When you are cared for at the Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center, you're cared for by a team of experts - from doctors to nurses, social workers, embryologists, scientific staff and support staff. While your doctor is the head of your team, you stay in control and are included in every decision along the way.
 We function as a team at the Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center, and you will have a team of clinicians managing your care. You will work closely with our doctors, nurses, embryologist and andrologist. Your team will meet daily to discuss your progress and determine any needed changes. While your doctor is the head of your team, you are in control and included in every decision along the way.
We recognize that you may involve us in one of the most intimate aspects of your life, so we have purposely kept our center small so you will feel at ease with the people responsible for your care. Our nurses are respected as educators in the classroom and with the patient. One of them will be with you throughout the duration of your care, during exams, in the operating room and in the recovery room. Daily, you will see them or talk with them on the telephone, which will keep you apprised of your progress and serve to answer all questions you may have.
All of your procedures are done right on our center. We have our own sign-in center, waiting room, monitoring equipment, laboratory, operating room and recovery room. You can count on the utmost in comfort, convenience and confidentiality.
We realize that you have a relationship with your own gynecologist and primary care physician. With your permission, we will provide them with timely information so that when you are discharged from our center, you are assured continuity of care.
Medical Staff
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John C. Petrozza,
MD
Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center
Chief, Vincent Reproductive Medicine and IVF Division
MD Degree: University of Texas
Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Health Center
Houston, Texas
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility
Tufts University School of Medicine
New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
Board Certification: Obstetrics/Gynecology,
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Other: Member of the American
Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Boston Fertility Society,
the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists |
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Thomas L. Toth, MD
Director, Vincent IVF Program
Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship
Program
MD Degree: University of Missouri,
Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency: Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital,
MA
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility
Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia
Board Certification: Obstetrics
and Gynecology;
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Other: Member of the Society
for Assisted Reproductive Technologies, the American Society
of Reproductive Medicine, The Society of Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility, the Boston Fertility Society and The Cryobiology
Society. Dr. Toth studied under Drs. Howard and Georgeanna
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Jan L. Shifren, MD
Director, Vincent Menopause Program
MD Degree: Harvard Medical
School
Residency: Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Massachusetts General Hospital and
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility
Reproductive Endocrinology Center - University of California,
San Francisco
Board Certification: Obstetrics/Gynecology,
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Other: Member of the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American
Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Society of Reproductive
Endocrinologists, the Endocrine Society, the North American
Menopause Society, and the Society for Gynecological Investigation.
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Irene Souter, MD
Director, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Program
MD Degree: University of Athens,
School of Medicine,
Athens, Greece
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of Southern California
Women’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
Board Certification: Obstetrics/Gynecology,
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Other: American Society for
Reproductive Medicine,
Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Robert McInnes, MD
Coordinator, Mind/Body Program
MD Degree: McGill University
Faculty of Medicine,
Montreal, Canada
Residency: Obstetrics and
Gynecology
McGill University
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Board Certification: Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Other: Graduate of the Barbara
Brennan School of Healing, published extensively for national
infertility publication Resolve, and a member of the American
Society of Reproductive Medicine |
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Aaron K. Styer, MD
MD Degree: Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine
Nashville, TN
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts
General Hospital Integrated Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Harvard
Medical School
Fellowship: ResearchFellowship, Reproductive
Biology, Vincent Center for Reproductive
Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical
School; Clinical Fellowship, Reproductive Endocrinology
and Fertility, Vincent Reproductive Medicine and IVF Massachusetts
General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Board Certification: Obstetrics and Gynecology;
Active Candidate, Reproductive Endocrinology
Other: American Association
of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, American Society of Reproductive
Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons |
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Cigdem (Cori) Tanrikut,
MD
Director, Male Reproductive Medicine
MD Degree: Georgetown University
School of Medicine Washington,
DC
Residency: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts
General Hospital; Department of Urology, Massachusetts General
Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Fellowship: Male Reproductive Medicine
and Microsurgery
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical School;
Research Fellow (Post-Doctoral), Population Council/Center
for Biomedical Research, Rockefeller University, New York
Board Certification: Active Candidate Urology
Other: American Urological
Association, American College of Surgeons, American Society
for Reproductive Medicine, Society for the Study of Male
Reproduction, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology
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Diane L. Wright, Ph.D., HCLD
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center
Laboratories
Degrees: BS Biomedical Science
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
MS Physiology of Reproduction
Texas A&M University
PhD Biomedical Sciences
Eastern Virginia Medical School and
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Certification: High Complexity
Laboratory Director (HCLD),
American Board of Bioanalysis for Embryology and Andrology
Other: Clinical Consultant (CC),
American Board of Bioanalysis; member of the American Society
for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Cryobiology and
the Boston Fertility Society. |
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Ellen R. Feldman, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker
Degrees: Bachelor of Arts,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Master of Social Work,
Smith College for Social Work,
North Hampton, MA
Certification: LICSW in Social
Work by the State of Massachusetts
Board Certified: Diplomat in
Social Work
Other: Member of the National
Association of Social Workers and the American Society of
Reproductive Medicine. Maintains a private clinical practice
in Newton, Massachusetts |
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Nancy J. Sousa, RN,
BSN
Nurse Coordinator
Degree: BSN, University of Massachusetts
Certified: ACLS, Certified
in Occupational and Environmental Health
Other: Member of the American
Society of Reproductive Medicine, Member of New England
Society of Reproductive Nurses
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