Our Founding Team
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Alice Crisci, Co-Founder and CEO
Alice is a healthcare media host, activist, author, cancer / infertility survivor. She founded the FertilityAnswers App to end the spread of health misinformation and Ovum Medical / Health to speed access to family building solutions. She co-authored the first fertility preservation bill in the country and went on to lobby for reproductive change at all levels of government. She is committed to improving access to exceptional healthcare regardless of income, insurance, religion, race, identity or location.
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Dr. Kirby Plessala, Co-Founder and CMO
Dr. Plessala has spent more than 30 years as an OBGYN innovating fertility solutions for patients with often no clear diagnosis. As both a practicing clinician and medical device inventor, Dr. Plessala is committed to improving the healthcare experience for women, as well as their outcomes. He is as humble as he is kind, and his patients come from all over the country to seek his care in Mobile, AL. He co-founded Ovum to set a new standard of care for OBGYNS in the United States.
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Santi Munne, PhD , Co-Founder & CSO
Santi is a reproductive geneticist and “accidental entrepreneur,” co-founding several transformative companies in reproductive health. He has been instrumental in the field of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), with over 65,000 procedures done worldwide. Santiago is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine and has been teaching at the NYH-Cornell University Medical Center since 1992. He is overseeing the research initiatives internally at Ovum as well as with our external partners.
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Latrice Allen, Co-Founder and CPA
Latrice is Ovum’s Chief Patient Advocate, as well as a best selling author and grandmother with 30 years experience helping women and couples create families. She helps patients navigate the complex choices facing them when they need medical assistance to form their family. With deep expertise in donor conception and third party reproduction, she educates patients on insurance options and how to advocate for themselves. She informs patients of research opportunities.
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Lauren Haring, RN - Co-Founder and VP Ops
Lauren Haring is VP of Clinical Operations and Head o Nursing. With 20 years under her belt as both an IVF nurse and practice manager, she is beloved by her patients for her empathy, compassion an ability to educate.