Physician Directors

Serena H. Chen, M.D.

Director of Egg Donation

Serena Chen, M.D., is Associate Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Director of the Egg Donation Program at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science at Saint Barnabas. With significant experience and expertise in laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, as well as infertility and female reproductive endocrinology, Dr. Chen has also pursued a special interest in polycystic ovarian syndrome and gamete donation.

Board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, as well as reproductive endocrinology, she received her undergraduate degree from Brown University, and her medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology, and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. During her tenure there, she was an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as an Attending at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center. She then served as the director of ovum donation at Long Island IVF and attending physician at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Dr. Chen has published multiple papers and has been the recipient of scientific grants, including the prestigious Stetler Research Grant and the Johns Hopkins Institutional Research Grant. She also has received an award for achievement in laparoscopic surgery from the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. Her professional affiliations include the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists, and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.