Brian Berger, MD

Dr. Brian M. Berger (he/him) is is a double board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist at Everleap Fertility and a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in all aspects of fertility care. His specific interests include the treatment of women with decreased ovarian function, fertility preservation/egg freezing, unexplained infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and donor egg IVF.

He is the recipient of numerous recognitions, including eight consecutive Boston Magazine Top Doctor awards (2013-2020). He has been featured in articles in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Chronicle on Channel 5. As the Medical Director of Boston IVF’s South Shore Center in Quincy, he strives to provide the utmost personal, compassionate, state-of-the-art care.

Dr. Berger has also served as Director of the Donor Egg and Surrogacy Program for over 10 years, and in 2012, launched Donor Egg Bank USA, the first and largest donor egg bank in New England.

Dr. Berger's training includes a Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of California/San Diego and the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York. He currently teaches at Harvard Medical School and has lectured worldwide on various topics in infertility including diminished ovarian function, recurrent miscarriage, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), and LGBT family building. 

Dr. Berger was the first doctor in Massachusetts to perform elective partner assisted reproduction (PAR) for lesbian partners (one partner provided eggs which were inseminated through IVF and the pregnancy was carried by the other partner) in which both women were named as legal parents on the birth certificate (1999).
He is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the New England Fertility Society, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. His research has focused on developing new fertility protocols (including a protocol for treating women with decreased ovarian function).
He is a reviewer for several medical journals including Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, and Reproductive Biomedicine Online.

Awards

Castle Connolly Top Doctor | 2012-2025
Boston Magazine Top Doctor | 2014-2017, 2019-2025
American Doctor Society Top Doctor | 2020
Cape Cod Magazine Top Doctor | 2015-2017

Publications

1. Berger BM, Phillips JA. Pregnancy outcomes in oocyte donation recipients: vaginal gel versus intramuscular injection progesterone replacement. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2012 Mar; 29(3):237-42. PMID: 22310935

2. Domar AD, Rooney KL, Wiegand B, Orav EJ, Alper MM, Berger BM, Nikolovski J. Impact of a group mind/body intervention on pregnancy rates in IVF patients. Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun; 95(7):2269-73. PMID: 21496800

3. Abrams LS, Berger BM. Progesterone pharmacokinetic study. Fertil Steril. 2010 Mar 01; 93(4):e17; author reply e18. PMID: 20100615