Dr. Kutluk Oktay

MBBS, MD(Obs & Gyn), Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Subspecialty, Fellow ACOG-RCOG, PhD

NA Consultancy Fee

51st Street (Manhattan), Cedar Street (New Haven)

+1-877-492-3666

About Dr. Kutluk Oktay

Dr. Kutluk Oktay is an Infertility Specialist and Reproductive Endocrinologist in New York. He earned an MBBS and an MD in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in 1986 from Hacettepe University School of Medicine. He later pursued a Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Subspecialty in 1995 from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and a Fellowship in ACOG-RCOG (WellBeing) Exchange Research from the University of Leeds School of Medicine. He also completed PhD in 2015 from the University of Gent, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gent, Belgium. He provides various treatments including Fertility Preservation, Egg Freezing for Medical Reasons, Elective Egg Freezing, and Ovarian Tissue Freezing and Transplantation.

Dr. Oktay served as a Resident at Cook County Hospital in 1989, Columbia University Physicians and Surgeons, Harlem Hospital Program in 1991, and the University of Connecticut Health Science Center in 1993. He was an Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital from 2000 to 2008 and Associate Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College from 1997 to 2008. He was also a Professor and Director of the Division of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility from 2008 to 2017 and Vice Chair of Research of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology from 2015 to 2017 at New York Medical College. He is the Medical Director and Founder of the Innovation Institute for Fertility Preservation and IVF and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale University School of Medicine.

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Treatments Offered by Dr. Kutluk Oktay

Fertility Preservation Egg Freezing for Medical Reasons Elective Egg Freezing Ovarian Tissue Freezing and Transplantation Fertility Preservation in Children Ovulation Induction Minimal Stimulation and Natural Cycle Protocols Specific Ovarian Stimulation Protocols for Repeated IVF Failures Gay/Lesbian Specific Care, Same-Sex Couples Donor Sperm Surrogacy Donor Egg Treatment Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) In vitro fertilization (IVF) Intra-Uterine Insemination (IUI) Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

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Educational Qualifications

Course	Specialization	Year	University
MBBS	--
MD	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	1986	Hacettepe University School of Medicine
Fellowship	Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Subspecialty	1995	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Fellowship	ACOG-RCOG (WellBeing) Exchange Research	1996	University of Leeds School of Medicine
PhD	--	2015	University of Gent, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gent, Belgium

Awards & Recognitions

1. He developed and performed the world’s first ovarian transplantation procedures and pioneered new ovarian stimulation protocols for embryo and oocyte freezing for breast and endometrial cancer patients

2. He described the first oocyte freezing protocols in young pubertal girls with Turner syndrome and other medical conditions.

3. Dr. Oktay conducted key research on ovarian follicles and embryo development, as well as on controlled ovarian stimulation and in vitro fertilization.

4. He is the first description of the relationship between BRCA mutations and low ovarian reserve, his work led him to discover a key role for DNA repair efficiency in oocyte aging.

5. Dr. Oktay was invited to serve on the President’s Cancer Panel as an expert on fertility issues of cancer patients and fertility preservation.

6. Dr. Oktay founded and was elected as the first President of the Fertility Preservation Special Interest Group at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the largest within the society.

7. He also served as the Guidelines Committee Chair at Turner Syndrome Foundation, which produced the first guidelines document on fertility preservation for young females with Turner Syndrome.

8. Received Innovator award from Resolve, and the Champions of Hope award from Fertile Hope.

9.He has been invited to endowed lectures in top-standing institutions and major academic conferences in the US and around the world in infertility, cancer, pediatric endocrinology, obstetrics & gynecology, genetics, aging, and other fields.

10. A significant contributor to the peer-reviewed literature, Dr. Oktay has published extensively in leading medical journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Science Translational Medicine, JAMA, JAMA Oncology, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.