IVF Panelist Bios
Serena H Chen, MD
Serena H. Chen MD graduated from Brown University, and earned her MD at Duke University School of Medicine. She trained in Gynecology, Obstetrics, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and served as Director for the Division of Reproductive Medicine at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center for 21 years and is now Director of Advocacy at CCRM Fertility IRMS Reproductive Medicine, as well as Clinical Associate Professor at Rutgers NJ Medical School and Rutgers RWJ Medical School. She has been voted a Top Doctor for many years by US News and World Report, Inside Jersey Magazine, NJ Monthly and NY Magazine. She has served on the ASRM Technology Committee and on the editorial staff of the ASRM journal, Fertility and Sterility, as an Interactive Associate. She is a founding member of the ASRM Social Media SIG and works to promote physician use of social media for awareness, patient education and advocacy.
Dr. Chen strongly supports her patients’ right to be informed and involved in their own care. She is passionate about access to treatment for infertility and fertility preservation for all. She is proud, honored and privileged to have played a role in obtaining better access to IVF and egg freezing for the people of NJ. She won the RESOLVE Hope Award for Advocacy in 2020 for this work.
Dr Chen helped to found Doctors For Fertility – DFF – because access to IVF continues to be very poor in the United States, and is threatened by the current legal climate. DFF will be working to support the field of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) and all healthcare providers' ability to treat their patients safely and effectively. DFF will advocate, educate, lobby in order to protect access to IVF and access to reproductive healthcare so physicians in America can continue to help people that struggle with infertility build their families. DFF PAC is raising money to elect candidates that will protect IVF and reproductive healthcare. Please connect with Dr Chen on LinkedIn and on Instagram @DrSerenaHChen, @DoctorsForFertility, and @DFF_PAC
Rebecca J Feinberg, JD, MBE, MS
Rebecca Feinberg is the Distinguished Chair of Health Law, Bioethics and Policy with her primary appointment as Associate Professor of Law. She is cross appointed as Associate Professor of Public Health and Bioethics at New York Medical College. Her scholarship focuses on reproductive policy and ethics with a particular emphasis on assisted reproductive technologies. Her work has been published in law reviews, medical journals, and bioethics journals.
Prior to joining Touro University, Professor Feinberg was a Teaching Associate Professor at DePaul University with cross appointments in the College of Science and Health and the College of Law. During her time at DePaul, she was a visiting Scholar at Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and the Hastings Center.
Professor Feinberg earned her juris doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and her Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2004 and her Master of Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in 2007. She served as Senior Ethics and Health Law Fellow at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, she completed the Bioethics Fellowship at the Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School and the Clinical Ethics Immersion Program at the Cleveland Clinic. Professor Feinberg earned her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women.
Cynthia Hudson
As an embryologist, entrepreneur, researcher, and industry expert, Cynthia Hudson, has built a unique skill set and singular perspective during her 20+ year career in the fertility space. As Founder and CEO of Manhattan Fertility Services, Cynthia built and operated a full-service fertility practice in New York City, while developing a pioneering patient experience and novel revenue streams. Her creation of a reference andrology lab, management corporation, and associated medical practice played a critical role in the center’s growth and eventual sale.
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She applied this same holistic expertise as co-Founder of Kindbody — a revolutionary reproductive firm that combines best-in-class technology, clinical excellence, and accessible pricing — connecting the full patient experience on one intuitive platform. In 2004, as Founder and CEO of Cellavita, Cynthia set the bar for Assisted Technology consulting services providing broad-based advisory and laboratory services for client IVF clinics in the U.S. and abroad.
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Cynthia is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Hamilton Thorne, LTD, a leading global provider of precision instruments, consumables, software, and services to the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), research, and cell biology markets. She is also an advisor to a number of tech and clinical services companies in the fertility space.
She is a member of the American Board of Bioanalysis, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and American College of Embryology. As an active researcher, she has published work in leading scientific journals, such as Fertility & Sterility, Human Reproduction, and Science. Her work has also been featured in presentations at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology.