Alan Stewart Penzias MD

Dr Alan Penzias is double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He specializes in all aspects of infertility care. Dr Penzias is also the Surgical Director of Boston IVF, an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School - and the Director of the Fellowship Program in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania; his M.D. degree from the State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center; completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston; and from there, a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Yale University.

A past president of the New England Fertility Society, Dr Penzias has served as a member of the executive council for SART (The Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology) and currently serves on the Practice Committee and the Embryo Transfer Simulator Advisory Panel for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. He is a member of the World Health Organization Infertility Global Guidelines and Research Group and a member of the scientific committee of the Updates in Infertility Treatments group under the auspices of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS). He is a former associate editor and current member of the Editorial Board of Fertility and Sterility and Emeritus Editorial Board of Reproductive Biomedicine Online.

Dr Penzias has worked as a clinician and research scientist in reproductive medicine for 25 years. His principal research interests focus on quality and improving treatment outcomes through evidence-based medicine. He has published more than 100 research and clinical texts, including more than 50 original peer-reviewed papers, as well as multiple reviews, books and book chapters. Having successfully guided his three older children through college, he and his wife Louise live with their 10-year-old daughter and are busy preparing for her teenage years.