Dr. Erkan Buyuk

Dr. Erkan Buyuk is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist and obstetrician and gynecologist who practices at RMA of New York’s Eastside office. He is currently the Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) Fellowship Program and examiner for the REI Division of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Prior to joining RMA of New York in 2019, Dr. Buyuk served as the Director of the Fertility Preservation Program and Reproductive Tissue Bank and the Director of the REI Fellowship Program at Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center. He speaks English, Turkish, French, and Spanish fluently.

Education

Medical School: Hacettepe University Medical School, Turkey
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency: Marmara University Hospital, Turkey
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

Top Accomplishments

Currently the Program Director of REI Fellowship Program at RMA NY/Mount Sinai, training the next generation of reproductive endocrinologists.
Board examiner at American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the certifying exam for REI.
Published work on the first embryo created from an ovarian transplantation

Clinical Topics

Fertility Preservation
Pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT)
IVF

Affiliations

Member, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Member, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology
Member, Society for Reproductive Investigation
Fellow, American Congress for Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Research and Academics

Since the beginning of his career, Dr. Buyuk has demonstrated a passion for research. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and abstracts that focus on a variety of reproductive health topics, including fertility preservation, preimplantation genetic testing, diminished ovarian reserve, and the effect of obesity on fertility. Dr. Buyuk is committed to the teaching and training of future practitioners.

Obehi Asemota, Kimberley Thornton, Zaher Merhi, Dara S. Berger, Lyda Williams, Yoshinori Seki, Xiu Quan Du, Sangita Jindal, Maureen J. Charron, Erkan Buyuk. Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 plays a role in ovarian dysfunction related to high-fat diet-induced obesity.
Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, June 30, 2020
Kimberly Thornton, Zaher Merhi, Sangita Jindal, Michelle Goldsammler, Maureen J Charron, Erkan Buyuk. Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs could alter ovarian function in mice.)
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, June 15, 2020.

Awards

Dr. Buyuk’s scientific contributions have received several awards including the Society for Reproductive Investigation/Bayer Award in 2018 and the Prize Paper at the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society Annual Meeting in 2019. Dr. Buyuk is recognized by Castle Connolly as a Top Doctor and has been named a New York Super Doctor every year since 2018.

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