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Serena Chen, MD

Reproductive Endocrinologist
Accepting new patients
Years in practice:
31.0 years
Specialties:
Fertility preservation, IVF, hysteroscopic surgery, access to care
Dr. Serena H. Chen is the Founding Partner and Director of Advocacy at CCRM | IRMS New Jersey. She also served as the Director for the Division of Reproductive Medicine at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center from 2003 to 2024. Dr. Chen strongly supports her patients’ right to be informed and involved in their care. She is proud, honored, and privileged to have played a role in obtaining better access to IVF and egg freezing for the people of New Jersey, and won the RESOLVE Hope Award for Advocacy in 2020 for this work. She has also won the prestigious Progyny Light the Night Award during National Infertility Awareness Week 2025, and ASRM’s Arnold P. Gold Award in 2024.

“Every patient deserves to understand all her options and to have a physician who will be her partner, advisor, and supporter in her individual fertility journey.”

– Serena Chen
, MD

Education

MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Awards

Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award
Resolve Hope Award
Top Doctors, Jersey’s Choice
Top Doctors, New York Magazine
Top Doctors, Jersey’s Best
Top Doctors for Women’s Health, Jersey’s Best
Top Doctors for Cancer, Jersey’s Best
Top Doctors, New York Metro Area
Castle Connolly Top Doctor
Castle Connolly Exceptional Woman in Medicine

Professional organizations

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

Practices in

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More about Serena Chen, MD

Dr. Chen helped to found Doctors for Fertility (DFF), which supports the field of REI and all healthcare providers’ ability to treat their patients safely and effectively. She is passionate about access to treatment for infertility and fertility preservation for all.

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