Alan DeCherney

Alan H. DeCherney is an obstetrician and gynocologist. He was formerly the John Slate Ely Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale University, the Phaneuf Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University, the president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the editor-in-chief of the journal Fertility and Sterility. Currently he works as a Senior Investigator at the National Institutes of Health.[1]

DeCherney earned a B.A. from Muhlenberg College and an M.D. from Temple University. He did his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and internship at the University of Pittsburgh; he was also a research fellow at the Lister Institute in London, England. From 1996 to 2006 he directed the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1]

He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He has served as president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, the Society of Reproductive Surgeons, the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology, and the Society for Gynecologic Investigation.[1]