Laboratory Staff | Center for Reproductive Medicine | Michigan Medicine

ART Lab Director

Min Xu, Ph.D.

Lab Manager

Jennifer Shippy

Jennifer Shippy is an embryologist in the University of Michigan ART laboratory. Jennifer received her BS from Grand Valley State University. She worked for a clinic in California before joining the University of Michigan.

IVF Logistics Coordinator

Avra DeYoung

Avra DeYoung studied Health Science at Madonna University. Previously worked as a Health Records Consultant for Green Tree Pediatrics in Ann Arbor, MI.

Embryologists

Ryan Brown

Meredith Campbell, B.S.

Meredith Campbell is an embryologist in the University of Michigan ART laboratory. She received her BS in Biological Sciences from Wayne State University. She worked for a private IVF clinic as an andrologist and junior embryologist in Chicago before joining the Center for Reproductive Medicine in 2021.

Suzanne Sorovetz, TS/ELD (ABB)

Suzanne Sorovetz is an embryologist in the University of Michigan ART laboratory. Sue has a BS in Medical Technology from Michigan State University. Sue also has a long history in Reproductive Medicine, as she was the Lab Manager for the Fertility Center of NW Ohio for 25 years.

Erin Swearingen

Erin Swearingen is an Embryologist in the University of Michigan ART laboratory.

Andrology/Hormone Assay

Jessica Palmatier

Jennifer Powlison

Jennifer Powlison is an Andrology/Hormone Assay Technician in the University of Michigan ART laboratory.

Julie West, MT (ASCP)

Julie wEST is an Andrology/Hormone Assay Technicians in the ART Lab. She graduated with Bachelor of Science degree from Mercy college and hold a Medical Technologist certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology . She has more than 20 years’ experiences in the clinical reproductive laboratory, with special focusing on the andrology and endocrinology. She joined in the University of Michigan ART lab in 2019.

ART Lab Clerk

Sue Shay

Sue Shay is a lab clerk in the University of Michigan ART laboratory.