Fertility Specialists
Abdelmoneim I. Younis, DVM, MS, PhD, HCLD(ABB)
Laboratory Director
Dr. Younis is an Associate Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mercer University School of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Andrology Lab at Atrium Health Navicent Women's Care Fertility & Reproductive Medicine. Prior to joining Atrium Health Navicent and Mercer University, he was Assistant Professor and Embryologist at Emory University Reproductive Center, in Atlanta for 13 years. Dr. Younis has published extensively and is a member of several American Society for Reproductive Medicine Committees. He also formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Society of Reproductive Biologists and Technologists nomination committee. He is the only certified Andrologist and Embryologist in the middle and South Georgia area. Dr. Younis provides services to patients throughout the state of Georgia and also tutors medical students and OB/GYN Residents.
Education
- PhD - University of Georgia
- MS - University of Georgia
- Residency - Harvard University
Cynthia Clower, RNC, BSN
Cynthia began her nursing career at the Medical Center Navicent Health in the summer of 1995. She joined the Atrium Health Navicent Women's Care Fertility & Reproductive Medicine staff in January 2000, while experiencing her own infertility journey. Cynthia uses her personal experience with infertility to encourage couples who are currently struggling with the very emotional and difficult, and many times lonely, infertility journey.
Cynthia earned a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Lee University in 1992 and continued her educational career at Georgia College and State University graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1995. Cynthia was member of Alpha Phi Delta Pre-Med Honor Society while at Lee University and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing during her time at Georgia College and State University. She obtained her certification in Maternal Newborn Nurse Certification with the National Certification Corporation prior to joining Atrium Health Navicent Women's Care Fertility & Reproductive Medicine. She has been a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) since 2001. Cynthia successfully completed the ASRM Nurse Certificate Course in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in 2015; thereby making Atrium Health Navicent Women's Care Fertility & Reproductive Medicine a Nursing Center of Excellence.
"I consider it an honor to be allowed to travel this very personal and difficult road with our couples. Our patients become part of our family, as we share tears of joy and sadness and walk hand in hand down this narrow path."
Registered Nurses and/or Nurse
Practitioners who have completed
advanced training in Reproductive
Medicine and have earned a
Certificate in REI Nursing:
Cynthia Clower, RNC, BSN
Deanna L. Nelsen, RN, BSN, MBA
Deanna L. Nelsen, RN, BSN, MBA offers thirty years' experience in women's health. She has spent the majority of her career in the hospital setting providing nursing care in varied OB/GYN settings and joined Atrium Health Navicent Women's Care Fertility & Reproductive Medicine in 2002.
She graduated number one in her nursing class at Southern Connecticut State University in 1986 and completed clinical training at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dee (as she is known by her patients) also received the "Excellence in Nursing Award" for academic and clinical achievement and was a member of Sigma Theta Tau International (The Honor Society of Nursing) . In 1990, Deanna earned an MBA specializing in Health care Administration.
Continuing education and keeping up-to-date in the field of reproductive medicine is important to the nurses at Atrium Health Navicent Women's Care Fertility & Reproductive Medicine.
"I will always feel privileged to be a part of one of life's greatest miracles. A highlight for my day is when former patients visit the office with their new babies. That's why I am here!"
Education
- B.S.N - Southern Connecticut State University
- MBA - Sacred Heart University
- Clinical Training - Yale New Haven Hospital