Dara S. Berger, PhD, MPH, MS
Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IVF Lab Director, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PA, Penn Fertility Care, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact information
PENN Fertility Care
3701 Market Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3701 Market Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-349-5202
Email:
dara.berger@uphs.upenn.edu
dara.berger@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Biology; minor, Chemistry, Sociology, Sports Medicine)
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2001.
MPH (Division of Public Health)
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.
PhD (Human Genetics)
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2006.
MS (Clinical Embryology & Andrology)
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, 2009.
Permanent linkBA (Biology; minor, Chemistry, Sociology, Sports Medicine)
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2001.
MPH (Division of Public Health)
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.
PhD (Human Genetics)
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2006.
MS (Clinical Embryology & Andrology)
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, 2009.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Oocyte retrieval, insemination, fertilization assessment, morphology grading, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), assisted hatching, embryo transfer, cryopreservation including both oocyte and embryo vitrification, trophectoderm biopsyDescription of Research Expertise
Sequencing, genotyping, haplotype and diplotype analysis, Western blot, histology including immunofluorescence and in situ hybridization, cDNA cloning, ICM biopsySelected Publications
Berger DS, VerMilyea L, Koelper NC, Guardino N, Gracia C: Tracking blastocyst utilization rates between paraffin oil and light mineral oil overlay in embryo culture -A two-year retrospective review. Oral. ASPIRE, Singapore May 2025.Guardino N, Weiss MS, Lee IT, Koelper NC Berger DS: Assisted Hatching and Clinical Pregnancy Rate Following Fresh Embryo Transfer. ASRM, Denver, CO Oct 2024.
Tozour J, Lal A, Varrecchione C, Guardino N, Koelper N, Berger D: Sperm morphology at insemination: Clinical pregnancy and live birth rates, Poster. ASRM, Denver, CO Oct 2024.
Chrobocinski RS, Chan DM, Koelper NC, Skory R, Gracia CR, Berger DS: One-Step warming: Optimizes workflow and efficiency in the IVF laboratory without compromising outcomes, Oral. ASRM, Denver, CO Oct 2024.
Lee IT, Koelper NC, Mainigi MA, Berger DS: Racial/Ethnic Variation in ovarian responsiveness to gonadotropin stimulation and outcomes following in vitro fertilization. Poster, ASRM, Denver, CO Oct 2024.
DiPietro EE, Rosa V, Shan C, Espinoza G, Kolliopoulos D, Koelper NC, MPH2, Berger DS, Richlin SS, Leondires MP: From embryo warming to embryo transfer in 3,325 embryo transfers: culture duration can be extended up to nine hours without an effect on clinical pregnancy rates. Poster. ASRM, Denver CO Oct 2024.
DiPietro E, Liebowitz L, Noschese J, Shan C, Koepler N, Richlin S, Leondires M, Berger DS: What the vit? Evaluating outcomes in autologous oocyte vitrification and warming cycles. Oral Presentation. Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society, Vancouver, BC Sep 2024.
Humphries LA, Applebaum J, Polite FG, Kravitz E, Gracia CR, Berger DS: Influences of race, ethnicity, and other social factors on coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination uptake among patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril 19(24), Apr 2024 Notes:
Applebaum J, Humphries LA, Kravitz E, Taberski S, Koelper N, Gracia C, Berger DS: Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination on live birth rates after in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril 121(3): 452-459, Mar 2024.
Reavis HD, Gysler SM, McKenney GB, Knarr M, Lusk HJ, Rawat P, Rendulich HS, Mitchell MA, Berger DS, Moon JS, Ryu S, Mainigi M, Iwanicki MP, Hoon DS, Sanchez LM, Drapkin R.: Norepinephrine induces anoikis resistance in high-grade serous ovarian cancer precursor cells. JCI Insight 9(5), Mar 2024.