Dr. Dr. Mary Wood Molo, MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Reproductive Endocrinology
1725 W Harrison St Suite 408 Chicago IL, 60612About
Mary Wood Molo, MD, is a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist who diagnoses and treats patients at the Center for Reproductive Care, her private practice in Chicago, IL. She launched The Center for Reproductive Care in 2018. Furthermore, Dr. Molo is on staff at Rush University Medical Center, where she serves as Medical Director of the Rush Center for Advanced Reproductive Care and Assistant Professor in the Section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. She joined Rush University Medical Center in 1984. Dr. Molo has an impressive professional journey that spans thirty-three years. As a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist, she specializes in hormonal functioning and issues of infertility.
Education and Training
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Medical Degree 1982
Board Certification
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor Rush University Medical Center -
- Medical Director of the Rush Center for Advanced Reproductive Care Rush University Medical Center -
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Fellowships
- Rush University Medical Center Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility 1989
Internships
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Fellowships
- Rush University Medical Center, Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility. 1989
Professional Society Memberships
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
What do you attribute your success to?
- Dr. Molo chose this area of medicine because she enjoys working in a partnership with her patients and finding the right care for them.Dr. Molo attributes her success to being a good listener and being curious about the issues of fertility.
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Get to know Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr. Mary Wood Molo, who serves patients in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Molo, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and a mother of four, understands the impact and importance of having a family.
As the Founder of the Center for Reproductive Care in Chicago, Illinois, her mission is to provide each patient with the best opportunity to create the family they have dreamed of. In doing so, she individualizes fertility care to the specific needs and desires of each and every one of her patients.
In addition to her work at the Center for Reproductive Care, Dr. Molo serves as an attending physician and an Assistant Professor in the Section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. There, she also serves as the Medical Director of the IVF Program.
After earning her medical degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, she went on to complete her residency in obstetrics and gynecology and her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Rush University Medical Center. Thereafter, she became board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a non-profit organization that provides board certification for practicing obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States and Canada.
When asked why she chose this particular area of medicine, Dr. Molo stated that it is because she enjoys working in a partnership with her patients and finding the right care for them. A member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, she attributes her success to being a good listener and being curious about the issues of fertility.
Reproductive endocrinology and infertility is a surgical subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology that trains physicians in reproductive medicine addressing hormonal functioning as it pertains to reproduction, as well as the issue of infertility. Reproductive endocrinologists are fertility/infertility specialists. They are the only doctors trained in providing fertility treatments using assisted reproductive technology such as in-vitro fertilization and egg freezing. Dr. Molo’s clinical interests include female infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, fertility preservation, fertility preservation for cancer patients, Fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency, and male infertility.
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