Journal of Fertilization: In Vitro - IVF-Worldwide, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics & Stem Cell Biol
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David H. Barad

Biography

Dr. Barad an Associate Clinical Professor with joint appointment in the departments of Epidemiology and Social Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. From July 1984 until April 2001, Dr. Barad, MD served on the full time faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Women’s Health. He also served as the Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Montefiore Medical Center. He is a 1972 graduate of Rutgers College and a 1978 graduate of Rutgers Medical School (now known as Robert Wood Johnson Medical School). Dr. Barad completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in 1982. Dr. Barad went on to sub-specialty training in the Reproductive Endocrinology Fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School. He finished his fellowship at Harvard in 1984. In 2003 Dr. Barad received a Masters of Science in the Clinical Research Training Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Barad is a Co-investigator in the Women’s Health Initiative and is Chair of the WHI Hormone Advisory Committee. The WHI is the largest and longest clinical trial of both diet and hormone replacement therapy ever conducted.Dr. Barad presently practicesinManhattanat the Center for Human Reproduction, where he is Director of Assisted Reproductive Technology. Dr. Barad is onthe Voluntary Staff of St Luke’s Roosevelt Hosptial as an Associate Attending in the Depart of Obstetrics andGynecology.Dr. Barad has published extensively in the field of reproductive endocrinology and has achieved a national and international reputation in that discipline. He is the recipient of the 1996 Kokopelli Ball Resolve of New York City Chapter Award for “outstanding dedication and commitment to family building.

Research Interest

Dr. Barad’s research covers a broad range of interests including postmenopausal hormone treatment, osteoporosis, and postmenopausal symptoms as well as ovarian function, ovulation induction and in vitro fertilization.