Ricardo Asch

Ricardo Asch
Born
Ricardo Hector Asch

(1947-10-26) October 26, 1947 (age 77)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine, Mexican[1]
Occupation(s)obstetrician, gynecologist, and endocrinologist

Ricardo Hector Asch (born 26 October 1947)[1] is an obstetrician, gynecologist, and endocrinologist. He worked with reproductive technology and pioneered gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), as well as working on research linking fertility and marijuana usage,[2] and investigated the use of GnRH analogues with Andrew Schally.[3][4] In the mid-1990s he was accused of transferring ova harvested from women into other patients without proper consent at the University of California, Irvine's fertility clinic. Asch left the United States one year before a federal indictment was filed.[5][6] He was tried and acquitted of all charges in Argentina in 2008.[7] In 2011 Mexico denied an extradition request by the United States as it would constitute double jeopardy and no new evidence was brought forth.[8] He is currently living in Mexico City.[9][10]

  1. ^ a b Dodge, Mary; Geis, Gilbert (2003). Stealing Dreams: A Fertility Clinic Scandal. Lebanon, New Hampshire: Northeastern University Press. p. 113. ISBN 1-55553-585-2.
  2. ^ Asch, RH; Smith, CG (1986). "Effects of delta 9-THC, the principal psychoactive component of marijuana, during pregnancy in the rhesus monkey". The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 31 (12): 1071–81. ISSN 0024-7758. PMID 3025441.
  3. ^ BALMACEDA, J.P.; BORGHI, M.R.; COY, D.H.; SCHALLY, A.V.; ASCH, R.H. (1983). "Suppression of Postovulatory Gonadotropin Levels Does Not Affect Corpus Luteum Function in Rhesus Monkeys". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 57 (4). The Endocrine Society: 866–868. doi:10.1210/jcem-57-4-866. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 6411757.
  4. ^ Asch RH, Ellsworth LR, Balmaceda JP, Wong PC (1984). "Pregnancy after translaparoscopic gamete intrafallopian transfer". Lancet. 2 (8410): 1034–5. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(84)91127-9. PMID 6149412. S2CID 33844752.
  5. ^ "UC Fertility Case Doctor Sells Home". LA Times. 24 October 1995. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  6. ^ "Ex-Chief of Scandal-Plagued Fertility Clinic Accused of Insurance Fraud". Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  7. ^ "Niegan extraditar a doctor acusado en EU". Grupo Reforma (in Spanish).
  8. ^ "Doctor with ties to fertility scandal won't be extradited by Mexico". LA Times. April 2011. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  9. ^ "Fertility Doctor on the Run Arrested in Mexico". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  10. ^ "Abstracts for 2017 Foundation for Reproductive Medicine Translational Reproductive Biology and Clinical Reproductive Endocrinology Conference". J Assist Reprod Genet. 34 (10): 1385–1402. 2017. doi:10.1007/s10815-017-1055-7. PMC 5633566. PMID 28971380.