History
The technique was developed by Gianpiero Palermo in 1991 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in the Center for Reproductive Medicine headed by Paul Devroey and Andre Van Steirteghem. The first American baby was conceived with the technique At Reproductive Biology Associates (RBA) in Atlanta, Georgia in 1992 under the direction of Michael Tucker, PhD and Joe Massey, MD. ( ref. Case report, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Abstract report at ASRM meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1993.) The first large experience with the technique in the United States was published by Joseph D. Schulman and colleagues at Genetics and IVF Institute in 1995.
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