Alan DeCherney

Alan H. DeCherney is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist who specializes in reproductive endocrinology & infertility. He is experienced in reproductive and endocrinology, infertility, and reproductive genetics.

Dr. DeCherney earned a B.A. from Muhlenberg College and an M.D. from Temple University. He did his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and internship at the University of Pittsburgh; he was also a research fellow at the Lister Institute in London, England. From 1982 to 1991, DeCherney directed the Reproductive Endocrinology division at Yale University. Then he worked as the director of the Reproductive Endocrinology division at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1996 to 2006.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He has served as president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI), the Society of Reproductive Surgeons (SRS), the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology, and the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. He also served as the Editor in chief for Fertility and Sterility from 1997 to 2011, and publish numerous articles that help shape the field of REI.

He was formerly the John Slate Ely Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale University, the Phaneuf Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University, the president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Currently he works as Director of the Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology and Chief, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch of the ''Eunice Kennedy Shriver'' National Institute of child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. DeCherney was a pioneer when IVF was first performed successfully in the United States. He was among a handful of physicians who treated some of the earliest patients. Over the years, Dr. DeCherney has mentored more than 100 Reproductive Endocrinologists. Provided by Wikipedia