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About
The title says the role: Dr. Samuel Pauli is Boston IVF’s Medical Director for Massachusetts, the physician accountable for clinical standards across the network’s Massachusetts sites from Waltham. That is an operational seat as much as a clinical one — protocol consistency, lab-medicine interfaces, and quality oversight sit on his desk alongside his own patients.
His own path to reproductive medicine started at the bench. He majored in molecular biology at the University of Wisconsin, graduating with honors and distinction, then took his MD at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, OB/GYN residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, and REI fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. The lab-training origin shows in his research profile: a long history of clinical studies aimed at improving patient care, with publications in high-impact journals, book chapters and presentations at national meetings worldwide.
In clinic he has staked out the diagnoses that frustrate patients most: women with decreased ovarian function or diminished ovarian reserve, “unexplained” infertility, and the growing population freezing eggs for timing reasons. His stated goal is individualized design — pairing each patient with the diagnostic testing and lab options that fit their specific biology rather than a default protocol. Patients have voted on the bedside manner: Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award three years running (2022-2024), alongside Boston Magazine and Castle Connolly Top Doctor listings from 2017 through 2025. He practices at the Waltham center with telehealth across Massachusetts.
Clinical Expertise
- Egg Freezing / Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation: One of three named interests; preservation counseling and protocol design
- Diminished Ovarian Reserve: Stimulation strategies for patients with low counts or poor response history
- Unexplained Infertility: Stepwise evaluation and treatment when standard testing finds nothing
- IVF and ICSI: Full-cycle care with network-level oversight of how cycles are run
- Clinical Quality: His research agenda is explicitly about improving patient care through clinical studies
Why Choose Dr. Samuel Pauli
The medical director himself takes patients. Network-wide clinical responsibility concentrated in one physician means a patient’s treating doctor also sees the aggregate outcome picture for Massachusetts.
Molecular biology first, medicine second. Honors-and-distinction bench training underpins how he reads testing data like AMH and reserve workups.
Ivy-league training chain. Columbia, Yale New Haven, Emory — each stage a top-five-tier program in its category.
Rated by patients, not just peers. The Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience award is patient-reported data, earned three consecutive years.
Professional Affiliations
American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology; New England Fertility Society. Double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Suitable For
- Women banking eggs before time compresses options: A named specialty of the medical director
- Low-reserve patients comparing clinics: Protocol individualization is his stated method
- Unexplained infertility after standard workups have stalled
- Patients wanting continuity with the physician who sets Massachusetts-wide clinical standards