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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.
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