07/25/2026
🔬 Happy World Embryologist Day & World IVF Day! 🧬
Every July 25, we celebrate two milestones in one — because they're actually the same story. On this day in 1978, Louise Brown was born in England as the world's first baby conceived through IVF, thanks to the pioneering work of Dr. Robert Edwards, Dr. Patrick Steptoe, and nurse Jean Purdy. That single birth launched an entire field — and gave rise to World IVF Day and World Embryologist Day, celebrated together every year since.
Nearly 50 years later, we get to witness that same kind of miracle every day, right here in our own lab. Our embryology team works behind the scenes with precision, patience, and heart — nurturing every embryo like it's the only one that matters, because to someone, it is. 🧫
To celebrate, Dr. Eli Reshef takes us through a quick history of IVF in the video above — how far the field has come since that first IVF baby in 1978 — and shares the innovations he's most excited about for the future of fertility care. 🚀
To our incredible lab team: thank you for the late nights, the steady hands, and the quiet dedication that makes every single one of our patients' dreams possible. Science keeps moving forward, and so do we. ✨
