Journal of Fertilization: In Vitro - IVF-Worldwide, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics & Stem Cell Biol
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Kutluk Oktay

Biography

Kutluk Oktay, MD, FACOG is one of the world’s foremost experts in fertility preservation as well as ovarian stimulation and in vitro fertilization for infertility treatments. He developed and performed the world’s first ovarian transplantation procedures as well as pioneered new ovarian stimulation protocols for embryo and oocyte freezing for breast and endometrial cancer patients. Dr. Oktay conducted key research on ovarian follicle and embryo development, as well as on controlled ovarian stimulation and in vitro fertilization.
Dr. Oktay has devoted his professional life to the science of fertility preservation and infertility treatment. He is a world-renowned researcher, a gifted medical educator, and a skilled clinician dedicated to his patients. Dr. Oktay was invited to the President’s Cancer Panel as an expert on fertility issues of cancer patients and fertility preservation. In attestation to his recognition as a leading clinician-scientist in infertility field, he received a highly competitive multi-million dollar research grant from the National Institute of Health to study the impact of chemotherapy on fertility of cancer survivors. Furthermore, he was named the co-chair of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Committee for Fertility Preservation Guideline for People with Cancer. He founded and was elected as the first President of the Fertility Preservation Special Interest Group at American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
In 2008, after a 10 year career at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dr. Oktay became a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Director of Division of Reproductive Medicine & Infertility at New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center and founded the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Institute for Fertility Preservation (CRM-IFP). He also was named a Consultant Physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a Consultant for Cancer and Allied Diseases at Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Oktay has published extensively in top medical journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He regularly lectures around the globe and has repeatedly received the Top Doctors awards around the country. Dr. Oktay’s research has made news around the globe.
 

Research Interest

Fertility preservation, ovarian aging, ovarian biology, germline stem cells