Brian Berger, MD

About

In 2012, Dr. Brian Berger opened Donor Egg Bank USA — the first donor egg bank in New England, and still the largest in the region. Patients who need donor eggs no longer had to fly to a national bank and wait through an anonymous matching cycle; vials could be reserved locally. That is the throughline of his career: he identifies a bottleneck in fertility care and builds infrastructure around it. In 1999 he performed the first elective partner-assisted reproduction (reciprocal IVF) in Massachusetts for a lesbian couple, using one partner’s eggs retrieved through IVF and the other partner’s uterus for the pregnancy, with both women legally named on the birth certificate.

Berger is double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, with fellowships at UC San Diego and Weill Medical College of Cornell. He serves as Medical Director of Boston IVF’s South Shore Center in Quincy and as a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School, where he teaches, and he has lectured worldwide on diminished ovarian reserve, recurrent miscarriage, PGD and LGBT family building. At Boston IVF he also pioneered the first outpatient vaginal paracentesis for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and the use of Lupron to trigger ovulation, and he launched the clinic’s Fertility Preservation/Egg Freezing department.

His clinical interests concentrate where IVF is hardest: decreased ovarian function, unexplained infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and donor egg cycles. Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2012, a Boston Magazine Top Doctor for eight consecutive years, profiled in Newsweek, The New York Times and The Boston Globe, and a reviewer for Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biomedicine Online.

Clinical Expertise

• Donor Egg IVF: Ten-plus years directing Boston IVF’s Donor Egg and Surrogacy Program; founded the region’s first egg bank
• Diminished Ovarian Reserve: Developed his own stimulation protocols for women with decreased ovarian function
• Reciprocal IVF and LGBT Family Building: A Massachusetts first in 1999; lectures internationally on the topic
• Fertility Preservation / Egg Freezing: Founded and directs Boston IVF’s preservation department
• Recurrent Miscarriage: Evaluation and management as a named specialty interest
• OHSS Management: Pioneered outpatient vaginal paracentesis for severe hyperstimulation

Why Choose Dr. Brian Berger

Builder of programs, not just prescriber of protocols. The donor egg bank, the egg-freezing department, the reciprocal IVF program — three structures at Boston IVF that carry his fingerprints.

New protocols for tough diagnoses. His published work focuses on new fertility protocols, including treatments for women with decreased ovarian function — patients many clinics write off early.

He teaches at Harvard Medical School and reviews for four major reproductive journals, so the literature passes through his desk twice.

Recognized in and outside the clinic. Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2012-2025, national press features, and a self-described practice of working “tirelessly 7 days a week” for patients.

Professional Affiliations

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; American Society for Reproductive Medicine; New England Fertility Society; Massachusetts Medical Society. Reviewer for Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics and Reproductive Biomedicine Online. Awards include American Doctor Society Top Doctor (2020) and Cape Cod Magazine Top Doctor (2015-2017).

Suitable For

• Patients with low ovarian reserve or a short window: Protocols designed specifically for decreased ovarian function
• Donor egg and surrogacy families: Direct access to the bank and program he created
• Lesbian couples planning reciprocal IVF: The physician who did the state’s first case
• Egg freezers on a timeline: Preservation department he founded and directs
• Repeat miscarriage patients: A standing clinical interest, not an occasional case