User:Amandarychtik/Georgeanna Seegar Jones

Early Life
She was born in 1912 with her mother who was an obstetrician, one of the many things that lead to Jones's interest in medicine. Received her bachelor's degree in 1932 from Goucher College and continued to pursue her medical career at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Four years later, 1936, got her official medical degree (MD). Completing her training as a house gynecology officer and an acting member of the National Cancer Institute. While attending medical school she met her husband, Howard W. Jones, Jr., whom she married in 1940.

She was one of the first in her field to train medical students, residents and fellows for several schools. Her dedication to bettering the physician generations below her paved the way of academic medicine. One of the many reason why Dr. Seegar Jones is so distinguished and honored in her field.

Reproductive endocrinology was not yet a subspecialty, in fact, her and her husbands accomplishments have contributed to the successful reproductive endocrinology programs that are offered at Johns Hopkins.

She was named the first woman President of the American Fertility Society in 1970. One of the reasons she was honored with this title is because her work with fertility prompted women to control their future.

Career
In the 1940's Seegar Jones discovered that the common pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin was not produced by the pituitary glad, but by the placenta. Thus leading to the development of the hCG pregnancy test that are currently on the market. Add infertility with miscarriages.

By the late 1940's Jones had a copious amount of experience with studying infertility couples, using endocrinological techniques. At this time, there was no substantial research on endocrinology and the link to infertility so Jones submitted an article of her findings to the American Medical Association titled "Some Newer Aspects of the Management of Infertility". Within this article was the advancements she has made studying the luteal phase defect, a term which Jones is responsible for.

The pregnanediol technique was developed by Jones along with other Hopkins members. Conclusions drawn from her individual research showed that low progesterone levels lead to low preganediol levels and provide a greater risk for infertility.

Later Life
In 1969, Seegar Jones began to identify and examine what is now known as ovarian resistance syndrome. She demonstrated that stimulation of menopausal gonadotropin leads to the increase in number of eggs that are available and viable for vitro fertilization.

The same year that UK scientists were successful with in vitro fertilization, the Joneses took an opportunity from EVMS and moved to Norfolk, Virginia to create an IVF program in the United States.

Awards
Dr. Seegar Jones was awarded the Distinguished Service Award Medal from the Cosmopolitan Club of Norfolk in 1988 for the advancements she made to in vitro fertilization. She is also a recipient of the Dean's Outstanding Faculty Award from Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1996; and in 1997, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins University, also for her contributions to reproductive endocrinology and success she made with IVF. Five years prior to her passing, 2000, she received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Gynecologic Investigation.