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     3533 Southern Blvd
     Kettering, OH 45429-1298

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Thomas Burwinkel, MD

Thomas H. Burwinkel, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1986. Following a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati he went on to complete a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Tennessee Memphis. Dr. Burwinkel received his certification from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1993 and his Reproductive Endocrinology subspecialty certification in 1996. He has taught at the Wright State University School of Medicine for six years and is currently an associate clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He joined Kettering Reproductive Medicine in July of 2000.

Dr. Burwinkel is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, an active member of the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Ohio Section Council of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technololgy.


Jeremy Groll, MD

Jeremy M. Groll, MD, received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1997. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX and went on to a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He recently completed the prestigious CREST program through the National Institutes of Health and Duke University for training in clinical research. Dr. Groll received certification from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2006 and is Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology. Dr. Groll also serves as director of the infertility program at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. He is an assistant professor at Wright State University School of Medicine. Along with his wife, Lorie, Dr. Groll co-authored one of the top-selling books on lifestyle and fertility, "Fertility Foods: Optimize Ovulation and Conception Through Food Choices" and has appeared on national radio and in national print media. Dr. Groll is an active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology.


Erica J. Behnke, PhD, HCLD (ABB)

Erica J. Behnke, PhD, HCLD (ABB), is the director of the assisted reproductive technology labs at Kettering Reproductive Medicine in Kettering, Ohio. She was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1987 for research on sperm capacitation and oocyte maturation and in vitro fertilization, following a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry in 1978 from Michigan State University and a Master of Sciences degree in Animal Physiology from the University of Minnesota in 1980, in the area of sperm cryobiology.

Dr. Behnke moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1987 to head the Reproductive Studies Laboratory and develop and direct the in vitro fertilization laboratory at Bethesda Hospital. In 1992 she moved to The Christ Hospital as director of The Center for Reproductive Studies, encompassing Andrology, embryology and endocrine testing. In 2001, Dr. Behnke designed and directed the new ART laboratories at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine.

Dr. Behnke is board certified as a High-Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director by the American Board of Bioanalysis with subspecialty proficiency in embryology and andrology. She is an active member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), the American Association of Bioanalysts, the Reproductive Biology Professional Group of ASRM, and the Reproductive Laboratory Technology Professional Group of ASRM. Dr. Behnke has presented many roundtable sessions at ASRM meetings, serves annually on ASRM abstract committees, and completed two terms on the SART Executive Council. She also is a volunteer faculty member at the University of Kentucky for the Clinical Laboratory Science program in reproductive medicine.

Dr. Behnke was appointed as Commissioner for the Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program for the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and has been a laboratory inspector for CAP since 1994. She is currently a member of the CAP Reproductive Medicine Resource Committee as well as the Accreditation Education Committee.


Jane Finster

Jane Finster is currently an infertility nurse at Kettering Reproductive Medicine. She has worked at KRM since 2001, and has over 30 years of nursing experience in labor and delivery, ICU, surgery, and reproductive endocrinology. She thoroughly enjoys working with the staff at KRM, and she feels a great satisfaction in helping couples achieve their goals of pregnancy.




Celia Grigsby, RN

Celia Grigsby, RN has been working at Kettering Reproductive Medicine since 2003. Celia started at Kettering Hospital in 1985, taking care of our smallest patients in the Special Care Nursery until 2007. She finds working with infertility patients and helping them with their plan of care to be very rewarding and exciting area of nursing. Celia graduated from Clark State in Springfield, Ohio with an Associate Degree in Nursing. Celia is married with two daughters and spends her free time sewing, gardening, and enjoying her Labrador Retriever, Lucy.


Angela Huff, BSN, RN

Angela Huff, BSN, RN has worked in the field of Reproductive Endocrinology for over 11 years. She holds her Bachelor Degree in Nursing from Wright State University. She is actively involved in teaching and coordinating ART cycles and couples using Clomid, Femara, and/or Gonadotropins for ovulation induction. She has been at Kettering Reproductive Medicine since 2000. She is a Staff Nurse II with Kettering Medical Center and a member of Ohio Area Society of Infertility Support Staff. Her family includes her husband Dennis, and her two children. She enjoys being part of the KRM team and the opportunity to help so many couples.


Durinda Spicer, RN, BSN

Durinda Spicer, RN, BSN currently serves as a staff nurse working with KRM patients and serving as unit educator. She has worked with Dr. Burwinkel at KRM since 2001 and prior to that in surgery at Kettering Medical Center since 1984. Her nursing career began in Labor and Delivery at another affiliate of KH network in 1982. She feels her career has come full circle in women's health care and enjoys helping couples achieve their visions of completing their families.




Betheen Struewing, BSN, RN

Betheen Struewing, BSN, RN has been working in the field of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility for over 20 years. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from Wright State University in 1986. Betheen is an ART coordinator and has been at Kettering Reproductive Medicine since 2000. She is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a founding member of the Ohio Area Society of Infertility Support Staff and is currently serving as Past- President and Treasurer for OASIS. She is a Staff Nurse III specialist for Kettering Medical Center. Her family includes her husband, Ken, her three grown children and 5 grand children. Betheen loves the challenges of infertility nursing, the ability to work as a team, and especially enjoys the relationship that she has the opportunity to develop with ART couples at Kettering Reproductive Medicine.


Carolyn Todd, RN

Carolyn Todd, RN has worked in the field of infertility for over 30 years. She received her RN diploma in 1973. She joined the KRM family in 2001 and works as an ART and EGG Donor Coordinator. She is a Staff Nurse 11 specialist with Kettering Medical Center and a member of Ohio Area Society of Infertility Support Staff. She enjoys working closely with ART couples and especially the egg donors. There are new challenges every day and she is glad that she is part of a growing practice. Here family includes her husband Bob, and son, Chris, stepson, Brian, and his wife Darla and their two children.





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