David B.
Seifer, M.D. is the Co-Director of GENESIS and Scientific Director of the Division
of Reproductive Endocrinology at Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Seifer received
his medical degree from the University of Illinois (Chicago) Medical School and
completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University Medical
Center. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility at the Yale University School of Medicine.
More recently, Dr. Seifer served as a tenured Professor
in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is currently
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine.
Dr. Seifer is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
with sub-specialty certification in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
and has served as a Board Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
in both General Obstetrics and Gynecology and the subspecialty of Reproductive
Endocrinology and Infertility.
Dr. Seifer has served as a member of the editorial board
for the journals Fertility and Sterility and the Journal of Pelvic Medicine and
Surgery. He is also co-editor of the textbooks Clinical Reproductive Medicine,
The Physiologic Basis of Gynecology, and Obstetrics, and Office Infertility:
Practice and Procedures, all geared towards physician education.
He was a consultant for the Food and Drug Administration
and has published extensively, with over 100 medical studies published in peer-reviewed
journals. He serves as a member of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study
section for a four-year term. His continuing research, which had been funded
by the NIH for ten years, has focused upon the biology of ovarian function, particularly
on the biological basis of the aging ovary.
Dr. Seifer has been engaged in active clinical practice,
including all aspects of in vitro fertilization, for almost 20 years. He has
been identified by Good Housekeeping Magazine as one of the best physicians in
the nation in the field of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He has
been named by New York Magazine as one of the Best Doctors in the New York Metropolitan
Area. The Castle Connolly Medical Guide has recognized Dr. Seifer as one of America's
Top Doctors for the last 5 years.
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Genesis Fertility Center
1355 84th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11228
Phone: (718) 283-8600
