The National Physicians Cooperative (NPC)

NPC responsibilities, benefits, and membership

The NPC provides access to human ovarian tissue and a collaborative forum for the exchange of ideas, clinical research methods, and technologies in order to drive breakthroughs in basic reproductive physiology that will be translated directly to clinical medicine. The NPC is currently comprised of 4 core institutions and over 15 Allied health care centers across the country.

The NPC is led by Jeffrey Chang, M.D., Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of California, San Diego and Marybeth Gerrity, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Oncofertility Consortium.

NPC Membership

The NPC seeks member institutions that can cultivate strong working relationships between their oncology and reproductive endocrinology provider communities and that are committed to participation in NPC clinical research studies.

NPC Membership Requirements

Each member organization will need to:

Commit to providing 20% of each collected ovary to the research pool
Participate in NPC studies under the approval of their own institutional IRB
Follow all NPC protocols and procedures precisely as described
Share data with the NPC and abide by its guidelines for publication and commercialization

NPC Membership Benefits

Information on how to establish a multidisciplinary Oncofertility program
Access to nationwide Oncofertility providers network
Templates and assistance for obtaining IRB approval for participation in multicenter NPC studies
Training in the best practices, including technology updates
Access to materials and tools as needed to support clinical studies
Compensation for the time and materials required to freeze tissues for the research pool
Invitations to virtual Grand Rounds, annual
Access to a national referral network for patients seeking fertility preservation
Information about the financial aspects of fertility preservation