Peter Kovacs MD, PhD

Dr. Peter Kovacs graduated from the Albert Szent-Gyorgyi School of Medicine in Szeged, Hungary in 1994. He did his OB/GYN training and subspecialty training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Upon completion his training he moved back to Hungary and assumed a position at the Kaali Institute IVF center. In 2008 he was promoted to become the medical director of the center. In 2005 he earned a PhD degree for assessing the effect of diabetes/ insulin on GnRH neuron activity using a rat model.

His current research interest focuses on stimulation options for IVF, predictors of IVF outcome and on various tools that could be used to improve laboratory and clinical outcome. Ha has published 40 peerreviewed papers and several book chapters, he was the co-editor of the first Hungarian textbook on infertility evaluation and treatment.