Advisers & FriendsPing Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
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Philosophy of CareHelping patients bring their children into the world is such a wonderful and touching profession. My philosophy of care is to treat the embryos as your own. I empathize with patients' concerns and needs, while ensuring they receive service of the highest caliber. My background and studies on embryo selection allow me to combine specialized research with superior clinical practice. Most important for a female patient's good health is to keep their ovaries healthy. Oocytes from the ovaries foresee the future. |
Title: |
Associate Professor, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Director, Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratory |
Specialty: |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Address: |
UC Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd., Suite 1339 Sacramento, CA 95817 |
Other Languages: |
Chinese |
Education: |
Northeast Agricultural University Harbin, Heilongjiang Province China Ph.D. 1988 Harbin Medical University Harbin, Heilongjiang Province China M.D. 1982 |
Fellowships: |
University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Canada 1995 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Piscataway, NJ 1991 |
Board Certifications: |
American Association of Bioanalysts, 1999 |
Professional Memberships: |
American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) Charter member of College of Reproductive Biology organized by AAB European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Member of American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) |
Select Recent Publications: |
Xia P Semen Analysis and Sperm Preparation. In Feng HL (ed.) Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Chinese Scientific Press, Beijing, China. Published in May 2008. Liu Y, Hong-Shu Sui HS, Wang HL, Yuan JH, Luo MJ, Xia P, Tan JH (2006) Germinal vesicle chromatin configurations of bovine oocytes. Microscopy Research and Techniques. 69(10): 799-807. Xia P, Wang ZJ, Yang ZM, Tan JH and Qin PC (2001) Ultrastructural study of polyspermy during early embryo development in pigs, observed by scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. Cell Tissue Res. 303(2):271-275. Xia P and Younglai EV (2000) Relationship between steroid concentrations in ovarian follicular fluid and oocyte morphology in patients being treated with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). J Reprod Fert. 118(2):229-233. Xia P (1997) Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: correlation of oocyte grade based on polar body, perivitelline space and cytoplasmic inclusions with fertilization rate and embryo quality. Human Reprod 12(8): 1750-1755. Armstrong DT, Xia P, Gannes GD, Tekpetey FR and Khamsi F (1996) Differential effects of insulin-like growth factor-I and follicle-stimulating hormone on proliferation and differentiation of bovine cumulus cells and granulosa cells. Biol Reprod, 54:331-338. Xia P, Han V, Armstrong DT and Watson AJ (1996) Expression of insulin-like growth factors in two bovine oviductal cultures employed for embryo co-culture. J Endocrinology. 149:41-53. Xia P, Rutledge J, Watson AJ and Armstrong DT (1996) Effect of estrogen-treated porcine ampulla oviductal epithelial cells on early embryonic development in vitro and their protein secretion analysis. Ani Reprod Sci, 45(3): 217-229. Xia P, Rutledge J and Armstrong DT (1995) Expression of glycine cleavage system and effect of glycine on the in vitro fertilization and early embryonic development in pigs. Anim Reprod Sci, 38:155-165. Xia P, Tekpetey FR and Armstrong DT (1994) Effect of IGF-I on pig oocyte maturation, fertilization and early embryonic development in vitro, and on granulosa and cumulus cell biosynthetic activity. Mol Reprod Dev, 38 (4):373-379. |
