Shahab Minassian, MD

Dr. Minassian is the former Co-Director of the nationally recognized Center for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome at Drexel University. He is also a founding member and first Chair of the Androgen Excess (PCOS) Special Interest Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Dr. Minassian has been named a "Top Doc in Women's Health, Infertility" by Philadelphia Magazine. He is one of only 900 board-certified infertility specialists in the U.S. He is Section Chief for Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center and is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology as a Reproductive Endocrinologist. He has over 25 years of experience in the field and has treated thousands of patients for infertility. Dr. Minassian is a graduate of LaSalle University in 1976 and received his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1980. He then completed a residency in OB/GYN at Abington Memorial Hospital in 1984 and a board-accredited fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Jefferson University Hospital in 1986. A noted infertility surgeon, Dr. Minassian was the first in the Philadelphia area to perform a tubal reversal by robotic surgery. He directed the Division of Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine, and at Drexel University College of Medicine for over 20 years. During this time he was responsible for the Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology education of thousands of medical students and over 120 residents. For this effort he was awarded the prestigious APGO Award for Teaching Excellence in Medical Education by the Association of Professors of OB/GYN, and was twice awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.