Valerie Lynn Baker, MD, MPP

Professional Titles

• Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
• Practice Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
• TeLinde-Wallach Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Background

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Research Interests

assisted reproductive technology, In vitro fertilization, infertility, outcomes

Lab Website

Johns Hopkins Fertility Center Research - Lab Website

• Research with the Johns Hopkins Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) has recently focused on perimenopause and menopause and risks for hot flashes, fertility preservation and on making advances in improving success rates for assisted reproductive technologies. Past research efforts focused on hormonal contraception, prolactin disorders and polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Research Summary

Dr. Baker’s current research focuses on health outcomes for women after infertility treatment.

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/57499511/?sort=date&direction=ascending

Selected Publications

• Baker VL, Gracia, C, Glassner M, Schell V, Doody K, Coddington C, Marshall L, Alper M, Morales A, Pavone ME, Behera M, Zbella E, Shapiro B, Straseski J, Clendenin M, Broyles D. Multi-center evaluation of the Access AMH assay to aid in the prediction of poor response to controlled ovarian stimulation. Fertility and Sterility. 2018; 110(3):506-513. PMID: 29960708

• Versen-Höynck F, Schaub AM, Chi Y-Y, Chiu K-H, Liu J, Lingis M, Williams RS; Rhoton-Vlasak A,  Nichols WW, Fleischmann RR, Zhang W, Winn VD; MS Segal MS, Conrad KP, Baker VL. Increased Preeclampsia Risk and Reduced Aortic Compliance With In Vitro Fertilization Cycles in the Absence of a Corpus Luteum. Hypertension. 2019 Mar;73(3):640-649. PMID: 30636552

• von Versen-Höynck  F, Strauch, Liu J, Chi YY, Keller-Woods M, Conrad KP, Baker VL.. Effect of Mode of Conception on Maternal Serum Relaxin, Creatinine and Sodium Concentrations in an Infertile Population. Reproductive Sciences 2019, Vol. 26(3) 412-419. PMID: 29862889.

• Baker VL, Brown MB, Luke B, Conrad KP. Association between oocyte number retrieved with live birth rate and birth weight: an analysis of 231,815 cycles of in vitro fertilization. Fertility and Sterility 103(4):931-8.e2, 2015. PMID: 25638421.

• Seifer DB, Tal O, Wantman E, Edul P, Baker VL. Prognostic indicators of assisted reproduction technology outcomes of cycles with ultralow serum antimüllerian hormone: a multivariate analysis of over 5,000 autologous cycles from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System database for 2012-2013. Fertility and Sterility. 2016; 105(2);385-393. PMID: 26515380. 

Honors

• Reviewer of the Year, Fertility and Sterility, 10/1/17
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine Service Milestone Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1/1/15
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine Star Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1/1/14
• Exemplary Reviewer, Fertility and Sterility, 1/1/12
• Outstanding Reviewer, Human Reproduction, 1/1/11

Lectures & Presentations

• Assisted Reproductive Technology Reporting in the United States, Invited Speaker, Israeli Fertility Association Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel, 5/1/16
• Ethnic Differences in Response to Controlled Ovarian Stimulation and Embryo Implantation Rates, Invited Speaker, European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 7/1/17
• Fertility Treatment for Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: Where we are and where we are going, Invited Speaker, European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) meeting, Helsinki, Finland, 7/1/16
• Fresh versus Frozen Embryo Transfer, Invited Speaker, IVF Forum of International Experts, Shenzhen Wujing Hospital, 11/1/15

Memberships

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology
• Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Professional Activities

• Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, Executive Council, 1/1/09
• Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), Vice President, 10/1/18
• Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Research Committee, Chair, 1/1/10 - 12/30/15
• Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI), President, 10/1/15 - 10/1/16