World
renown in his field, Dr. Vasquez has published in
multiple peer review journals both nationally and
internationally and has co-authored multiple
textbooks. He has held faculty positions at
Vanderbilt, Thomas Jefferson University in
Philadelphia and the University of Wisconsin
Hospital in Madison. He has been invited to lecture
at scientific and medical meetings throughout the
world and has played a key investigative role in
numerous research projects in his field.
Dr. Vasquez earned his medical degree from the
Catholic University of Chile. After obtaining a
World Health Organization post-doctoral research
training grant, he was named a National Institute of
Health postdoctoral fellow in reproductive biology,
resulting in the publishing of leading papers in his
field.
Before
entering private practice in 1995, Dr. Vasquez
served as director of the Division of Reproductive
Endocrinology and Fertility for Vanderbilt
University's Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology. In that position he revitalized the
University's Center for Fertility and Reproductive
Research (C-FARR) helping to re-establish its
position as a national leader in fertility research
and services, which had been interrupted prior to
his appointment in 1991.
He is a
diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and
Gynecology and subspecialty board certified by its
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and
Infertility. He served a research fellowship in
reproductive endocrinology at the Medical College of
Georgia and did a subsequent OB/GYN residency at the
University of Maryland. His fellowship in
reproductive endocrinology and infertility was at
the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and
Development at Wayne State University.
