Dr. Gary Gross, United States

Dr. Gary Gross, United States

Gary Gross, MD is a specialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility with a long career in patient care and in the teaching of residents and medical students at Harvard University School of Medicine where he was a member of the faculty from 1970 to 2015. He had the distinction of being nominated for the title of best teacher of the year during his time there.

Dr. Gross received his B.S. from Union College in Schenectady, New York and his M.D. from Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. He served as a surgical intern at Harvard and underwent his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Upon completion of his residency at Yale, he was invited to return to Boston to create and run the infertility program at Beth Israel Hospital, one of the principal Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals. In addition, in 1978, he established the first infertility program within a federally funded Title X Family Planning Program.

He was one of the early leaders of RESOLVE, the national advocacy organization for infertile couples. He arranged the funding with which RESOLVE expanded from a local organization in Boston to the national organization with multiple chapters it has become. He served on RESOLVE’s national board of directors for 18 years and was the first physician to serve as chair of that board. In the early 1970’s, he was one of the first l physicians to insist that psychological counseling and support be an integral part of an infertility practice. He established and maintained one of the largest solo infertility practices in New England for over 30 years. He also served as the women’s endocrinology consultant to two large complementary medicine clinics in the Boston area for 9 years His involvement with in vitro fertilization began more than 25 years ago. His research interests have included the role of interconversion of steroids in disorders such as endometrial cancer and polycystic ovarian syndrome, the use of natural cycle in vitro fertilization in areas where conventional IVF is not available, and the role of hypothalamic –pituitary axis dysfunction in chronic Lyme disease. He relocated to Sacramento in 2016.