Dr. Givens has been a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility physician specializing in In Vitro Fertilization for 29 years. After completing her fellowship training to be a fertility specialist at UCSF, she was on faculty there for several years. She has now been practicing as a reproductive specialist at Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco for almost 20 years and is a member of the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at California Pacific Medical Center. She has worked with thousands of in vitro fertilization patients over the last 3 decades and participated in helping the majority of these patients to have healthy families. She has developed a special interest in treating couples with more challenging infertility diagnoses including male infertility, women with diminished ovarian reserve, women over 40, genetic problems associated with infertility and now is actively involved with the egg freezing program at Pacific Fertility Center. Board Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1986; residency, Parkland Memorial Hospital; fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UCSF; faculty, UCSF 1992–99, Pacific Fertility Center Medical Co-Director 1999-present.