--- title: TIME 100 Giuliano Testa: Infertility Is a 'Wellbeing Issue' description: Transplanet surgeon Giuliano Testa spoke out about women's infertility at the TIME 100 Gala on Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/5248900/giuliano-testa-transplant-infertility/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-24T23:15:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:21.338Z article:section: Health og:title: TIME 100's Giuliano Testa: We Should Think About Infertility As a 'Wellbeing Issue' og:description: Testa, a transplant surgeon, is one of the 2018 TIME 100 og:url: https://time.com/5248900/giuliano-testa-transplant-infertility/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79c482da57f7300e/69892e13096a94e8476a2297/time-100-dr-giuliano-testa1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1604 og:image:height: 902 og:image:alt: time-100-dr-giuliano-testa1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME 100's Giuliano Testa: We Should Think About Infertility As a 'Wellbeing Issue' twitter:description: Testa, a transplant surgeon, is one of the 2018 TIME 100 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79c482da57f7300e/69892e13096a94e8476a2297/time-100-dr-giuliano-testa1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # TIME 100's Giuliano Testa: We Should Think About Infertility As a 'Wellbeing Issue' > Sponsored content. 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Most of the women have a condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, which means they were born without a uterus and lived their entire lives under the assumption that they would never be able to be pregnant or give birth to a baby. The procedure can also work for women with other medical issues, such as certain cancers. **MORE:** [First U.S. Baby Born After a Uterus Transplant](http://time.com/5044565/exclusive-first-u-s-baby-born-after-a-uterus-transplant/) In a [tribute to Testa](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217552/giuliano-testa/) for the 2018 TIME 100, the first woman who gave birth to a baby via uterus transplant (and who wishes to remain anonymous) recalled giving birth to a healthy baby boy in November. “As I held him in my arms, I caught Dr. Testa’s eye,” [she wrote](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217552/giuliano-testa/). “He had worked so hard to make this happen—not just for me, but for the millions of families who have been told that parenthood through pregnancy is impossible.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5248900/giuliano-testa-transplant-infertility/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5248900/giuliano-testa-transplant-infertility/"},"headline":"TIME 100's Giuliano Testa: We Should Think About Infertility As a 'Wellbeing Issue'","datePublished":"2018-04-24T23:15:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:21.338Z","description":"Testa, a transplant surgeon, is one of the 2018 TIME 100","url":"https://time.com/5248900/giuliano-testa-transplant-infertility/","keywords":["T1002018","Newsfeed","GALA","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79c482da57f7300e/69892e13096a94e8476a2297/time-100-dr-giuliano-testa1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79c482da57f7300e/69892e13096a94e8476a2297/time-100-dr-giuliano-testa1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"time-100-dr-giuliano-testa1","caption":"","creditText":"Shannon Faulk","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/t1002018/","name":"T1002018"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5248900/giuliano-testa-transplant-infertility/","name":"TIME 100's Giuliano Testa: We Should Think About Infertility As a 'Wellbeing Issue'"}}]}] ```