Robert T. Morris, M.D.--appreciation of an enlightened surgeon and pioneer of ovarian transplantation.
OBJECTIVE
To show that ovarian transplantation is a promising strategy for preserving fertility in young women and children who have cryopreserved tissue before undergoing potentially sterilizing treatment for cancer and other conditions.


CONCLUSIONS
Credit for the first transplants is because of a forgotten pioneer, Robert Morris of New York, who was an innovative surgeon as well as a model clinical investigator over a century ago.
Gosden
Roger G
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Ronald O. Perelman & Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine & Infertility, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA. roger.gosden@gmail.com
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