When the Fertility Doctor Becomes the Patient

As a fertility doctor, Diana Chavkin has helped thousands of individuals and couples through treatment. But she also found herself on the other side of the desk, as a patient...

About this Event

In the US, 12% of women have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term. Infertility affects people from all walks of life - even fertility doctors.

Dr. Diana Chavkin knows that first hand.

The double board-certified reproductive endocrinologist, who has developed world-renowned fertility programs in New York and Los Angeles found herself struggling to conceive when it came time to start her own family.

In this fireside chat, Dr Chavkin shares her personal fertility story, how her experience has shaped her approach to treating patients now, tips and insights from a fertility expert perspective and things she wished she'd known before starting treatment.

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Dr. Chavkin is a reproductive endocrinologist at HRC Fertility in Los Angeles. She earned her medical degree from New York University and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology and her REI fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, after graduating from Barnard College, Columbia University with a degree in psychology and history. Dr. Chavkin has authored many research papers in renowned medical journals as well as book chapters and is active in multiple professional organizations including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She has received multiple peer reviewed awards such as Top Doctors Los Angeles and Super Doctors Southern California Rising Stars. Dr. Chavkin specializes in diminished ovarian reserve; unexplained, tubal, and male-factor infertility; PCOS; egg/embryo freezing; and recurrent pregnancy loss. Her patients include cancer survivors, single people, same-sex couples and those seeking third-party reproduction.