2025 Invited Speaker Inside Reproductive Health Podcast: Protect the IVF Lab: Oversight and Investment
What standards should be non-negotiable in IVF labs? In this week’s episode of Inside Reproductive Health, we’re joined by Dr. Sangita Jindal—lab director at five IVF centers and former SART president—to discuss the urgent need for standardized embryologist training, better oversight, and technologies that minimize catastrophic lab errors. Tune in to hear Dr. Jindal’s insights on:
- Why embryologists need national certification (and why ASRM should lead it)
- The pros and cons of expanding training requirements for embryologists
- The limits of automation without skilled human oversight
- What she values most in the lab monitoring system Xiltrix (and why her other labs don’t have it)
- Whether every IVF lab should be required to implement e-witnessing
This episode was recorded just after news broke of another embryo loss lawsuit—highlighting the real-world consequences of our field’s biggest vulnerabilities. Don’t miss Dr. Jindal’s thoughtful, candid perspective on what needs to change.