美国 Laura Smith 医生

Dr. Laura Smith was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.  She is married and has two sons and a daughter.  She spent time in Missouri and Alabama growing up, and returned to the University of Virginia for college.  She studied both science and archaeology, and earned a Bachelor of Arts with Highest Distinction in 1999.  Dr. Smith attended the University of Virginia Medical School and graduated in 2003.
劳拉·史密斯博士出生于弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔市。她已婚，育有两子一女。她童年时期曾在密苏里州和阿拉巴马州生活，之后回到弗吉尼亚大学就读。她主修科学和考古学，并于1999年以优异成绩获得文学学士学位。史密斯博士随后进入弗吉尼亚大学医学院深造，并于2003年毕业。

She then completed her four-year Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at the University of Virginia.  In 2007, Dr. Smith was chosen to complete her three-year Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston IVF, affiliate programs of Harvard Medical School.  She received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during fellowship for her research on a new biologic pathway in the ovary, and continues to have an active interest in research.  She has worked especially hard to increase awareness and access to fertility preservation counseling and treatment for patients facing cancer and cancer treatment.  She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is sub-specialty certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.  She is a member of the Association of Women Surgeons and the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
随后，她在弗吉尼亚大学完成了为期四年的妇产科住院医师培训。2007 年，史密斯博士被选中在贝斯以色列女执事医疗中心和波士顿体外受精中心（哈佛医学院附属机构）完成为期三年的生殖内分泌与不孕症专科医师培训。在专科医师培训期间，她获得了美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的资助，用于研究卵巢中一条新的生物学通路，并一直保持着对科研的浓厚兴趣。她尤其致力于提高癌症患者及其家属对生育力保存咨询和治疗的认知度和可及性。她是美国妇产科医师学会会员，并持有生殖内分泌与不孕症专科医师资格证书。她同时也是女性外科医师协会和生殖内分泌与不孕症学会的成员。