. He has served as a member and chair of multiple NIH study sections and has been acknowledged on multiple occasions for his teaching and leadership abilities. We are honored to have Dr. Dumesic lead this issue to its successful completion.