Spring 2012

ACADEMY ACTIVITY

A Newsletter of the American Academy of FertilityCare Professionals

In This Issue
President's Address
Member Profiles
President's Address
FertilityCare Centers of Excellence
INITIAL
Lourdes FertilityCare Center
Director: Shira Wise, CFCE

RENEWAL
FertilityCare Center of the Upper
  Ohio Valley, Inc.
Director: Kathy Hirkala, CFCE
Welcome New Members!
ACTIVE
Cortney Davis, CFCP

ASSOCIATE
   
Jennifer Elsinger, FCP
Dr. Ezenkwele, FCP
Ijeoma Ezeome, FCP
Amy Fathman, FCP
Sarah Finch, FCP
Candice Golez, FCP
Linda Holt, FCP
Carrie Huebner, FCP
Kimberly Humm, FCP
Ann Lucas, FCP
Aine McDermott, FCP
Francesca Pina, FCP
Nora Ponder, FCP
Yvonne Rooney, FCP
Georgia Schmitz, FCP
Peggy Stofila, FCP
Amy Wilson, FCP
Suzy Younger, FCP

STUDENT  
Gloriana Alon, FCPI
Maria Bajuyo, MD, FCPI
Susanna Bleyer, MD, FCPI
Gloriana Gazel, FCPI
Kristina Follo, FCPI
Marta Harvath, FCPI
Kristen Kucner, FCPI
Alejandro Leal, PhD, FCPI
Barbara Lepe, FCPI
Leslie Lipscomb, FCPI
Miguel Angel Dominguez Mena,
  MD, FCPI
Juan Carlos Brenes-Mendieta,
  MD, FCPI
Stephanie Packwood, FCPI
Kayla Peltin, FCPI
Kathleen Pomphrey, FCPI
Aaron Rossi, FCPI
Joaquin Ruiz, MD, FCPI
Alicia Santos, FCPI
Danielle Van Haute, FCPI
Martha Villalba, FCPI
Alix Curiel-Villanueva, FCPI
Sarah Wishell, FCPI

Attention all student members:
If you have recently passed your final exam, please email the Vice President for Membership [email protected] so we can update your credentials and membership. Congratulations!
Certifications
INITIAL PRACTITIONER

Betsy Liliana Cote de Bejarano 

Daniel Bejarano 

Cortney Davis

Christine Disselkamp

Erin Donley

Barbara Meier

Emily Oxley

Carolyn Plican

Therese Rodriguez

Christin Shockley

Linda Smith

Ira Winter

Helen Williams

INITIAL MEDICAL CONSULTANT

Patrick Yeung 

 

INITIAL PHARMACIST 

Maria Bizecki Porcellato

 
RENEWAL PRACTITIONER

Diane Hale

Sue Hilgers

Margaret Neale

Mary Nelson

Pat Poindexter

Ann Prebil

David Wachs

Marilyn Wachs

Phyllis A. White

RENEWAL EDUCATOR

Diane Hale

Sue Hilgers

Pat Poindexter

Ann Prebil

Phyllis A. White

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Annual Meeting

Salt Lake City to Bring Annual Meeting to New Heights

By Holly Bruce

  Do not miss this year's Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah! The theme is Attaining New Vistas and the Academy will certainly be climbing to new heights with the fantastic line-up of speakers. Both the University of Utah and Brigham Young University, affectionately known as The U and The Y, have speakers represented on faculty. These speakers, in addition to other national and international speakers, will deliver exceptional talks, sure to inform and inspire. Make plans today to attend! Read more 

Letter from the President
Dr. Paul Carpentier, CFCMC
AAFCP President
Paul Carpentier
Carpentier
  News from the Academy's Board of Directors Meeting in April! The Board of Directors continues to focus its top priority on enhancing the benefits of membership in the Academy. Last quarter, the Board announced budgeting money annually for member scholarships to the Annual Meeting and for an Education Phase I/II scholarship. Read more
Member Profiles 

Margaret Howard
Howard in traditional Nigerian dress
Margaret Howard: Creighton Pioneer
By Sylvia Dorham, FCP
  Patterns. Charts are full of them, and FertilityCare Practitioners (FCPs) are consumed with their identification. On closer inspection, a pattern of character traits emerges in the pioneers of the Creighton Model. Strength. Determination. Humility. Passion. Joy. Tenacity. Flexibility. Margaret Howard's life highlights another virtue. Generous response to God's call.

Shira Wise: Following the Call
By Denise Seeger, CFCP
Shira Wise
Wise
  The state of Washington is home to one of our "newer" Academy Members, dynamic Practitioner and Educator, Shira Wise. Supported and encouragedby her husband, Michael, and their fourchildren, Tirzah (8), Joshua(6), Jezreel (4), and Keziah (1) ("all NaPro, progesterone supported miracles!"), Shira has worked as a FertilityCare Practitioner since 2003.
CEIBA Donation Challenge
By Dr. Jean Golden-Tevald, CFCMC, FCP
  Research is one of the four pillars of the American Academy of FertilityCare Professionals and the Board of Directors has recently approved a substantial donation to help complete the CEIBA Study (see Dr. Carpentier's President's letter in the Academy Activity). However, this generous donation covers only 40% of the projected shortfall, so the Board is extending a challenge to its members, to donate directly to the study. Read more
Upcoming Events
Board Meeting (July 8-10 in Salt Lake City, UT)

Annual Meeting (July 11-14 in Salt Lake City, UT) 
 
Financial Report  
Checking Account  $4,541.09 
Savings Account  $40,232.47 
 
One donation was made for Father Daly's travel to Salt Lake City 
The AAFCP donated to the CEIBA study 

 

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Tel: 314-991-0327 
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Academy Activity, the newsletter of the American Academy of FertilityCare Professionals, is published quarterly.
 
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