Dr. Cristina Matera, MD

Dr. Cristina Matera is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. She graduated summa cum laude from Boston College and received her medical degree at the New York University School of Medicine in 1986. Thereafter she completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellowship training at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Matera maintains her academic appointment with Columbia University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital. From 1996 to 2000, she was the Medical Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic at Columbia University, the longest functioning infertility clinic in the metropolitan New York City area. She continues to teach residents and medical students at Columbia University and to mentor undergraduate students from Boston College and young Italian American women through the National Organization of Italian American Women. Dr. Matera has received numerous teaching awards and is regularly cited as one of New York City%u2019s finest physicians by Castle Connolly, Marquis Publication Board, Strathmore%u2019s Who%u2019s Who and New York Magazine. She has published numerous peer reviewed scientific articles on topics including placental function, complex neuroendocrine hormone regulation, ectopic pregnancies and hysteroscopic surgery. She is currently a co-investigator in a clinical study evaluating the effect of estrogen therapy in early menopausal women on body mass and composition. Her clinical interests include ovulatory dysfunction, recurrent pregnancy loss and hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Matera has been in private practice in Manhattan since 1992 and is one of the founding physicians of Madison Women%u2019s Health and Fertility, a full service gynecology, infertility and reproductive endocrinology practice on the upper east side of Manhattan. Although a specialist by training, she has always been committed to women%u2019s health as a whole, both physically and emotionally, through all stages of life. She strives to deliver individualized, thorough and thoughtful care to each woman and provide the most up-to-date, but also scientifically proven, medical treatments.