Dr. Hughes is an attending physician on the staff as Saint Barnabas Medical Center. A former medical director of the Center’s original infertility program, in addition to treating patients in her private practice, Dr. Hughes also performs IVF embryo transfers and retrievals as part of the Institute’s physician team. She completed her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, where she served as assistant professor and practiced as an integral member of that program’s IVF infertility team.