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[quote=Anonymous]https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/fulltext/2020/05000/physician_fertility__a_call_to_action.13.aspx?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2P2lPhTwq93xXa_kwcPGq5xOH8Ojx19YYKxkDdbMdKjacmo60ae-O0cfE_aem_OraXs9Hvv33ugXuN89YvKQ#:~:text=Estimates%20suggest%20that%201%20in,in%20the%20U.S.%20general%20population.&text=Physician%20fertility%20and%20family%20planning,%2C%20residency%2C%20or%20subsequent%20practice

Estimates suggest that 1 in 4 female physicians will suffer from infertility,1 well above the estimated incidence (9%–18%) in the U.S. general population.2 Physician fertility and family planning, however, are rarely discussed as part of formal education during medical school, residency, or subsequent practice. While pregnancy and its potential medical and career development consequences among physicians have been explored in the literature, infertility and its consequences remain understudied and unaddressed.

The most comprehensive study of physician fertility to date found that a substantial percentage of female physicians would have attempted to conceive earlier (53.3%) or would have used cryopreservation to preserve fertility (16.7%) had they known infertility would be an issue.1 Another study reported that many female academic professionals who postponed childbearing to allow for professional advancement ended up “involuntarily childless” due to misconceptions about the risk of infertility.3 Though studies have not specifically explored fertility in male physicians, transgender physicians, single physicians, or physicians with same-sex partners, fertility issues are important for all physicians hoping to start families.

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