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

11:30am – 12:30pm
Box Lunch / Departures