Julio E. Pabon, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Dr. Pabon, M.D. is the director of the Fertility Center and Applied Genetics of Florida, Inc.  He is Subspecialty Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility.  He is also Board Certified in general Ob/Gyn by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Pabon is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, The European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, and The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.

Dr. Pabon received his undergraduate education from The University of Texas at Austin where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the department of zoology. He was a named College Scholar of the School of Natural Sciences and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Dr. Pabon then received his medical degree in 1989 from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He went on to complete a four-year Ob/Gyn residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center/L.B.J. Hospital in Houston, Texas. There he was named Outstanding Senior Resident and Outstanding Senior Laparoendoscopic Surgeon. He was elected and served as the Administrative Chief Resident.

Dr. Pabon became interested in Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology during his second, third, and fourth years of medical school at Baylor College of Medicine. During those years he had a sense for the future of medicine. He became involved in research within the department of Reproductive Endocrinology and had first-hand research experience within the Baylor embryo culture laboratory under the tutelage of William Findley, PhD. and William E. Gibbons, M.D. This work resulted in scientific abstracts, publications, and even a U.S. Patent.

Dr. Pabon's early interests in reproductive medicine and technology led to a desire for further specialized training. After his OB/GYN residency, Dr. Pabon was accepted to one of the oldest and most prestigious fellowships in the field. He attended the Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility fellowship at the The University of Louisville under the tutelage of Joseph Sanfilippo, M.D., Marvin Yussman, M.D., Christine Cook, M.D., Dwight Pridham, M.D., and Ch. V. Rao, PhD. Dr. Pabon received extensive training over the course of these two additional years in all areas of reproductive medicine, surgery, and IVF.

Dr. Pabon also performed basic science research while in Louisville. He used molecular biology techniques to discover the presence of the Luteinizing hormone/hCG receptor in human adrenal glands. This has great implications to the physiology of anovulation and disease conditions like the polycystic ovary syndrome.

After his fellowship, Dr. Pabon moved to Florida. He began his private practice experience in 1995. His initial exposure to the practice of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility was in the Tampa Bay area. He was not happy with the impersonal nature of large practices with multiple locations and multiple physicians. By the nature of the call schedule he would be called upon to do egg retrievals or embryo transfers on patients he had never met. He felt more like a technician than a physician. By 1997, he was able to start his own solo practice in Sarasota, Florida. He chose this relatively small city because there was a need for such a specialist in the area. Additionaly, and on a personal nature, the Pabon family enjoyed the wide open spaces and equine activities that are easy to enjoy in Sarasota.

The first "in vitro" fertilization in Sarasota was a success! This was in June of 1998. Since then, Fertility Center and Applied Genetics of Florida, Inc. has gained a respected national and international reputation. From the first 17 cases in 1998 the center has grown to over 100 cases per year. This is a remarkable volume for a single physician practice of this type.