Title of Position:
ASRM Director-At-Large
Nominee’s Name:
Sangita Kathleen Jindal, PhD, HCLD
Title:
Professor & IVF Laboratory Director
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY
Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health
141 South Central Ave, Suite 201 Hartsdale, NY 10530
914-997-1060
973-941-2280
914-997-1060
sangita.k.jindal@gmail.com
sjindal@montefiore.org
Nominee Statement
Sangita Jindal earned her PhD in Physiology from the University of Toronto, Canada and became a high-complexity clinical lab director in 1997. Dr. Jindal has served on the faculty at New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers, and for the last 22 years has been on the faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York as Professor and IVF Laboratory Director in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health. She has mentored grant-supported translational research projects for a number of trainees at academic programs, and is also an off-site lab director of private and academic IVF laboratories across the country.
Deeply committed to the mission of ASRM, Dr. Jindal attends the scientific congress annually, and has been an invited speaker and oral session moderator on numerous occasions. She currently serves as President of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) and is a member of the ASRM Practice Committee. She was the Co-President of the Society for Reproductive Biologists and Technologists (SRBT) in 2011, and served as SART Research Committee chair from 2015-2020. Dr. Jindal is a five-time recipient of the ASRM Star Awardand has served on numerous national committees and task forces during her years of service to ASRM. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of Fertility and Sterility Reviews and the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, and is a reviewer for Human Reproduction and Fertility and Sterility. Dr. Jindal has published over one hundred and thirty peer-reviewed journal articles and is regularly invited to speak at international meetings and conferences.
Dr. Jindal has a unique set of skills due to her experience simultaneously directing high-complexity clinical laboratories in both academic and private practice settings. Her brand of leadership features strong communication and organizational skills, great flexibility and collaboration, and strategic planning. By combining academic strengths and private practice strengths, she has been able to build well-informed and empowered teams that are responsive and transparent to the practice as a whole and to the patient in particular. Dr. Jindal desires to continue making an impact by successfully fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of ASRM Director-at-Large.
Title of Position:
Nominee’s Name:
Title:
ASRM Director-At-Large
Sangita Kathleen Jindal, PhD, HCLD
Professor & IVF Laboratory Director
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY
Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health
141 South Central Ave, Suite 201 Hartsdale, NY 10530
Nominee
Statement
Sangita Jindal earned her PhD in Physiology from the University of Toronto, Canada and became a high-complexity clinical lab director in 1997. Dr. Jindal has served on the faculty at New Jersey Medical School-Rutgers, and for the last 22 years has been on the faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York as Professor and IVF Laboratory Director in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health. She has mentored grant-supported translational research projects for a number of trainees at academic programs, and is also an off-site lab director of private and academic IVF laboratories across the country.
Deeply committed to the mission of ASRM, Dr. Jindal attends the scientific congress annually, and has been an invited speaker and oral session moderator on numerous occasions. She currently serves as President of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) and is a member of the ASRM Practice Committee. She was the Co-President of the Society for Reproductive Biologists and Technologists (SRBT) in 2011, and served as SART Research Committee chair from 2015-2020. Dr. Jindal is a five-time recipient of the ASRM Star Awardand has served on numerous national committees and task forces during her years of service to ASRM. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of Fertility and Sterility Reviews and the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, and is a reviewer for Human Reproduction and Fertility and Sterility. Dr. Jindal has published over one hundred and thirty peer-reviewed journal articles and is regularly invited to speak at international meetings and conferences.
Dr. Jindal has a unique set of skills due to her experience simultaneously directing high-complexity clinical laboratories in both academic and private practice settings. Her brand of leadership features strong communication and organizational skills, great flexibility and collaboration, and strategic planning. By combining academic strengths and private practice strengths, she has been able to build well-informed and empowered teams that are responsive and transparent to the practice as a whole and to the patient in particular. Dr. Jindal desires to continue making an impact by successfully fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of ASRM Director-at-Large.
“Dr. Sangita Jindal has updated many of our document management systems in ways which add great value to our daily practice, and she also supervises our SART data entry which is vital for any IVF program. She is responsible and dedicated, hard-working and diligent. She is always reachable in an emergency. Our lab staff appreciate her great interpersonal skills and her willingness always to help them when guidance is needed.”
Peter G. McGovern, M.D.
Medical Director, University Reproductive Associates
“In my eight years working with Dr. Jindal, she has shown the foremost knowledge in accreditation, compliance, problem solving and mentoring the future reproductive scientists and fellows.”
Heather Feil, BS, TS(CLIA)
Lab Manager, Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health
“Dr. Sangita Jindal is up-to-date on everything which impacts the lab, and is always open to helping us develop new lab services. Her QA systems bring added value to our embryology lab information and allowed us to track outcomes in very useful ways. She has my highest recommendation”
Peter G. McGovern, M.D.
Medical Director, University Reproductive Associates
“Sangita has a wealth of knowledge and expertise regarding all aspects of running an IVF laboratory including CAP accreditation, CAP inspection readiness, creating a document control system, working with physicians and lab professionals to establish protocols to help patients achieve their dream of starting a family, establishing a QA dashboard to assist with data collection and monthly stats, and continuously remaining up-to- date with the latest in the field.”
Athena Zapantis Harisis, BS, TS(ABB)
Embryologist/ Embryology Lab Supervisor
Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health
“Dr. Sangita is the lab director with whom everyone wants to work because she has tremendous expertise in document control system, CAP inspections, CAP accreditation, staff management, creating QA dashboard and sending out monthly table of contents email with cutting-edge research articles. Dr. Sangita cares about everyone works in the lab and tries to help everyone to reach their full potential.”
Yafei Xu, PhD, TS(ABB)
Lab Supervisor, Conceptions Florida
“Sangita’s technique of managing her staff is not one to micro-manage, but to empower her team with trust to use their knowledge, problem-solving skills, and common sense to complete tasks in the lab. I continue to learn from Sangita and am grateful for working under her leadership all these years.”
Athena Zapantis Harisis, BS, TS(ABB)
Embryologist/ Embryology Lab Supervisor
Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health
“I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Sangita Jindal as our off-site Lab Director since 2016. Upon her joining our team she implemented a new QA dashboard that allows us to keep tighter records of our cycles and allows us to efficiently track trends more closely within our facility. She also created an online document control system for faster communication between team members and consistent utilization of new documents. She keeps us up-to-date with the latest technology and trends within the industry by including us with monthly emails of scientific papers and conference call opportunities. I am so grateful to work with and learn from one of the best in the industry!”
Jessica Crofoot, BS, TS(CLIA)
IVF Laboratory Supervisor
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
“Dr. Jindal is incomparable as a Laboratory Director. I have never met another individual who is so dedicated to her work, and takes so much pride in her craft. There are countless examples that support the statement: from her web-based document control system, CAP accreditation & CAP inspection preparations, all her staff management techniques, the immeasurable benefits of the introduction to the QA dashboard, and monthly table of contents emails to her group – just to name a few.”
Eric Gonzales, BS, TS(ABB)
Senior Embryologist, University Reproductive Associates
“Sangita has been my mentor for the past 7 years. Her dedication to helping advance the careers of her many mentees is unparalleled. If you look at the number of professionals who look to Sangita for guidance, it is clear she will have a lasting impact on our industry long after she retires. It has been an honor to get to know Sangita not only as a mentor but also as a friend. I will be forever grateful for the influence she has had on my career.”
Liesl Nel-Themaat, PhD, HCLD, MBA
IVF Laboratory Director, Stanford Medicine Fertility and Reproductive Health