Khaled Zeitoun, MD, FACOG

About

Most reproductive endocrinologists prescribe; Dr. Khaled Zeitoun also operates. His clinic profile describes him as a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist with over 30 years of experience in fertility care and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, and as one of the few REI specialists with extensive training in major gynecologic surgery. In practice that means the structural causes of infertility - fibroids, endometriosis implants, blocked or damaged tubes, congenital uterine anomalies - can be assessed and treated by the same physician who then designs the IVF cycle, instead of being split across two specialties.

His paper trail starts in Egypt: MBBS from Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine in 1981. His US training came in the 1990s - obstetrics and gynecology residency at Harlem Hospital Center/Columbia University and New York Medical College, dated 1990-1991 by the clinic, then internal medicine residency at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital-South Shore, dated 1993 - followed by additional residency training at Westchester Medical Center and a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where his profile says he received multiple grants to research endometriosis and infertility treatment. Two of those entries carry no year, and one ordering oddity should be flagged rather than smoothed over: the clinic lists the 1993 internal medicine residency above the 1990-1991 obstetrics residency, so the published order and the published dates contradict each other. This page records both as printed and does not claim to know which sequence is correct.

He is the only physician on this team whose page publishes licensure: active New York State and Texas State medical licenses, alongside board certification in both obstetrics/gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and FACOG. He consults in English and Arabic, the latter as a native speaker, and his profile states that he is internationally recognized for building fertility protocols around specific religious and cultural requirements.

Clinical Expertise

His profile groups his specialties into three blocks, and the surgery block is the longest.

• Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery: fibroid removal (myomectomy), operative hysteroscopy, tubal surgery and tubal reversal, endometriosis treatment and excision, correction of congenital uterine anomalies, and advanced endoscopic surgery. The stated rationale is that minimally invasive technique lets patients address structural fertility problems with faster recovery.
• Fertility treatment: in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, egg donation programs, male factor infertility treatment, surrogacy coordination and ovarian rejuvenation procedures.
• Endocrine causes of infertility: polycystic ovary syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, premature ovarian insufficiency and early menopause, and hormonal imbalances affecting fertility.
• Culture-adapted protocol design: a separate item on his profile - stimulation and embryo-handling steps adjusted to fit a patient’s religious and cultural practice, supported by extensive work with diverse patient populations.

One caution belongs with the surgical list. Operating on fibroids and endometriosis before IVF is a genuine capability, and it is documented here as the clinic describes it; his page publishes no case volume, no complication rate and no before-and-after pregnancy data, and nothing about the surgical program has been reconciled against a registry. The clinic’s registry rows for New Hope sit below the national CDC NASS 2022 figures in every age band, with a cycle mix weighted toward patients over 40; the full comparison is on the clinic page.

Why Choose Dr. Khaled Zeitoun

Surgery and IVF under one set of hands. The typical route for a patient with a fibroid or endometriosis is a gynecologic surgeon first and a reproductive endocrinologist second, with the plan negotiated between them. His profile positions him against that split: procedures that increase pregnancy likelihood, done by the physician who will run the cycle afterward.

Licenses printed on the page. Active New York and Texas medical licenses appear on his profile, plus ABOG certification in both OB/GYN and REI and FACOG. Of the three New Hope physicians documented here, his is the only page that lists licensure at all.

Three fully cited papers, with years. Unlike his colleagues’ publication lists, his page gives complete citations: GnRH antagonist in older IVF patients - retrieval rates and clinical outcome (The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2002, with Chang, Chan, Thornton and Sauer); Supraphysiological estradiol levels do not affect oocyte and embryo quality in oocyte donation cycles (Human Reproduction, 2002); and Tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 11 secreted by malignant breast epithelial cells inhibit adipocyte differentiation (Cancer Research, 2001, with Meng, Zhou, Sasano and Suzuki). Two of the three bear directly on his patient population - older IVF patients and donor-egg cycles. His stated research interests are endometriosis pathophysiology and treatment, advanced reproductive technologies, IVF protocols and outcomes, and oocyte and embryo quality.

Hospital medicine alongside clinic work. He is listed as attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital and at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and his profile says that over the past 20-plus years he has served as reproductive endocrinology and infertility director at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, Harlem Hospital Center and Lutheran Hospital Center. The clinic publishes no start or end year for those directorships, so the 20-plus years figure is the clinic’s summary and is reported as such.

Arabic, and a stated philosophy. His profile quotes him directly: “It is important that patients understand everything about the fertility process. I like to make sure I keep my patients informed and support them through every step of the journey.” Team-page patient comments preserved in our sources include “Dr. Zeitoun is amazing, thorough, and compassionate” and, about two physicians together, “Dr. Zhang and Dr. Zeitoun didn’t rush us into treatment.” Individual praise is anecdote, not evidence, but it is the documented record. His profile also lists a Most Compassionate Doctor designation from the American Registry; like his research grants, that is an award recorded by the clinic, not a medical board certification.

Professional Affiliations

Certifications and licensure as printed on his profile: board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology (American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology); board-certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (same board); Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG); New York State medical license, active; Texas State medical license, active. Memberships: American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Hospital affiliations: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. Awards and funding named on his page: FACOG, Most Compassionate Doctor (American Registry), and multiple research grants for endometriosis and infertility studies.

Two internal inconsistencies on the clinic’s side are worth recording. His name appears as “Khaled Zeitoun, MD, FACOG” on the profile body but as “Khaled Zeitoun, MD” in the site’s underlying record and on the team page card, even though the FACOG fellowship itself is listed in his certifications. And the residency ordering anomaly described above - 1993 internal medicine printed before 1990-1991 obstetrics and gynecology - is reproduced from the source, not corrected here.

Suitable For

• Infertility with a structural cause: fibroids, endometriosis, tubal disease or a congenital uterine anomaly, where the anatomical question has to be answered before the stimulation plan makes sense.
• Cases that need surgery and IVF in one sequence: the combined path his profile is built around, evaluation and operative treatment by the same physician who then runs the cycle.
• International patients with religious or cultural requirements: protocol design that accommodates them is a documented specialty, and Arabic consultations are available from him as a native speaker.
• Endocrine infertility: PCOS, hyperprolactinemia, premature ovarian insufficiency or early menopause, and other hormone disorders affecting fertility.
• Patients who want a physician with hospital appointments and published licensure: attending roles in two NewYork-Presbyterian institutions and active New York and Texas licenses are stated on his page.