Ozgur Oktem MD, PhD

Dr. Ozgur Oktem graduated from Erciyes University Medical School in 1996. He completed his obstetrics and gynecology residency in 2001, at Marmara University Medical School, after which he moved to the USA to continue his academic career and underwent through reproductive endocrinology and infertility postdoctoral fellowship at Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Center of Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY, in 2003-2005.

From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Ozgur Oktem participated in developmental and molecular cancer biology programs as a postdoc at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY. He is the holder of the President’s Distinguished prize by SGI (American Society of Gynecologic Investigations), given in 2008, and was awarded in 2013, 2015, and 2016 by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Infertility, assisted reproduction techniques, polycystic ovarian syndrome, premature menopause, endoscopic surgery, oocyte/embryo freezing, and ovarian tissue cryopreservation in cancer patients, in order to preserve fertility, are his main clinical and research areas of interest.