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is the Lab Director for the Martha Jefferson Reproductive Technology Lab. Dr. Thomas is a native of Pennsylvania.
His educational pathway included degree programs at Lafayette
College (B.A.), the University of Vermont (M.S.), the University
of Virginia (Ph.D.), and concluded with a post-doctoral fellowship
at the University of Connecticut. He joined Dr. Bateman in founding
the In Vitro Fertilization Program at the University of Virginia
in 1986 where he worked until 2005. He is certified as a High
Complexity Laboratory Director (HCLD) by the American Board
of Bioanalysis with specialization in embryology. Dr. Thomas
is a reproductive laboratory inspector for the College of American
Pathologists and has served in that role since 1992. He is married
and has two daughters.
is a native of Virginia and graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree is Biology. She then worked in a Cell Biology research lab at UVA for three years before heading off to Blacksburg to earn a Masters of Science degree from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Laura returned to Charlottesville and UVA and spent seven years working in the In Vitro Assay Core at the Center for Research in Contraceptive Health. She joined the reproductive team at Martha Jefferson Hospital in August of 2007. She enjoys running, hiking, horseback riding and reading. Laura resides in Crozet with her husband and daughter.
is originally from Kerala in Southern India
and she earned a Bachelors in Medicine from the University of
Bangalore in 1999. Devi completed her Masters in Clinical Embryology
at the Monash Institute of Reproduction & Development in
Melbourne, Australia in 2002 and began her laboratory career
in clinical embryology at the South West Centre for Reproductive
Medicine in Plymouth, UK. Devi joined the reproductive
team at the University of Virginia in 2004 before transitioning
to Martha Jefferson Hospital in 2005. She enjoys traveling and
cooking and resides in Charlottesville with her husband.
is a Virginia native. She graduated from Piedmont Virginia Community College School of Nursing after completing
her first year of nursing studies at Louise Obici School of
Nursing in Suffolk, VA. She practiced Emergency Medicine for
17 years and specialized in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Trauma,
and Cardiac Emergency Medicine as well as working as a Poison
Control Specialist for the University of Virginia. Upon leaving
the Emergency Medicine field she has practiced in Pediatric
Medicine, Student Health and Environmental Health and Outpatient
Surgery. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts degree
in Sociology at Mary Baldwin College and hopes to obtain her
master’s degree as a Physician’s Assistant from Eastern
VA Medical School in the near future. She is active in her church
and plays piano and enjoys music, arts, theater, running, cooking,
tennis and riding horses. She lives on her farm in Staunton
with her dog and three horses.
was born and raised in Long Island, New York. Her travels took
her to Pennsylvania where she earned a Bachelors of Science
degree in Small Animal Science from Delaware Valley College,
and to Phoenix, AZ where she began her reproductive laboratory
career at the Mayo Clinic in 2001. Jessica joined the reproductive
team at the University of Virginia in 2002 and made the transition
with Drs. Bateman, Williams and Thomas to Martha Jefferson Hospital
in 2005. Jessica and her husband are the proud parents of two
children.
Vicki
Richardson is the Office Specialist Assistant II at the Martha Jefferson
Reproductive Technology Lab and has been with them since January
2006. She has lived in Charlottesville for 27 years. Vicki's
goal is to give outstanding, sincere, customer care to all she
encounters. She loves helping people. Over the last nine years,
Vicki has spent her time off serving others in many countries
as well as in the United States. Her other passions are spending
time with family and loved ones, reading and the great outdoors.
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