Current patients and those interested in seeing Dr. Grifo for a new consultation should call (212) 263-7978.
Since August 1995, Dr. Grifo has been the Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the NYU School of Medicine, and also holds the faculty appointment of Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the NYU School of Medicine. He received his MD and PhD degrees at Case Western Reserve Medical School and completed his residency at Cornell University Medical Center. After completing a Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Yale University, he returned to Cornell and established a medical practice specializing in the treatment of infertility in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology, as well as being certified by the Accreditation Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy.
A member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) since 1989, Dr. Grifo has served on the Ethics Committee and is currently the president of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART). He chaired the committee which developed an innovative computer program to collect IVF facility data in a more efficient and cost-effective manner. He has worked closely with the CDC on this project.
His scientific interests are focused in the area of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and his team had the first successful delivery in the United States from the embryo biopsy procedure. Subsequently, there have been more than 200 babies born by PGD worldwide thus far. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Human Reproduction, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Fertility and Sterility. In 1994, Dr. Grifo’s research paper, "Healthy Deliveries from Biopsied Human Embryos," was awarded the SART prize at the annual ASRM meeting. He has over 130 publications in peer reviewed journals, as well as many book chapters.
His research focuses on the use of Germinal Vesicle Transfer as an alternative to Egg Donation, Egg Freezing, PGD and Stem Cells.
When asked to list his professional accomplishments, Dr. Grifo is most enthusiastic about the success of the process of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis where basic science truly can be utilized to affect the quality of life for so many people. His participation in the success of the IVF program at NYU – most recently the construction of the premier American state-of-the-art facility and the ability to collaborate with a research team that shares his enthusiasm for the advancement of clinical applications of basic science.
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