Landrum Brewer Shettles

Landrum Brewer Shettles (November 21, 1909 – February 6, 2003) was an American obstetrician/gynecologist and a pioneer in the field of in vitro fertilization.

Early life and education Shettles was born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi about a mile and a half west of Friendship Community, just East of John's Creek. His father's name was Brazil Manly and his mother was Sue Mounce Shettles. He married Priscella Elinor Schmidt on December 18, 1948, and they had seven children. He served the Major Medical Corps., Army of the United States, 1944 to 1946.

He took his BA degree from Mississippi College in 1933 with special distinction; Doctor of Science from Mississippi College in 1966; Master of Science of the Fellow from the University of New Mexico in 1933–1934; he received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins in 1937; and MD degree in 1943. He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Diplomate of the North American Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Pan American Medical Association.

Career Shettles was an associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons 1951-1973 and 1974–1975, the Director of the New York Fertility Foundation.

He is co-author From Conception to Birth: The Drama of Life’s Beginnings. He pioneered some of the earliest research into in vitro fertilization and has authored scores of scientific papers published in international medical journals related to fertility issues, conception, embryogenesis and sex selection. A full bibliography of Shettles writings is available. which describes the Shettles method. Shettles died on February 6, 2003, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Works

Ovum Humanum, Hafner Pub. Co., 1960 Roberts Rugh, Landrum B. Shettles, Richard Einhorn, From Conception to Birth: The Drama of Life's Beginnings, Harper Row, 1971 Publications by Landrum B. Shettles, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.O.G., F.A.C.S., F.R.S.H. listed on his website, landrumshettles.com