Dr. Somkuti is a Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist who completed his training at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is an attending physician at Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, PA, and Medical Director of the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Program at the hospital’s Toll Center for Reproductive Sciences. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Jefferson Medical College, a visiting scientist in the Department of Biology at Lehigh University and Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in the School of Medicine at Temple University.
The recipient of numerous research publication awards from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and has earned the priviledge to serve as the President of the Philadelphia area Reproductive Endocrinologist Society. Dr. Somkuti has extensive experience and expertise in surgical and medical treatments of infertility, laser surgery and IVF. His research pursuits range from understanding endometriosis and its effects on implantation to exploring connections between fertility and the environment.
Dr. Somkuti’s areas of interest and expertise include:
- Female and male infertility and reproductive endocrinology
- IVF and ICSI
- Effects of the environment on reproduction
- Advanced Laser laparoscopy for endometriosis
- Pelvic pain
- Implantation
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Pediatric and adolescent gynecology/endocrinology
- Cancer and reproduction
- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Background information
Medical school: the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Graduate school: Ph.D. in reproductive biology, Duke University
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, North Carolina Memorial Hospital the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Board certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Obstetrics and Gynecology and subspecialty Board certified in Reproductive Endocrinology
Society memberships: American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Society of Andrology, Robert A. Ross Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Bayard F. Carter Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Philadelphia Area Reproductive Endocrine Society, Philadelphia Obstetrical Society.