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  • Natalie A. Cekleniak, MD, joined the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science in 2000 and currently serves as Practice Director. She also holds a position as Director of Resident Education for the obstetrics and gynecology resident rotation in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. Dr. Cekleniak’s areas of clinical interest include embryology, age-related infertility, and diminished ovarian reserve. Her research has focused on the maturation of human eggs in the laboratory, and she is the principal author of one of the seminal research papers in the field of infertility.

    Clinical Interests: Reproductive Endocrinology

  • Medical School

    Brown University, Providence, RI, 1993

    Residency

    Pennsylvania Hos/Univ PA Sch of Med, Philadelphia, PA, 1997

    Fellowship

    Brigham & Women's Hosp/Harvard Med, Boston, MA, 2000

    Internship

    Pennsylvania Hos/Univ PA Sch of Med, Philadelphia, PA, 1994

    Publications
    Title:The impact of LH-containing gonadotropins on diploidy rates in preimplantation embryos: long protocal stimulation
    Authors:A.Weghofer, S.Munne, W.Brannath, S.Chen, G.Tomkin, N.Cekleniak, M.Garrisi, D.Barad, J.Cohen, N.Gleicher
    Publisher:Human Reproduction
    Date:01-Mar-08
    Issue:23(3): 499-503
    Description:Article

    Title:Increased efficiency of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for infertility using “no result rescue”
    Authors:P.Colls,T.Escudero, N.Cekleniak, S.Sadowy, J.Cohen, S.Munne
    Publisher:Fertility and Sterility
    Date:01-Jul-07
    Issue:Vol. 88, Issue 1, pages 53-61
    Description:Article

    Title:Maternal age, morphology, development and chromosome abnormalities in over 6000 cleavage-stage embryos.
    Authors:S.Munné, S.Chen, P.Colls, J.Garrisi, X.Zheng, N.Cekleniak, M.Lenzi, P.Hughes J.Fischer, M.Garrisi, G.Tomkin, J.Cohen
    Publisher:Reproductive biomedicine online
    Date:01-Jan-07
    Issue:14(5): 628-34
    Description:Article

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