The highly trained, dedicated physicians and support staff at Diamond Institute continue to distinguish the facility as a benchmark for diagnosis and treatment of couple infertility. They are committed to continuing advancement of reproductive knowledge and the excellence and ethics of medical care.

Arie Birkenfeld, MD / Co-Director

Dr. Arie Birkenfeld has been actively involved in patient care as well as academic teaching and research in the field of infertility and reproductive medicine for more than 25 years. Dr. Birkenfeld holds memberships in The American Fertility Society (American Society of Reproductive Medicine), The American Medical Association, is a founding member of The North American Menopause Society and an Associate member of ACOG.

Among Dr. Birkenfeld's many achievements is the study of normal and abnormal uterine lining (endometrium) which shed light on our understanding of the effects of commonly used fertility drugs on the endometrium and implantation.

Dr. Birkenfeld received his medical training at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hebrew University School of Medicine and served his full obstetrics and gynecology residency at Hadassah University Hospital, obtaining Board Certification in 1985. At Hadassah, Dr. Birkenfeld supervised the infertility and menopause program and won the Matityahu Steich Faculty Prize for Reproductive Research. He completed a research fellowship in reproductive biology at Germany's Technical University in Aachen, RWTH. In 1989 he joined the Dept. of Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproductive Science at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City where he also served as the Resident’s Research Coordinator.

Dr. Birkenfeld joined The Diamond Institute in 1992, bringing with him extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and menopause. He holds licensure in New Jersey and New York. Dr. Birkenfeld has published extensively and has written many original articles, reviews, and book Chapters, he has lectured at national and international conferences, workshops, and to the public in the field of reproductive endocrinology.


Jesse J. Hade, MD / Co-Director


Dr. Jesse Hade, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist with a strong academic medicine background, joined Diamond Institute in 2001.

For the past three years, Dr. Hade has utilized the newest technologies to apply the most current treatment regimens to couples experiencing infertility and endocrine issues. He also introduced and coordinated Diamond Institute’s Egg Freezing Project.

A 1994 graduate of New York Medical College, Dr. Hade completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY, after which he expanded his specialty with a three-year reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship program at UCLA Medical Center. There he conducted both clinical and basic science research. The latter uncovered the effects of various gonadal steroids on the regulation and expression of inhibitory receptors in the brain. During this time, he also published numerous textbook chapters and abstracts, including a diagnostic manual of common problems in obstetrics and gynecology for Scientific America.

Dr. Hade, who holds licensure in New Jersey and New York, is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and the American Medical Association.


Matan Yemini, MD / Co-Director


For more than 25 years, Dr. Matan Yemini has focused his interest, practice, and research on the spectrum of issues associated with reproductive endocrinology and infertility treatment.

A 1978 graduate of Jerusalem's Hadassah Hebrew University School of Medicine, Dr. Yemini completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at Kaplan University Hospital in Rehovot, Israel, obtaining his board certification in 1986. Dr. Yemini trained in reproductive endocrinology at Kaplan Medical Center's Division of Reproductive Medicine and conducted his basic research at the Weitzman Institute for Science. He performed an infertility fellowship at Tel Aviv's Shiba Medical Center and later developed and directed Kaplan University Hospital’s IVF clinical and training program. He served as a senior physician in the Division of Reproductive Medicine there until 1987, when he joined the University of Miami School of Medicine as director of the IVF
laboratory.

Dr. Yemini joined Diamond Institute in 1989 with the task of further developing the Institute's advanced reproductive technology program. He has published extensively and lectured on human reproduction to the medical community and to the public at national and international conferences and workshops. He holds a New Jersey license and memberships in the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, formerly the American Fertility Society; the American Society of Reproductive Immunology; the American Medical Association; the Society for the Study of Reproduction; and the North American Menopause Society.