Fertility Health Podcast

By: Mark P. Trolice M.D.
  • Summary

  • The Fertility Health Podcast is hosted by renowned fertility specialist Mark P. Trolice, M.D. Each episode features first-hand advice and potential treatment news, tips and strategies listeners can use on their fertility journey.
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Episodes
  • Ep. 25 | How COVID-19 is Affecting Mental Health of Fertility
    May 27 2020

    Many fertility care patients who already experience a wide range of emotions from infertility challenges are now encountering added stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    In this episode, Dr. Janie Lacy, LMHC, NCC, CSAT, relationship trauma expert and psychotherapist, joins host Mark P. Trolice, M.D., to discuss a noticeable increase in mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Dr. Lacy offers advice on how fertility care patients can address underlying emotional issues that might be surfacing during this unusually stressful time, and how they can create new routines to protect their mental health.

    Tune in to discover:

    • Ways to create new routines to deal with this stressful period
    • Why you should not wait until the pandemic passes to address emotional challenges
    • How the second wave of COVID-19 effects could be a wave of psychological impacts
    • When support groups are helping women who feel isolated during the pandemic
    • The reason self-care activities matter more now than ever before

    About Dr. Janie Lacy, LMHC, NCC, CSAT

    Orlando Relationship Trauma Therapist Janie Lacy’s mission is to use her talents and abilities to help people of all ages, stages, backgrounds, and economic levels achieve their maximum potential through fully developing their minds and their talents. Janie’s belief in a relational approach is implemented through her therapeutic treatments addressing the physical, mental, social/emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual.

    Janie has received extensive training through her graduate program at Palm Beach Atlantic University and through her doctorate program at California Southern University. She works with adolescents, young adults, and individuals helping them heal from low self-esteem, anger management, anxiety, depression, sexual addiction, codependency and relationship trauma.

    Janie also helps families and married couples through life’s difficult situations using conflict resolution. Janie is known as a relationship trauma expert and specializes in anger management, sexual addictions and pre-marital/marital/relationship challenges.


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    28 mins
  • Ep. 24 | The New Normal: Adjusting to COVID-19
    May 21 2020

    In this special edition of the Fertility Health Podcast, you’ll be able to listen in on an expert physician panel recorded during a live webinar discussing how reproductive endocrinologists and OB/GYN’s are adjusting to “the new normal” in a COVID-19 environment. 

    Moderated by Fertility Health Podcast host Mark P. Trolice M.D., he is joined by Rachel G. Humphrey, M.D., Director of Perinatology, High-Risk Pregnancy Consultants, AdventHealth Medical Group; Asim A. Jani, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Hospital Epidemiologist, Orlando Health; and Jessica Auffant, M.D., OB/GYN, AdventHealth Medical Group. 

    Tune in to discover:

    • Tips to improve patient readiness 
    • Workflow and volume challenges, observations, and solutions 
    • Marketing plan adjustments and expectations
    • Techniques to provide support to patients and staff 
    • How to keep staff engaged at every level 
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ep. 23 | The Impact of Environmental Toxins on Your Health and Fertility with Dr. Lora Shahine
    Dec 4 2019

    Did you know that certain things taken for granted in the environment can be toxic to your reproductive health? These environmental toxins can impact egg and sperm quality, lower success rates with IVF and fertility treatments, and increase the risk of miscarriage.

    In this episode, Lora Shahine, M.D., Director of the Center for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss at Pacific NW Fertility, joins host Mark P. Trolice, M.D., to discuss how environmental factors may play a role in impairing fertility. She also touches on what you can do to decrease the risk of miscarriage and increase your chances of conceiving

    Tune in to discover:

    • The little known additives in alcohol and their impact on fertility
    • The effect of cigarette smoking on health, pregnancy, and the unborn baby
    • How the plastic products you use every day may be damaging your fertility
    • Small measures you can take to decrease your exposure to environmental toxins

    About Lora Shahine, M.D.

    Lora Shahine, M.D. is the Director of the Center for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss at Pacific NW Fertility and clinical faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle. She completed her residency in OBGYN at the University of California in San Francisco and fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Stanford University. 

    She is dedicated to educating and advocating for increased awareness of the impact on environmental toxins on health through an active social media presence, teaching, clinical research, and authoring multiple blogs and books including, ‘Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.

    About Mark P. Trolice, M.D.

    Mark P. Trolice, M.D., FACOG, FACS, FACE is Director of Fertility CARE: The IVF Center in Winter Park, Florida and Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN) at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando responsible for the medical education of OB/GYN residents and medical students as well as Medical Endocrinology fellows. He is past President of the Florida Society of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (REI) and past Division Director of REI at Winnie Palmer Hospital, part of Orlando Health.

    His current book, The Fertility Doctor’s Guide to Overcoming Infertility: Discovering Your Reproductive Potential and Maximizing Your Odds of Having a Baby, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. 

    He is double board certified in REI and OB/GYN, maintains annual recertification, and has been awarded the American Medical Association’s “Physicians’ Recognition Award” annually. He holds the unique distinction of being a Fellow in all three American Colleges of OB/GYN, of Surgeons, and of Endocrinology. His colleagues select him as Top Doctor in America® annually, one among the top 5% of doctors in the U.S. In 2018, he was awarded the “Social Responsibility Award” by the National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association. For ten years his foundation, Fertile Dreams, organized seminars to increase fertility awareness and granted national scholarships for those unable to afford in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.

    Dr. Trolice serves on committees for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology as well as the editorial advisory board of Ob.Gyn.News. He has conducted scientific studies with resultant numerous publications and been appointed a reviewer in many leading medical journals and textbooks. He has lectured at numerous physician and patient seminars around the country. In addition, he is interviewed regularly on TV news/talk shows, radio, podcasts, print/online magazines and newspapers on reproductive health topics. 


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    24 mins

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