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Timothy Hickman, M.D. is Medical Director of Houston IVF, one of the nation’s most successful fertility clinics. In addition to seeing patients, he serves on the Executive Board of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and is Clinical Associate Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility in the Department of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School-Houston. Dr. Hickman is a Board-Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and has consistently been voted as a "Top Doctor" and "Top Doctor for Women" by H-Texas Magazine and as a "Texas Super Doc" by his peers, as published in Texas Monthly Magazine.

After completing his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University, Dr. Hickman received his M.D. from St. Louis University School of Medicine. His residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics and subspecialty training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility were performed at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hickman then served as program director and medical director of the Air Force's in vitro fertilization program at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas before being recruited by Dr. William Schoolcraft of the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine to open Houston IVF.

Dr. Hickman is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a Member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and a Member of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He is the former American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Delegate to the American Medical Association-Resident Fellow Section and former ASRM delegate to the American Medical Association Young Physician Section.

He is the author of articles on in vitro fertilization, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, progesterone supplementation, psychosocial aspects of infertility, and ovulation disorders and has shared his data at national and international medical conferences held on these subjects. He is a contributor to RESOLVE’s physician teleconferences as well as local health shows.