The Center for Reproductive Medicine is a joint research program of the Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute (rated as No. 1 in the country by the US News and World Report) and the Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Institute (rated as No. 3 in the country). Our Center is rated as a leading center of excellence at the world-class Cleveland Clinic, which is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation's best hospitals, ranked as No. 4 in the country. Over the past 20 years our Center has trained more than 200 pre-med/ medical students, physicians, scientists and biologists from all over the world.

The Center's summer internship offers an opportunity for students interested in gaining a research experience in human fertility and reproductive biology and the opportunity to working with world-renowned scientists and researchers. Members of our staff publish frequently in our field's most respected journals, are invited guest speakers at important scientific/ medical meetings and courses around the world and are active in the leading professional societies in the exciting field of human reproductive medicine.

The Center for Reproductive Medicine at Cleveland Clinic has an exciting summer internship opportunity for highly motivated, academically oriented medical or undergraduate students interested in a career in medicine.
 
Our environment of academic and clinical collaboration offers an unsurpassed experience for students that include:

• Experiencing a state-of-the-art research environment
   
• Training in the art and science of conducting basic and clinical research
   
• Mentoring by renowned researchers at a world-class medical institution
   
• Developing a solid foundation for a research or clinical track career in medicine
   

The program's goal is to encourage students to consider a career in medicine, whether in the reproductive sciences or another specialty of their choosing. To this end, we have designed the summer internship to offer students a wide range of high quality experiences. During this eight-week program, participants will:

• Work alongside reproductive scientists and clinicians on interesting research projects in a real laboratory setting
   
• Interact with reproductive endocrinologists, gynecologists, male infertility specialists and urologists and observe them in clinics or surgery
   
• Participate in the writing of research articles, systematic reviews and/ or invited book chapters in the field of reproductive endocrinology, assisted reproduction and/ or male & female infertility
   
• Participate in daily lectures, research meetings and group discussions
   

Students will develop an understanding of how reproductive research is conducted. Participants will also learn how to:

• Present research results in departmental meetings
   
• Prepare and present PowerPoint talks at research conferences
   
• Perform various data compilation and analysis techniques
   
• Hone their public speaking skills
   

Click here to read the 2012 Internship Announcement

Due to a new partnership with the University of Southern Alabama (USA), candidates will register for our internship course via an independent graduate level research course entitled "IDL 594 Interdisciplinary Directed Studies". Completion of our internship can earn 6.0 credits of independent research, transferable to any major university or college in the United States.

Who can apply?

Undergraduate, graduate, medical students and residents. Recent graduates and foreign applicants are also welcome.

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 2012. 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. The following is not acceptable: LORs sent as an e-mail and not printed on official letterhead, not carrying a signature, letters written more than 6-8 weeks before the date of submission. What is acceptable: LORs submitted via e-mail as scanned files either directly by the referee or a 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). This letter could be written by the candidate.
• An application processing fee of USD 100.00 in the form of a money order or certified bank check only - payable to "2012 Internship in Reproductive Medicine". This fee is nonrefundable.
• A nonrefundable course fee of USD 2500.00 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 "2012 Internship in Reproductive Medicine"

Where to submit: Program Director Center for Reproductive Medicine Glickman Urological & Kidney 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

Application Deadline: March 01, 2012

Internship Dates: June 11, 2012 to July 27, 2012

Other Important Information:

• Foreign students and graduates are welcome to apply.
• 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.
• Accommodation in Cleveland
• Summer Interns Resource Kit
• Click here for information about Cleveland

Research and Clinical Laboratories occupy over 2500 square feet of workspace with state-of-the-art instruments and facilities for advanced research in the pathophysiology of male and female reproductive dysfunction and research in the field of erectile dysfunction. Instruments include: computer assisted semen analyzers, luminometer for oxidative stress measurements, equipment for western blot, culture room equipped with a sterile hood, several incubators, microscopes, and a Narishige micromanipulator fitted on an inverted phase-contrast microscope, spectrophotometers, ELISA plate reader, centrifuges, liquid nitrogen storage tanks, programmable freezers, cold room, etc. The laboratory has ready access to over a dozen specialized core laboratories within the Cleveland Clinic Research Institute. These include: molecular biotechnology, flow cytometry, gene expression, transgenic/knockout facilities, etc. For more information on these core laboratories, please visit: http://www.lerner.ccf.org/services.

The office space for Fellows is equipped with over 2 dozen computers with laser printers, scanners, copiers, and all the necessary software programs. All computers in the Center are connected to the Cleveland Clinic's network system that provides direct access to most online journals related to the field of medicine, urology, reproductive medicine, andrology, etc. A large collection of scientific journals, electronic journals/books, and other databases are available through our newly modernized Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library. A team of statisticians working in the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences provide research support to the Fellows. The Arts and Graphics Department supports the preparation of research posters and lecture slides for presentations at national meetings.

Virtual Tour of the Center for Reproductive Medicine
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Virtual Tour of the Andrology Laboratory
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    CRM Faculty and Course Preceptor Profiles

• Dr. Abhishek Deshpande (Staff in Infectious Diseases, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center) Certificate
   
• Dr. Adi Mehta (Staff in Endocrinology / Metabolism Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Al-Aref Ibraheem (Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Alan Lichtin (Staff, Taussig Cancer Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Alex Varghese (Staff, Montreal Reproductive Centre) Certificate
   
• Dr. Ali Ahmady (University Hospitals / CASE) Certificate
   
• Dr. Amani Shaman (Professor in OB/GYN, Tabuk University) Certificate
   
• Amy Moore (Manager of Medical Editing Services, Education Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Anthony Thomas (Staff in Bioethics) Certificate
   
• Dr. Botros Peter Rizk, (Professor in Obs/Gyn University of South Alabama Health System) Certificate
   
• Dr. Charles Modlin (Staff, Transplantation Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Doris Baker (Professor of Reproductive Sciences, University of Kentucky) Certificate
   
• Dr. Edmund Sabanegh (Staff in Urology and Chief, Center for Male Fertility) Certificate
   
• Dr. Enrique Soto (Fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of OB/GYN) Certificate
   
• Dr. Eric Klein (Chairman, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute) Certificate
   
• Gretchen Hallerburg (Director, Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library) Certificate
   
• Dr. J. Harry Isaacson (Staff in Internal Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Holly Thacker (Director, Center for Specialized Women's Health) Certificate
   
• Dr. James Young (Chairman, Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Jashoman Banerjee (Senior Clinical Fellow, Department of OB/GYN) Certificate
   
• Jennie Minnich (Lerner Research Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Julie Tan (Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Karen Baker (Clinical Fellow, Glickman Urological and Kidney Insitute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Karl Drogo Montague (Director, Center for GU Reconstruction) Certificate
   
• Dr. Kathleen Franco (Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs, Lerner College of Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Luay Susan (Staff, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Luiz Carvalho (Research Fellow, Gynecology) Certificate
   
• Dr. Manjula Gupta (Staff in Clinical Pathology) Certificate
   
• Dr. Margaret McKenzie (Staff in OB/GYN) Certificate
   
• Dr. Maria Siemionow (Section Head in Plastic Surgery) Certificate
   
• Dr. Peter Zsolt Nagy (Director, Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta) Certificate
   
• Dr. Rakesh Sharma (Coordinator, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Dr. Robert Stein (Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute) Certificate
   
• Dr. Sajal Gupta (Staff in Urology and Supervisor, Andrology Lab) Certificate
   
• Dr. Sandro Esteves (Director of Androfert, Brazil) Certificate
   
• Dr. Satya Yadav (Staff in Lerner Research Institute) Certificate
   
• Sgt. Ralph Russo (Cleveland Clinic Police Department) Certificate
   
• Dr. Sijo Parekattil (Director, Male Infertility, University of Florida) Certificate
   
• Dr. Stefan Du Plessis (Faculty, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) 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
   
• Anil Rengan (Coordinator for Summer Internship Course, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Carmen Caraballo (Staff in Andrology Lab Certificate
   
• Debra Garlak (Staff in Andrology Lab) Certificate
   
• Gayatri Mohanty (Coordinator for Summer Internship Course, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Helena Malvezzi (Coordinator for Summer Internship Course, Center for Reproductive Medicine) Certificate
   
• Larry Harmych (Staff in Andrology Lab) Certificate
   

The summer interns gave 10 minute presentations on the final day of the 2012 Summer Internship program held on July 27, 2012. The presentations started from 8 AM in the morning to 4 PM. The reception dinner started from 6 PM onwards and included presentations from guest speakers, award ceremony and dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel at Cleveland Clinic.