Dr. Dr. Mary Wood Molo, MD

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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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