Faculty


			Marc A. Fritz, MD Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility. Phone: (919) 966-5283 Fax: (919) 966-5214 E-Mail: mafritz@med.unc.edu Mailing Address: CB#7570, UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7570 Education Doctor of Medicine: Tulane University Medical School New Orleans, Louisiana, 1973-1977 Internship USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1977-1978 Residency Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Wright State University School of Medicine USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson Dayton, Ohio, 1978-1981 Fellowship Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Oregon Health Sciences University and Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, 1981-1983 American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology: (recertification), 1985 American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1996 Division of Reproductive Endocrinology (recertification), 1987 Board Certification • Examiner, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, - 1994-1998 • Examiner, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, 1998-2000 Professional Organizations • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; - Junior Fellow (1978-1985) and Fellow (1985- present) • American Fertility Society/American Society for - Reproductive Medicine • Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists • Durham-Orange County (NC) Medical Society • Endocrine Society • North Carolina Medical Society • North Crolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society • Society for Gynecologic Investigation • Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility • Turner's Syndrome Society Clinical Interests • Ovarian physiology • Ovulation induction • IVF (invitro fertilization) • Recurrent pregnancy loss • Tubal microsurgery • Menopause and hormone replacement Current Publications Lovely LP, Fazleabas AT, Fritz MA, McAdams DG, Lessey BA. Prevention of endometrial apoptosis: Randomized prospective comparison of hCG versus progesterone treatment in the luteal phase. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90:2351-2356. Murray MJ, Meyer WR, Zaino RJ, Lessey BA, Novotny DB, Ireland K, Fritz MA. A critical analysis of the accuracy, reproducibility, and clinical utility of histologic endometrial dating in fertile women. Fertil Steril 2004; 81:1333-43. Murray MJ, Meyer WR, Lessey BA, Oi R, DeWire RE, Fritz MA. Soy protein isolate with isoflavones does not prevent estradiol-induced endometrial hyperplasia in postmenopausal women: a pilot trial. Menopause 2003;10:456-64. Usadi RS, Murray MJ, Bagnell R, Fritz MA, Kowalik AI, Meyer WR, Lessey BA. Temporal and morphologic characteristics of pinopod expression across the secretory phase of the endometrial cycle in normally cycling women with proven fertility. Fertil Steril 2003;79:970-4. Carson DD, Lagow E, Thathiah A, Al-Shami R, Farach-Carson MC, Vernon M, Yuan L, Fritz MA, Lessey BA. Changes in gene expression during the early to mid-luteal (receptive phase) transition in human endometrium detected by high-density microarray screening. Molec Hum Reprod 2002;8:871-9. Gregory CW, Wilson EM, Apparao KB, Lininger RA, Meyer WR, Kowalik A, Fritz MA, Lessey BA. Steroid receptor coactivator expression throughout the menstrual cycle in normal and abnormal endometrium. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002;87:2960-6. Young SL, Lessey BA, Fritz MA, Meyer WR, Murray MJ, Speckman PL, Nowicki BJ. In vivo and in vitro evidence suggest that HB-EGF regulates endometrial expression of human decay accelerating factor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002;87:1368-75. Apparao KBC, Murray MJ, Fritz MA, Meyer WR, Chambers AF, Truong PR, Lessey BA. Osteopontin and its receptor avb3 integrin are co-expressed in the human endometrium during the menstrual cycle but regulated differentially. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001; 86:4991-5000. Williams CD, Boggess JF, LaMarque LR, Meyer WR, Murray MJ, Fritz MA, Lessey BA. A prospective, randomized study of endometrial telomerase during the menstrual cycle. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001;86:3912-7. Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Wolf L, Greene W, Paulson M, Meyer WR, Fritz MA. The use of integrins to date the endometrium. Fertil Steril 2000;73:779-87.