NICHD Ovarian Nomenclature Workshop 2021

Investigation into the ovary spurred by OTC, has demonstrated that our traditional description of the ovarian anatomy is inadequate as research in the field progresses. One obstacle to the advancement of knowledge in female fertility and reproduction is that there is a paucity of distinction between the different cellular and anatomical compartments of the ovary. In May-June 2021, Dr. Gomez-Lobo convened scientists from around the U.S. for several Division of Intramural Research (DIR) supported Ovarian Tissue Nomenclature Workshop meetings. Experts in reproductive endocrinology, gynecologic oncology, radiology, pathology, bioinformatics, and ovarian tissue research, met and created workgroups to further delineate ovarian follicle description, tissue ontology, and the 3-D description of the ovary. Resulting recommendations will establish the new national and international classification standards for ovary research which will allow for clearer evaluation of the function of the ovary at a gross and sub-anatomic level.

Workshop Participants

Name Affiliation
Christina Annunziata, MD, PhD National Cancer Institute
G Thomas Brown, MD, PhD Artificial Intelligence Resource; National Cancer Institute
Alan H DeCherney, MD Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Tazim Dowlut-McElroy, MD Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Francesca E Duncan, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Veronica Gomez-Lobo, MD Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Clarisa R Gracia, MD Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility/Fertility Preservation;
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Stefan Gysler, MD Division of Gynecologic Oncology; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Lisa M Halvorson, MD USMA-Bayer Pharmaceuticals (Current Affiliation)
Affiliation at time of workshop:
Gynecologic Health and Disease Branch; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Tracy Harrison, MD Reproductive Sciences; University of California San Diego
Junhyong Kim, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Monica M Laronda, PhD Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Richard D LeDuc, PhD Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Hong Lou, MD Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Marla Lujan, PhD Division of Nutritional Sciences; Cornell University
Jacqueline Y Maher, MD Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Kathleen O’Neill, MD, MSTR Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Kutluk H Oktay, MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Yale University School of Medicine
Stephanie A Pangas, PhD Department of Pathology and Immunology; Baylor College of Medicine
Alison Pouch, PhD Departments of Radiology & Bioengineering: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Rebecca Rakow-Penner, MD, PhD Department of Radiology; University of California San Diego
Julie Rios, MD Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; University of Pittsburgh (Present affiliation)
Erin Rowell, MD Associate Professor of Surgery; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Lauren E Schwartz, MD Department of Pathology; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
James Segars, MD Reproductive Science and Women’s Health Research; Johns Hopkins University
Ariella Shikanov, PhD Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Michigan
Susan Taymans, PhD Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Candace Tingen, PhD Gynecologic Health and Disease Branch;  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Elizabeth L Tsui, BS Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Mary B Zelinski, PhD Oregon National Primate Research Center; Oregon Health & Science University

Publications

  • Tsui EL, O'Neill KE, LeDuc RD, Shikanov A, Gomez-Lobo V, Laronda MM. Creating a common language for the subanatomy of the ovary. Biol Reprod. 2022 Oct 29:ioac199. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioac199. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36308436.
  • O'Neill KE, Maher JY, Laronda MM, Duncan FE, Leduc RD, Lujan ME, Oktay KH, Pouch AM, Segars JH, Tsui EL, Zelinski MB, Halvorson LM, Gomez-Lobo V. Anatomic Nomenclature and 3D Regional Model of the Human Ovary: Call for a New Paradigm. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Sep 30:S0002-9378(22)00795-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.09.040. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36191605.
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