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CURRICULUM VITAE

Robert Rydze MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Reproductive Medicine

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Froedtert East Clinics
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
09/01/2001 - 05/01/2005 BA, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
08/01/2007 - 05/01/2012 MD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
07/01/2017 - 07/01/2019 Masters in Clinical Investigation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2012 - 07/01/2016 Resident, OB/GYN, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plz, Houston, TX 77030
07/01/2016 - 07/01/2019 Fellow, OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plz, Houston, TX 77030

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
08/01/2019 - Present Assistant Professor, OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukie, WI 53226

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
08/01/2019 - Present Assistant Professor, OB/GYN, REI, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 West Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukie, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Diplomat - General Obstetrics and Gynecology
11/13/2017
None
Diplomat - Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
04/16/2021
None
   
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2003 - 2005 Captain DIII All-Conference and All-Regional’s Track Team , Macalester College
2004 David C. Primrose Junior Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year , Macalester College
2006 Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award , University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC)
2008 National Research Service Award (NRSA) Infectious Disease Training Grant , University of Iowa
07/2010 - 07/2011 Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship recipient
05/2012 Graduated with Research Distinction under the Research Distinction Track, University of Iowa
07/2015 Resident Research Day Award Recipient , Baylor College of Medicine
07/2015 - 07/2016 Administrative Chief Resident , Baylor College of Medicine
2020 - 2021 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher, Medical College of Wisconsin
2022 - 2023 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher, Medical College of Wisconsin

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
07/01/2014 - Present American Society for Reproductive Medicine (Member)
10/01/2018 - Present American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Fellow)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Journal Review
11/01/2018 - Present Reviewer, Fertility and Sterility
08/01/2021 - Present Reviewer, Journal of Visualized Experiments
10/01/2021 - Present Reviewer, Cell and Tissue Research
02/01/2024 - Present Reviewer, Biology of Reproduction

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2015 - 2016 Committee Member, Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Process Task Force, Baylor College of Medicine
2015 - 2016 Committee Member, Ben Taub General Hospital OB/GYN Quality and Safety Committee, Baylor College of Medicine
2020 - Present Committee Member, Website Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2021 - Present Committee Member, GYN Quality Assurance Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2021 - Present Committee Member, Academic Incentive Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Regional
Sub-Specialty News Flash, WI-ACOG 2023 Annual Conference, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 09/22/2023
 
Local
Council on Residency Education in OBGYN Review Series, Resident Lecture, Houston, Texas, 01/2018
Council on Residency Education in OBGYN Review Series, Resident Lecture, Houston, Texas, 01/2019
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of OB/GYN, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 02/2020
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of OB/GYN, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/2020
Puberty: Normal and Abnormal, Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of OB/GYN, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 02/2023
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Rydze RT, Bhattarai N, Wallace W, Stapleton JT, GBV-C Infection Reduces Reactivation of Latent HIV and Decreases PBMC Proliferation in vitro, 6th International Aids Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Rome, Italy, 07/2011
Rydze RT, Kaskar K, Cochran RA, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Gibbons WE, Zartutskie PW, Spontaneous Miscarriage Following Transfer of Euploid Embryos, American Society for Reproductive Medicine 73rd Scientific Congress, San Antonio, Texas, 11/2017
Rydze RT, Torralba HS, Gibbons WE, Rajkovic A, Thompson T, Pangas SA, A Novel Gremlin2 Mutation from a Patient with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency is Predicted to Affect Bone Morphogenetic Protein Binding and may Alter the Ovarian Reserve, American Society for Reproductive Medicine 74th Scientific Congress, Denver, Colorado, 10/2018
Schoyer KD, Bosler JS, Rydze RT, Sandlow JI, Schwoerer J, Aviles S, Tsaih SW, Wang S, The use of Ovulation Predictor Kits For Donor Sperm Insemination Cycles: The Data Is Clear, American Society for Reproductive Medicine 77th Scientific Congress, Baltimore, Maryland, 10/2021
Rydze RT, Wang S, Tsaih SW, Gunderson G, Bosler J, Schoyer K, Pregnancy Outcomes By Degree of Expansion in Thawed High Quality Embryos, American Society for Reproductive Medicine 78th Scientific Congress, Anaheim, California, 10/2022
Rydze RT, Wang S, Tsaih SW, Gunderson G, Bosler J, Schoyer K, Blastocyst Formation Rates Comparing Ejaculated Sperm with or without the Use of Zymot, American Society For Reproductive Medicine 79th Scientific Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, 10/2023
 
National
Rydze RT, Bilgin EM, MD, Gibbons WE, Kovanci E, The Interleukin 11 Gene in Ovarian Failure Associated Region 19q13.42 is Highly Conserved in Women with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF), Society for Reproductive Investigation 62nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 03/2015
Rydze RT, Torralba HS, Gibbons WE, Rajkovic A, Pangas SA, Role of Gremlin-2 in a Murine Model of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, 51st Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 07/2018
Pangas SA, Briley SM, Torralba HS, Rydze RT, Gremlin-2 Regulates Ovarian Function in Mice, Endocrine Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 03/2019
 
Local
Rydze RT, Torralba HS, Gibbons WE, Pangas SA, Role of Gremlin-2 in a Murine Model of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, 24th Annual Texas Forum for Reproductive Sciences Meeting, Houston, Texas, 04/2018
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
02/2022 - Present Annual lectures for the M2 Endo-Repro Course. Lectures include Menstrual Abnormalities and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.
 
Resident and Fellow Education
02/2022 Topic: Endocrinology of Pregnancy. Audience: MFM Fellows
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Community/Lay Public
02/2020 Community Education Class at Drexel Town Square Health Center – Milwaukee, Topic: Optimizing Natural Fertility: Separating fact from fiction. Audience: Community Members
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2003 - 2005 Mentor, Big Brother Big Sisters Program, St. Paul, MN: Provided mentorship through a one-to-one relationship with a youth at Highland Park Junior High.
2005 - 2007 Student volunteer, Surgical Intensive Care Unit at UIHC, Iowa City, IA: My primary duty was to provide help to the nursing staff in any way possible.
2007 - 2009 Medical Student Ambassador Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: I represented the College of Medicine as a tour guide to prospective students and provided educational programs in surrounding schools to children of all ages.
2010 - 2012 Medical Examiner, Free Medical Clinic, Iowa City, IA: I examined patients and provided medical care under the supervision of a medical doctor.
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Xiang J, McLinden JH, Rydze RA, Chang Q, Kaufman TM, Klinzman D, Stapleton JT. Viruses within the Flaviviridae decrease CD4 expression and inhibit HIV replication in human CD4+ cells. J Immunol. 2009 Dec 15;183(12):7860-9. PMCID: PMC3557943
2. Rydze RT, Xiang J, McLinden JH, Stapleton JT. GB virus type C infection polarizes T-cell cytokine gene expression toward a Th1 cytokine profile via NS5A protein expression. J Infect Dis. 2012 Jul 01;206(1):69-72. PMCID: PMC3415935
3. Bhattarai N, Rydze RT, Chivero ET, Stapleton JT. GB virus C viremia is associated with higher levels of double-negative T cells and lower T-cell activation in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis. 2012 Nov;206(9):1469-72. PMCID: PMC3466998
4. Rydze RT, Bhattarai N, Stapleton JT. GB virus C infection is associated with a reduced rate of reactivation of latent HIV and protection against activation-induced T-cell death. Antivir Ther. 2012;17(7):1271-9. PMCID: PMC3709856
5. Chivero ET, Bhattarai N, Rydze RT, Winters MA, Holodniy M, Stapleton JT. Human pegivirus RNA is found in multiple blood mononuclear cells in vivo and serum-derived viral RNA-containing particles are infectious in vitro. J Gen Virol. 2014 Jun;95(Pt 6):1307-1319. PMCID: PMC4027039
6. Rydze R, Dixon K, Greely JT, Hawkins SM. Use of an Obstetric Balloon for Postabortion Hemorrhage With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Nov;126(5):1019-1021.
7. Rydze RT, Patton BK, Briley SM, Salazar Torralba H, Gipson G, James R, Rajkovic A, Thompson T, Pangas SA. Deletion of Gremlin-2 alters estrous cyclicity and disrupts female fertility in mice†. Biol Reprod. 2021 Nov 15;105(5):1205-1220. PMCID: PMC8599072
8. Piquette T, Rydze RT, Pan A, Bosler J, Granlund A, Schoyer KD. The effect of maternal body mass index on embryo division timings in women undergoing in vitro fertilization. F S Rep. 2022 Dec;3(4):324-331. PMCID: PMC9783148
9. Rydze RT, Gibbons WE. Optimizing hormone therapy in fresh embryo transfers. Fertil Steril. 2019 Sep;112(3):467-468.
10. Rydze RT, Bosler J, Schoyer KD. Advanced maternal age and in vitro fertilization: to inject or to inseminate? That is the question. Fertil Steril. 2020 Feb;113(2):325.
11. Rydze RT, Bosler J, Schoyer KD. Subchorionic hematoma and implantation: Can better understanding the former help improve the latter? Fertil Steril. 2020 Sep;114(3):509-510.
12. Rydze RT, Schoyer K, Wang S. Ectopic pregnancy: Why do embryos get lost along the way? Fertil Steril. 2020 Dec;114(6):1165.
13. Schoyer KD, Wang S, Rydze RT. Evaluating recurrent implantation failure in the setting of euploid elective single-embryo transfer: Is three really the magic number? Fertil Steril. 2021 Jan;115(1):70-71.
14. Rydze RT, Wang S, Schoyer KD. Preterm birth: is it the patient or the process? Fertil Steril. 2021 Mar;115(3):583-584.
15. Rydze RT, Wang S, Schoyer KD. How costly is fertilization? Fertil Steril. 2022 Sep;118(3):473-474.
16. Rydze RT, Wang S, Schoyer KD. Implications of starting life frozen-Ice, Ice, Baby. Fertil Steril. 2023 Jun;119(6):942-943.
17. Rydze RT, Wang S, Schoyer KD. Unraveling the enigma: how does estradiol impact frozen embryo transfer? Fertil Steril. 2023 Dec;120(6):1174.
18. Rydze RT, Wang S, Schoyer KD. Endometrial thickness and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: delving into the thick of things. Fertil Steril. 2024 Feb;121(2):261.
19. Rydze RT, Schoyer KD. When to say when: optimal number of intrauterine insemination treatment cycles. Fertil Steril. 2024 Jul;122(1):72-73.
20. Rydze RT, Gunderson SJ, Sandlow J. Preeclampsia: more than just a maternal disease. Fertil Steril. 2025 Jan;123(1):63-64.
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Rodriguez A, Rydze RT, Briley SM, Pangas SA. Transgenic mouse models in the study of ovarian function, Chapter 18. The Ovary, 3rd Edition, Leung, P., Leung, P.C.K., and Adashi, P., Eds., (Elsevier). .
 
Non-Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Robert Rydze, Amy Schutt, William Gibbons, James Nodler. Gravity and Embryo Development Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports. Rydze, R., Schutt, A., Gibbons, W. et al. Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep (2017) 6: 51. .