Alex Robles, MD

About

Alex Robles consults in both English and Spanish, and his own program describes him as the first Latino reproductive endocrinologist to come through its training pipeline. For a Spanish-speaking patient trying to time stimulation injections to a monitoring calendar, being able to ask a question in the language she thinks in is not a courtesy — it is often the difference between staying on schedule and missing a retrieval.

The rest of his profile is a straight New York academic line: a medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at NewYork-Presbyterian where he served as Chief Resident, and a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia and an ASRM member, and he leans on nutrition and lifestyle counseling alongside standard assisted-reproductive treatment rather than instead of it.

Clinical Expertise

• IVF: Cycle management from stimulation through retrieval, fertilization and transfer, with individualized protocols
• Egg Freezing: Vitrification for patients postponing childbearing or facing a medical threat to fertility
• Fertility Preservation: Counseling and treatment planning for patients on a timeline
• Nutrition and Lifestyle in Fertility: Integrative counseling folded into the standard workup, an explicit emphasis of his practice
• Bilingual Care: English and Spanish clinical communication for Spanish-speaking patients and families

Why Choose Dr. Robles

Care in Spanish, not through an interpreter. A bilingual physician removes the delay and the drop-off that come with third-party interpretation during a time-sensitive cycle.

A chief resident’s clinical grounding. He finished his NewYork-Presbyterian residency as Chief Resident, the role given to the trainee trusted to run the service.

Lifestyle work that supports, not replaces, IVF. His nutrition and integrative interests are aimed at optimizing the conditions around a standard cycle, which is the way most reproductive endocrinologists frame it.

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Faculty, Columbia University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Suitable For

• Spanish-speaking patients: A physician you can question directly in Spanish
• IVF and egg freezing: Core ART treatment within Columbia’s in-house program
• Fertility preservation on a schedule: Planned-delay and medical-preservation counseling
• Patients who want the whole picture: Nutrition and lifestyle addressed alongside medication