Who can apply?

Undergraduate, graduate, medical students and residents.

How to apply:

Our selection procedure for summer internship positions is highly competitive. Twenty students were selected to participate in our program in the summer of 2009. Interested applicants should submit the following:

• Recent curriculum vitae/resume
• At least two recent letters of recommendation from advisors, teachers, or persons who have a firsthand knowledge of the candidate
• Address and telephone number for a personal interview
• A 500-word personal statement
• Proof of medical insurance
• A letter stating that the participant has the necessary funding to support him/herself for the during the 8-week program (the internship is unfunded and no financial support is available)
• An application processing fee of USD 100.00 in the form of a money order or certified bank check only - payable to "2009 Internship in Reproductive Medicine". This fee is nonrefundable.
• A nonrefundable course fee of USD 1500.00 will be required from candidates accepted for the internship. This fee may be submitted as a money order or certified bank check (no personal checks) made payable to "2009 Internship in Reproductive Medicine"

Where to submit:

Program Director
Center for Reproductive Medicine
Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute and
  Ob-Gyn and Women's Health Institute
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave., Desk A19.1
Cleveland, OH 44195 USA
Tel: (216) 444-9485; Fax: (216) 445-6049
E-mail: agarwaa@ccf.org

Other Important Information:

• Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. A candidate who is not a US citizen or green card holder may be appointed as an Observer. Read our requirements for Observership in Reproductive Biology.
• Research work conducted during the internship may qualify for undergraduate course credit(s). Interested participants should check with their academic advisers.
• Successful completion of internship results in the award of a Certificate of Research Training from our Center for Reproductive Medicine.
• Click here for a virtual 360° tour of the Center for Reproductive Medicine
• Summer Interns Resource Kit

    CRM Faculty and Course Preceptor Profiles

• Dr. Adi Mehta (Staff in Endocrinology / Metabolism Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Ahmet Erdemir (Director, Biomedical Engineering Core) Certificate
   
• Dr. Amiya Banerjee (Section Head, Virology) Certificate
   
• Dr. Anthony Thomas (Staff in Bioethics) Certificate
   
• Dr. Ali Ahmady (University Hospitals / CASE) Certificate
   
• Dr. Alan Lichtin (Staff, Taussig Cancer Institute) Certificate
   
• Aparna Thiyagarajan (Research Staff, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Ashok Agarwal (Staff in Urology and Director, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Brian Davis (Director, Medical Device Solutions) Certificate
   
• Bridget Gorman (Administrator, Dept of Urology) Certificate
   
• Dr. Charles Modlin (Staff, Transplantation Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Donald Evenson (President and Director, SCSA Diagnostic Inc.) Certificate
   
• Dr. Earl Poptic (Manager, Hybridoma Core) Certificate
   
• Dr. Edmund Sabanegh (Staff in Urology and Chief, Center for Male Fertility) Certificate
   
• Dr. Ehab Barakat (Research Staff, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Eric Klein (Chairman, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Holly Thacker (Director, Center for Specialized Women's Health) Certificate
   
• Dr. James Goldfarb (University Hospitals / CASE) Certificate
   
• Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg (Staff in OB/GYN) Certificate
   
• Dr. Karl Drogo Montague (Director, Center for GU Reconstruction) Certificate
   
• Dr. Kelly Athayde (In Charge, IVF Laboratory) Certificate
   
• Dr. Kristina Sole (Associate Staff, Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Lillian Gonsalves (Vice chair, Psychology and Psychiatry) Certificate
   
• Dr. Linda Bradley (Vice chair, Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Manjula Gupta (Staff in Clinical Pathology) Certificate
   
• Dr. Margaret McKenzie (Staff in OB/GYN) Certificate
   
• Dr. Peter Zsolt Nagy (Director, Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta) Certificate
   
• Dr. Rakesh Sharma (Coordinator, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Sajal Gupta (Staff in Urology and Supervisor, Andrology Lab) Certificate
   
• Dr. Satya Yadav (Staff in Lerner Research Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Sijo Parekattil (Director, Male Infertility, University of Florida) Certificate
   
• Dr. Stephen Jones (Chairman, Regional Urology) Certificate
   
• Sylvia Morrison (Director of Marketing) Certificate
   
• Dr. Tommaso Falcone (Chairman, OB/GYN and Women's Health Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. William Hurd (Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University Hospital) Certificate
   
• Dr. Judy Drazba (Director, Imaging Core Facility) Certificate
   
• Amy Moore (Manager, Scientific Publications) Certificate
   
• Lynn Novelli (Medical Editor) Certificate
   
• Jeff Hammel (Senior Biostatistician) Certificate
   
• Jodith Janes (Medical Librarian) Certificate
   
• Leslie Greenhalgh (IVF Nurse, Ob/Gyn) Certificate
   
• Dinah Chen (Summer Intern 2008) Certificate
   
• Katherine O'Flynn O'Brien (Summer Intern 2008) Certificate
   
• Lauren Metterle (Summer Intern 2008) Certificate
   

The summer interns gave 10 minute presentations on the final day of the 2009 Summer Internship program held on July 24, 2009. The presentations were given from 8 AM in the morning to 4 PM. The reception dinner started at 6 PM and included presentations from guest speakers, award ceremony and dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel at Cleveland Clinic.