The Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Albert Einstein Medical Center has created an innovative partnering with Abington Reproductive Medicine, a highly successful, academic-oriented private group of board certified reproductive endocrinologists.  This group of specialists comprise our faculty in reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI).

Abington Reproductive Medicine sees over 1,500 new infertility and endocrine patients a year, performs over 1,000 laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, and abdominal surgeries a year and performs over 500 IVF cycles per year.  The practice offers a complete gynecologic endocrinology consultation clinic where several hundred patients are seen annually and is one of the few infertility groups in the region offering on-site pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.

Each PGY-3 resident rotates through this practice for 12 weeks, six weeks full time and an additional six weeks for three days per week devoted solely to advanced laparoscopic surgery. Residents actively participate in the care of all patients in the practice in both the outpatient office and surgical center settings. They are also given opportunity to join in scholarly activities of the REI faculty, including co-authorship of papers and studies and book chapters, including several chapters in Dr. Somkuti's new textbook, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Pearls of Wisdom. Specific chapter and article conferences are conducted by the group with the resident on a regular basis during the rotation, and the faculty provides a structured lecture series on the main campus on a monthly basis in the CREOG objectives and organized about a major textbook.

REI Faculty

Larry I. Barmat, MD, FACOG , serves as Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Albert Einstein Medical Center. His areas of special interest and research include the use of autologous endometrial coculture to improve in vitro fertilization pregnancy rates.  Dr. Barmat is Adjunct Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Medical College and Professor at Temple University School of Medicine.

Jay S. Schinfeld, MD, FACOG is Director of the Division of REI at Abington Memorial Hospital. His areas of special interest include pre-implantation genetics and laser laparoscopy.  Dr. Schinfeld is a Clinical Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Medical College.

Stephen G. Somkuti, MD, PhD, FACOG , is Director of the InVitro Fertilization program at the Abington Memorial Hospital Toll Center for Reproductive Science. His research interests include the effects of endometriosis on implantation.  Dr. Somkuti is an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Medical College.