Agenda
Monday, May 18th – Wednesday, May 20th 2026
Fairmont Grand Del Mar
San Diego, CA
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Monday, May 18th
11:00 – 12:50pm
Registration Open / Partner Networking
11:30 – 12:30pm
Lunch
1:00 – 1:15pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jim Graham, Steven Gay, MD & Paul Shin, MD
Co-Chairs, Council of Physicians & Scientists
1:15 – 2:00pm
State of the Union Address
Richard Jennings & Jaime Shamonki, MD
CEO & COO, US Fertility
2:00 – 3:00pm
AI Innovation at USF
Kate Devine, MD
Chief Medical Officer, US Fertility
Matthew VerMilyea, Ph.D.
Vice President of Scientific Advancement, US Fertility
Irene Alvarado
Founder & CEO, Berry Fertility
3:00 – 3:30pm
Break
3:30 – 5:30pm
Fellowship Presentations
Kate Devine, MD
Chief Medical Officer, US Fertility
Phillip Romanski, MD
Associate Research Director, US Fertility
Fellow Speakers:
Miriam Andrusier, MD
Brooke Neumann, DO
Molly Bergen, MD
Laura Zalles, MD
Kiley Hunkler, MD
Rebecca Zhuo, MD
5:30 – 6:30pm
Cocktail Hour
(Aria Lawn)
6:30 – 8:30pm
Dinner
(Aria Lawn)
Tuesday, May 19th
7:00 – 8:00am
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:15am
Practice Culture
Marc Gualtieri, MD
IVF Florida Reproductive Associates
9:15 – 10:15am
Patient Experience
Sarrah Strimel Bentley
RMA Patient
10:15 – 10:45am
Break
10:45 – 12:00pm
Breakout Sessions
Physicians – Burgundy Room
Lab Directors – Ballroom C-1
Fellows, Program Directors & Researchers – Bordeaux Room
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch / Networking
12:15 – 6:30pm
Leisure
Golf
Pickleball
Spa
Yoga & Sound Bath
Guided Hike
6:30 – 7:30pm
Cocktail Hour
(Grand Social)
7:30 – 9:30pm
Dinner
(Grand Social)
Wednesday, May 20th
7:00 – 8:00am
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00am
GLP-1 and Fertility
Ben Harris, MD
Shady Grove Fertility
Ursula Rocha, NP
Shady Grove Fertility
9:00 – 9:45am
Recognition of our Sponsors
Richard Jennings
CEO, US Fertility
9:45 – 10:30am
Pollutants from Wildfires and Fertility
Tristan Nicholson, MD, PhD
University of Washington
10:30 – 11:15am
RESOLVE + Clinicians: Partners in the Movement for Fertility Access
Danielle Melfi
CEO, Resolve
11:15 – 11:30am
Closing Remarks
Jim Graham, Steven Gay, MD & Paul Shin, MD
Co-Chairs, Council of Physicians & Scientists