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About
Dr. Maria Saketos is Medical Director of NYU Langone Reproductive Specialists of New York (Mineola) and Director of Third Party Reproduction, with a clinical assistant professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. Her medical director role is cross-verified in the official SART registry (ClinicPKID 2284, Medical Director: Maria Saketos, MD).
She earned her medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1986), completed OB/GYN residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York (1990), and finished her reproductive endocrinology fellowship at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (1992). She holds dual board certification in Obstetrics & Gynecology (1994) and Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (1996), with nearly 30 years of clinical experience.
Clinical Expertise
- Third-party reproduction: as program director, she oversees the full egg donation pathway (in-house frozen donor bank plus fresh donor cycles) and gestational surrogacy coordination
- LGBTQ+ family building: reciprocal IVF for female partners, egg donation plus surrogacy for male partners, and donor-sperm IUI
- Ovarian reserve assessment and advanced maternal age: her research interest is ovarian reserve testing — leading to individualized medication dosing protocols that optimize IVF cycle response, shorten time to pregnancy, and set realistic expectations
- Oncofertility: urgent egg and sperm freezing after a cancer diagnosis
- Ovulatory and endocrine disorders: anovulation, PCOS, diminished ovarian reserve, premature ovarian failure
- Recurrent pregnancy loss and endometriosis: systematic workup and treatment
- PGT: preimplantation genetic testing for carriers of genetic disease
Why Choose Dr. Maria Saketos
The clinician in charge of clinic quality: as the SART-registered Medical Director, she is directly responsible for the practice’s clinical quality framework — data reporting, laboratory standards, and treatment protocols all sit under her oversight, so her care is tightly aligned with the clinic’s institutional standards.
One doctor for complex third-party paths: egg donation, surrogacy, and LGBTQ+ family building are all managed personally by the program director, avoiding handoffs between multiple physicians.
Nearly 30 years spanning modern ART: board certified since 1996, she has practiced across the full evolution of the field — from conventional IVF through PGT and vitrification.
Whole-patient philosophy: she describes her goal as treating “the whole patient,” believing a healthy mind and body support a healthy pregnancy; her first visits include a detailed evaluation with time for every question.
Professional Affiliations
Dr. Saketos is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology in Obstetrics & Gynecology (1994) and Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (1996). She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the Nassau Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society, and the Hellenic Medical Society. She is fluent in English and Greek.
Suitable For
- Families pursuing egg donation or surrogacy: managed directly by the Third Party Reproduction director with short waits thanks to the in-house donor bank
- LGBTQ+ couples: established reciprocal IVF and donor-sperm IUI pathways
- Women with diminished ovarian reserve or advanced maternal age: ovarian-reserve research informs more precise stimulation dosing
- Cancer patients: experienced in urgent fertility preservation, supported by the seven-day retrieval schedule