Reproductive Genetics

Personal Information

Martin S. Balin, M.D., Ph.D.

Mailing Address:

2825 N. Halsted
Chicago, Illinois 60657
773-472-4949

Date of Birth:

December 2, 1946

Place of Birth:

Chicago, Illinois

Undergraduate School:

The University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
1968 B.S.

Professional School:

University of Illinois College of Pharmacy
Chicago, Illinois
1968-1969

Graduate School:

University of Illinois College of Medicine
Department of Physiology
Chicago, Illinois
1975 Ph.D.

Medical School:

University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
1977 M.D.

Residency (OB/GYN):

Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chicago, Illinois
6/1977 –  6/1981

Fellowship (Repro. Endo.):

Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Department of Reproductive Endocrinology
& Infertility
Chicago, Illinois
6/1981 – 6/1983

Certification

American Board of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
    - Recertified

11/1986
 
2008

Licensure

Illinois

#036-058033

Honors

Public Health Service Trainee,
University of Illinois

1969-1972

Merit Teaching Award,
University of Illinois Medical Center

1971-1973

Research Award, University of Illinois
College of Medicine

1975

James Scholar in Independent Study,
University of Illinois College of Medicine

1974-1977

Mead-Johnson Award, American College
of Obstetrics and Gynecology

1981

Administrative Experience

Member, Graduate Committee,
Department of Physiology,
University of Illinois College of Medicine

1970-1972

Member, Student Appraisal Committee,
Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine

1974-1976

Member, Radiation Health and Safety
Committee, Chicago College of
Osteopathic Medicine

1974-1975

Member, Research and Publications
Committee, Chicago College of
Osteopathic Medicine

1975-1977

Professional Experience

Laboratory Instructor in Zoology,
University of Illinois College of Pharmacy

1968-1969

Laboratory Instructor,
University of Illinois College of Medicine

1969-1972

Laboratory Instructor,
University of Illinois College of Dentistry

1969-1972

Laboratory Instructor,
University of Illinois Medical Center,
Graduate College

1969-1972

Teaching Assistant, Department of Physiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine

1972-1973

Lecturer, University of Illinois College
of Nursing

1972-1973

Instructor, Department of Physiology,
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

1975 -1978

Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of Illinois College of Medicine

1983 - Present

Mercy Hospital, Director Gynecologic
Endocrinology & Infertility

1983 - Present

Professional Societies

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fellow

American Society of Reproductive Medicine

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy

Publications

Balin, M.S. and Schwartz, N.B.: Testosterone propionate on accessory sex organs and plasma LH in castrate male rats: Effect of associated hypophysectomy.
Fed. Proc., 30:473,1971.

Balin, M.S. and Schwartz, N.B.: Effects of prolactin on accessory sex organs in hypophysectomized and castrate-hypophysectomized male rats.
Am. Zool., 12(3), 1972.

Balin, M.S. and Schwartz, N.B.: Effects of mating on pituitary hormone serum levels and accessory sex tissue in adult male rats.
Fed. Proc., 33:222, 1974.

Balin, M.S. and Schwartz, N.B.: Effects of mating on serum gonadotrophin and accessory sex tissue weight in male rats.
Endocrinology, 98:522, 1976.

Javaheri, G., Balin, M.S., and Meltzer, R.M.: Role of cryosurgery in the treatment of
intraepithelial neoplasia of the uterine cervix.
Obstet & Gyne, 58(1): July, 1981.

Balin, M.S., Scommegua, A., and Benveniste, R.: Evaluation of the human gonadotroph free alpha-subunit secretory pools by administration of gonadotropin hormone releasing hormone into normal subjects at different phases of the ovarian cycle.
Journal of Endoc. Invest., July, 1989.