Massachusetts General Hospital

BiographyI completed my undergraduate training at the University of Texas at El Paso, majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry.  I matriculated to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston for medical school, and in 1988, also participated in a summer internhsip at the NIH working with the development of a rapid diagnostic skin test for people infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, before starting my clinical years. I completed my internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at LBJ Hospital and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston.  I finally left Texas and ventured to the northeast, where I did my fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at New England Medical Center / Tufts Medical School.  I stayed on staff at NEMC for 6 years before moving to Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Over my career, I have focused on the surgical aspect of infertility and reproduction.  This includes endometriosis, fibroids, surgical repair of uterine anomalies and scar tissue, and repair of damaged fallopian tubes.  I also direct a Chronic Pelvic Pain Clinic within the gynecology division and co-direct the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Program. I have a strong interest in fertility treatment outcomes and policies.

PublicationsSouter I, Baltagi L, Toth T, Petrozza JC. Prevalence of hyperprolactinemia and abnormal magnetic resonance imaging in a population with infertility. Fertil Steril, 2010; 94(3):1159.

Karimov CB, Cronister A, Srouji S, Petrozza JC, Racowsky C,  Ginsburg E, Santolaya J, Welt C, Increased Prevalence of the FMR1 Premutation in Infertile Menstruating Women with Primary Ovarian Dysfunction,  accepted Human Reprod., 2011.

Souter I, Baltagi L, Kuleta, D, Meeker J, Petrozza JC. Women, weight, and fertility: The effect of body mass index on the outcome of superovulation/intrauterine insemination cycles. Fertil Steril. 2011 ;95(3):1042

In Vitro Fertilization: What Prospective Dads Need To Know

Dr. John Petrozza, chief of Reproductive Medicine and IVF at Massachusetts General Hospital and director the MGH Fertility Center, offers advice to men who want to better understand infertility.