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About
Dr. Michelle Goldsammler holds a master’s degree in bioethics, earned jointly through Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cardozo School of Law — an unusual credential on a fertility physician’s page. It sits alongside a clinical niche that requires exactly that kind of thinking: her practice describes her as the only female Orthodox Jewish reproductive endocrinologist on Long Island, and lists IVF under rabbinical supervision and in keeping with Jewish law (Halacha) among what she offers. For observant patients, the questions around a cycle are not only medical but religious, and this is the physician the practice points them toward.
She joined RMA of New York - Long Island in 2023 and sees patients at both the Melville and Lake Success offices, per the practice’s own physician page. Before that she spent years at Montefiore Medical Center, where she served as site director of the reproductive endocrinology and infertility residency program, responsible for training ob-gyn residents and reproductive specialists, while helping patients from minority communities across the Bronx and Westchester build families.
She is board-certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her published work covers the variables that dominate her clinic sessions: an ASRM 2013 oral presentation on body mass index, infertility medications and outcomes; an ASRM 2018 poster on obesity, diet-induced inflammation and ovarian cyclicity; and a first-author article in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics (April 2015) on ABO blood type and infertility. She has contributed book chapters and reviews alongside original research, and reviews for the same journal that published her. Her stated approach is individualized treatment with culturally sensitive care.
Clinical Expertise
- Diminished ovarian reserve: stimulation and sequencing decisions for patients with low reserve, a named area of her practice
- PCOS and ovulatory dysfunction: ovulation induction and cycle management where response is unpredictable
- IVF and IUI: full-cycle management from testing through transfer, plus insemination as a first-line path for the right diagnosis
- Fertility preservation: egg and embryo freezing, both elective and before medical treatment that threatens fertility
- Reproductive endocrine concerns: the hormonal groundwork underneath nearly every infertility diagnosis
- Halacha-compliant fertility care: IVF coordinated with rabbinical supervision, for observant Jewish patients who need medical and religious timing reconciled
Why Choose Dr. Michelle Goldsammler
A niche nobody else on Long Island fills, on the practice’s own description. If you are an observant Jewish patient working out how a fertility cycle fits within Halacha, the practice describes her as the only female Orthodox reproductive endocrinologist on the island. That is a specific problem answered by a specific physician, not a brochure line about inclusivity.
Bioethics training on top of clinical training. The Einstein-Cardozo master’s degree maps onto the hardest parts of reproductive medicine in practice: embryo disposition, donation arrangements, and how far a patient or couple wants treatment to go.
She has trained the people who do this work. As REI residency site director at Montefiore, she was responsible for the education of ob-gyn residents and reproductive specialists, which is a different vantage on protocols than simply following them.
Research that stays close to her patients. Her abstracts look at BMI, medication response and ovarian cyclicity — variables that matter most for the populations she served in the Bronx and Westchester. She also reviews for the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics.
Professional Affiliations
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG). Board-certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Peer reviewer for the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, the same journal that published her first-author work on ABO blood type and infertility. Her research has been presented at annual meetings of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (a 2013 oral presentation and a 2018 poster). She is affiliated with Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital. Recipient of the 2014 Zelmanovich Award for Best PGY2 in Compassionate Outpatient Care during residency training at Montefiore Medical Center.
Suitable For
- Patients told their ovarian reserve is low: dosing and cycle strategy in diminished reserve is where expectations get set honestly
- PCOS and ovulatory disorders: induction and monitoring where response varies from cycle to cycle
- Anyone considering egg or embryo freezing: elective preservation, or preservation before cancer treatment or surgery
- Orthodox Jewish families: IVF arranged with rabbinical supervision and in keeping with Jewish law, which is how the practice describes the service she provides
- Patients who want their background in the room: a physician who built her practice around culturally sensitive, individualized care and has served minority patient populations across two counties