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About
Rebuilding a university IVF program from the inside is a different job from running cycles in one, and Dr. Dan Lebovic has done it. He went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the division chief of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, became full professor there, and put that school’s IVF program back together — a job that covers clinical workflow, laboratory coordination and staffing, not only protocols. Before Wisconsin he took tenure at the University of Michigan, where he ran NIH-funded research on endometriosis. He completed his REI fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco and was raised and educated in California.
He now practices at the Washington University Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, listed by the center as a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist. His physician profile at the center does not state an academic rank in St. Louis, and the institution, years and certificate dates of his earlier training are not published in the sources behind this page.
The teaching side of his career is unusually visible for a practicing clinician. He wrote “Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility: Handbook for Clinicians”, contributed chapters to reproductive medicine textbooks, and publishes in UpToDate, the peer-reviewed online reference physicians consult. He sat as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 14 years — the exam that decides whether other people’s specialists get certified.
Clinical Expertise
- Endometriosis and fertility: the subject of his NIH-funded research program, which he carries into clinical assessment and counseling about surgical versus ART routes.
- IVF program design and cycle management: division-level experience building and running an academic IVF program, including how the embryology lab and the clinic hand work to each other.
- General reproductive endocrinology and infertility: diagnosis and treatment across infertility causes, as his role at this center defines it.
- Explaining the plan: he states that half the battle is making sure patients understand why a test or a treatment was chosen, and keeps himself reachable for questions during treatment.
Why Choose Dr. Lebovic
He has run the program he now works inside. Few St. Louis patients see a physician who has rebuilt another university’s IVF program at division-chief level, which means the flow from stimulation to retrieval to lab to transfer is something he has organized rather than only used.
Research in the specific disease that complicates your cycle. Endometriosis is where his funded work sits, so a hard case arrives with a physician who has read the literature closely and published in it.
Certification on the other side of the table. Fourteen years as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology puts him inside the review process that certifies other reproductive specialists, not merely at the receiving end of it.
He writes for clinicians. A handbook, textbook chapters and UpToDate pieces mean he works from protocol-level reasoning; patients who want the “why” behind a protocol will find him willing to give it.
A stated standard of practice. As the son of immigrants, including a Holocaust survivor, he describes working from hard work, honesty and integrity, and says he stays available for questions through treatment.
Professional Affiliations
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology — oral board examiner, 14 years. Faculty appointments at the University of Michigan (tenured) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (REI Division Chief, full professor) precede his current role at Washington University; his center profile lists no St. Louis academic rank, and no society memberships are named in our sources.
Suitable For
- Patients with endometriosis, especially those weighing laparoscopic surgery against going straight to IVF
- Anyone starting IVF who wants a second, program-level read on a protocol or a prior failed cycle
- Patients who ask why: his own account of practice is that understanding the reasoning behind tests and treatment is half the work