About Charles Bormann

Dr. Bormann is the IVF Laboratory Director at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and an Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School.  Having graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science at Iowa State University, he received a M.S. in Reproductive Physiology from Purdue University and a PhD. in Reproductive Physiology from the University of Connecticut and then undertook his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Bormann’s research interests include investigating the effects of maternal and environmental factors on oocyte and embryo quality and developing non-invasive methodologies for assessing human embryo developmental competency.  Dr. Bormann has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international ART meetings.  He has authored many peer-reviewed papers on various aspects of mammalian egg and embryo physiology.  Dr. Bormann is the former president of the Society for Reproductive Biologists and Technologists and he is currently a board member on SART.