Laboratory Staff

Eric Gonzales, BS, Chief Clinical Embryologist

Eric Gonzales is the Continuum Reproductive Center’s chief clinical embryologist. He is a senior embryologist and technical laboratory supervisor with nearly a decade of experience performing in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies.

He is an expert in the leading-edge techniques of gamete and embryo micromanipulation, including but not limited to intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), laser-assisted hatching, and defragmentation of embryos.

Mr. Gonzales earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and received training in oocyte and embryo micromanipulation at the esteemed Jones Institute in Norfolk, Virginia. He is certified as a technical supervisor by the American Association of Bioanalysts, and recognized by the New York State Department of Health as a certified clinical laboratory technologist.

Mr. Gonzales is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American Association of Bioanalysts, and the New York Metropolitan Embryological Society.

Mary Schalkoff, PhD, HCLD, Laboratory Director

Dr. Schalkoff has served as an embryologist since 1986 and was instrumental in the development of the embryology laboratory at Boston IVF, one of the nation’s largest IVF institutions. After earning a master’s degree in zoology from Rutgers University, Dr. Schalkoff completed her PhD in Cellular and Reproductive Biology at Boston College. Dr. Schalkoff is recognized by the American Board of Bioanalysis as a high complexity clinical laboratory director, and is a national laboratory inspector for the College of American Pathologists and for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She has authored articles in molecular biology and embryology and is an expert in embryo cryopreservation and oocyte cryopreservation.

Serhan Ozensoy, BS, Embryologist and Andrologist

Serhan Ozensoy is an embryologist and andrologist with over five years of experience in reproductive technologies. He received his degree in forensic science from John Jay College and has expertise in in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and assisted embryo hatching procedures.

Mi-Jung Jung, BA

Mi-Jung Jung, BA, is a laboratory technician and embryologist-in-training. Ms. Jung earned her BA in biology and biochemistry at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She worked for over three years at Weill Cornell Medical College where she did research with transgenic mice and stem cells related to female fertility.

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