DorothyE.Mitchell-LeefMD

Obstetrics & Gynecology • Atlanta, GA

Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Partner Reproductive Biology Associates

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Office
1800 Howell Mill Rd
Ste 275
Atlanta, GA 30318
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Education & Training

U Louisville SOM1981
University of Louisville School of MedicineResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1979
University of Louisville School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1975 - 1976
University of Louisville School of MedicineClass of 1975
University of Louisville BA, Biology, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1981 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1990 - 2008
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Alumni Fellow in Medicine 2013 University of Louisville University of Louisville School of Medicine, 2013
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Acceptability and Feasibility of Initiating a Low Fat Eating Plan in Reproductive Aged Women with Obesity.
Nicola Hendricks, Lauren Gibbs, Katherine Kuhn, Andrew P Bradford, Nanette Santoro, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef> ;Reproductive Sciences. 2024 Apr 15
19 citations
Comparison of ICSI and conventional IVF in patients with increased oocyte immaturity.
T.H. Taylor, Graham Wright, Stacey Jones-Colon, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Hilton I. Kort, Zsolt Peter Nagy> ;Reproductive Biomedicine Online. 2008 Jan 1
129 citations
Clinical evaluation of the efficiency of an oocyte donation program using egg cryo-banking
Zsolt Peter Nagy, Ching Chien Chang, Daniel B. Shapiro, D.P. Bernal, Carlene W. Elsner, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Andrew A. Toledo, Hilton I. Kort> ;Fertility and Sterility. 2007 Sep 1
9 citations
Influence of the Preimplantation Embryo Development (Ped) Gene on Embryonic Platelet-Activating Factor (PAF) Levels
Elissa T. Purnell, Carol M. Warner, Hilton I. Kort, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Carlene W. Elsner, Daniel B. Shapiro, Joe B. Massey, William E. Roudebush> ;Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 2006 Jun 24
330 citations
Impact of body mass index values on sperm quantity and quality.
Hilton I. Kort, Joe B. Massey, Carlene W. Elsner, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Daniel B. Shapiro, Michael A. Witt, William E. Roudebush> ;Journal of Andrology. 2006 May 6
16 citations
Comparison of bovine- and recombinant human-derived hyaluronidase with regard to fertilization rates and embryo morphology in a sibling oocyte model: a prospective, bl...
Tyl H. Taylor, T.A. Elliott, L.F. Colturato, R.J. Straub, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Zsolt Peter Nagy> ;Fertility and Sterility. 2006 May 1
20 citations
Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase activity affects sperm motility and serves as a decapacitation factor.
Jiuming Zhu, Joe B. Massey, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Carlene W. Elsner, Hilton I. Kort, William E. Roudebush> ;Fertility and Sterility. 2006 Feb 1
4 citations
Quantitative DNA perturbations of p53 in endometriosis: analysis of American and Icelandic cases
Jon Torfi Gylfason, Dianne Dang, Vigdis Petursdottir, Kristrun R. Benediktsdottir, Reynir Tómas Geirsson, Alfred N. Poindexter, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, John E. Buster, ...> ;Fertility and Sterility. 2005 Nov 1
19 citations
Ganirelix acetate use in normal- and poor-prognosis patients and the impact of estradiol patterns
Daniel B. Shapiro, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Melinda Carter, Zsolt Peter Nagy> ;Fertility and Sterility. 2005 Mar 1
12 citations
The significance of platelet-activating factor and fertility in the male primate: a review
William E. Roudebush, Joe B. Massey, Carlene W. Elsner, Daniel B. Shapiro, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Hilton I. Kort> ;Journal of Medical Primatology. 2005 Feb 1
8 citations
Exposure of preimplantation embryos to platelet-activating factor increases birth rate.
William E. Roudebush, Joe B. Massey, Hilton I. Kort, Carlene W. Elsner, Andrew A. Toledo, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Daniel B. Shapiro> ;Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 2004 Aug 1
14 citations
Platelet-activating factor significantly enhances intrauterine insemination pregnancy rates in non-male factor infertility
William E. Roudebush, Andrew A. Toledo, Hilton I. Kort, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Carlene W. Elsner, Joe B. Massey> ;Fertility and Sterility. 2004 Jul 1
The ART of infertility.
Dorothy E Mitchell-Leef> ;Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia. 2003 Jan 1
7 citations
Fertilization potential of human sperm is correlated with endogenous platelet-activating factor content.
Andrew A. Toledo, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Carlene W. Elsner, S.M. Slayden, William E. Roudebush> ;Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 2003 May 1
47 citations
Detection of chromosomal aneuploidy in endometriosis by multi-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).
Jong-Chul Shin, Helen L. Ross, Sherman Elias, Dianne D. Nguyen, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Joe Leigh Simpson, Farideh Z. Bischoff> ;Human Genetics. 1997 Aug 4
45 citations
Infertility: Enhancement of outcome from intracytoplasmic sperm injection: does co-culture or assisted hatching improve implantation rates?
Michael J. Tucker, P.C. Morton, Graham Wright, Pilar E. Ingargiola, C. L. Sweitzer, Carlene W. Elsner, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, J.B. Massey> ;Human Reproduction. 1996 Nov 1
2 citations
A Live Birth from Intracytoplasmic Injection of a Spermatozoon Retrieved from Testicular Parenchyma
Michael A. Witt, C.W. Elsner, H.I. Kort, J.B. Massey, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, A.A. Toledo, Michael J. Tucker> ;The Journal of Urology. 1995 Sep 1
4 citations
Minimal stimulation with simplified monitoring for in vitro fertilization
Joe B. Massey, P. E. Ingargiola, Michael J. Tucker, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Graham Wright> ;Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 1994 Aug 1
14 citations
Poor implantation of cryopreserved reinsemination-fertilized human embryos
Michael J. Tucker, Carlene W. Elsner, Hilton I. Kort, Joe B. Massey, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Andrew A. Toledo> ;Fertility and Sterility. 1991 Dec 1
Pure FSH alone induces ovulation and subsequent pregnancy in the mouse resulting in fetal development.
Rice, V. C., Zusmanis, K., Malter, H., Mitchell-Leef, D.> ;Life Sci. 1993
How many IVF embryos to transfer?
Tucker, M. J., Kort, H. I., Massey, J. B., Elsner, C. W., Mitchell-Leef, D. E., Toledo, A. A.> ;Lancet. 1991 Jun 15
GnRH antagonist in in vitro fertilization: where we are now.
Shapiro, D. B., Mitchell-Leef, D.> ;Minerva Ginecol. 2003 Oct
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