Dr. Hemlata Bhakoo completed her graduate and post-graduate training at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign. After her post-doctoral research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, she received training in embryology at the University of California at San Francisco in 1987. She established the In Vitro fertilization (IVF) Laboratory in the Department of OB/GYN, University at Buffalo, located at Children's Hospital of Buffalo, where she served as Director of the IVF Laboratory from 1992 to 1999. She achieved accreditation for the IVF Laboratory from the College of American Pathologists. She joined Infertility & IVF Medical Associates of WNY in June, 1999.
Dr. Bhakoo's main focus is to provide state-of-the-art laboratory services relating to male factor diagnosis (Andrology) and treatment using refined laboratory techniques for embryo culture, micromanipulation and cryopreservation of sperm and embryos (Embryology)
Educational Background
Undergraduate:
University of Sambalpur, India
Graduate:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Post-Graduate:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Post-Doctoral:
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Board Certification:
High Complexity Laboratory Director HCLD - American Board of Bioanalysis New York State Department of Health - Director, Andrology Laboratory New York State Department of Health Tissue Bank Licensure
Professional Affiliations:
Member, American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Member, Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) Member, Society of Reproductive Biologists Member, Reproductive Laboratory Technologist Professional Group
