Dr. Zalman Levine, United States

Dr. Zalman Levine, co-director of our institute, is board-certified in reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI). His clinical expertise covers all areas of assisted reproduction, including ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), preimplantation genetic testing (PGD and PGS), and oocyte cryopreservation (egg freezing) for fertility preservation. The Fertility Institute recruited Dr. Levine in 2002 to provide patients with state-of-the-art reproductive technologies. Before joining our team, he was a clinical and research fellow at Harvard, working with distinguished REI leaders and teaching reproductive medicine and surgery at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He conducted pioneering research, presented at national conferences, published in the medical literature, and received numerous academic awards for his research, teaching, and surgical skills. Before beginning his medical career, Dr. Levine studied at the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University and was ordained as a rabbi. He has lectured extensively on the relationship between assisted reproduction and religion. Patients and colleagues recognize Dr. Levine for his warmth and compassion, clinical innovation, attention to detail, ability to explain and communicate medical concepts clearly and sensitively, and success in helping people become parents.

Through years of education and professional experience, Dr. Levine has developed extensive knowledge and expertise in all aspects of reproductive endocrinology and takes a deeply personal, compassionate approach to patient care. His experience includes:

• Yeshiva University – BA in English Literature, magna cum laude, 1988

• Yeshiva University – Rabbinic ordination, 1991

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine – MD, 1995

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, 1995-1999

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Administrative Chief Resident, 1998-1999

• Harvard Medical School – Fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 1999-2002

• Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital – Clinical Fellow, Division of Reproductive Medicine, 1999-2002

• Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital – Surgical Fellow, 2001-2002

• Harvard Medical School – Instructor, Endocrinology Course and Clerkship Seminar, 1999-2002

• Massachusetts Medical Society – Member, Committee on Ethics, 2001-2002

• New York Medical College – Assistant Professor, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, 2002-2008

• Fertility Institute of New Jersey and New York – Attending physician, 2002; Director of Ambulatory Surgery since 2008; Co-Director since 2013

• Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists since 2005

• Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility since 2004

• Member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, elected 1995