The opportunity for training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility is often very limited in institutions such as Albert Einstein Medical Center where the insurance coverage for REI services is severely limited or, more often, lacking.

The Albert Einstein OBGYN Department has successfully met this challenge by an innovative partnering with a highly successful, academic oriented private group of Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologists, Abington Reproductive Medicine, Inc. These specialists comprise our faculty in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and all are prolific researchers who frequently partner with residents to publish in the major journals.

REI Faculty

Larry I. Barmat, MD, FACOG , is Adjunct Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson Medical School and Professor at Temple University School of Medicine. He 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.

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

Stephen G. Somkuti, MD, PhD, FACOG, is Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson Medical School and Director of the In Vitro Fertilization program at Abington’s Toll Center for Reproductive Science. His research interests include the effects of endometriosis on implantation.

Annette Lee, MD, is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist at Abington Reproductive Medicine in Abington, Pennsylvania, with over ten years of experience in treating female and male infertility. During her fellowship training in reproductive endocrinology at Oregon Health Sciences University, she worked under Leon Speroff, M.D., and Miles Novy, M.D., two of the top reproductive specialists in the world. She is also the founding physician moderator of WebMD’s Infertility Community message board.

Abington Reproductive Medicine, PC. sees over 1500 new infertility and endocrine patients a year, does over 1000 laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, and abdominal surgeries a year and performs over 500 IVF cycles per year; and a complete gynecologic endocrinology consultation clinic where several hundred patients are seen annually. Also, Abington is one of the few Infertility groups in the region offering on-site pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.

Each PGYII rotates through this practice for 12 weeks, 6 weeks full time and an additional 6 weeks for 3 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 AREI faculty, including co-authorship of papers and studies and book chapters, including several chapters in Dr. Somkuti’s new textbook, PEARLS OF WISDOM: OBGYN COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS. 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.