Education, Lectures, and Consulting



COMMUNITY EDUCATION

CCRM Boston and Black Women and Infertility: Navigating Infertility with the Experts (Sept 30 2020)

Jewish Family and Children Services: Clinical Conversations Infertility Therapy: Case Study and Practice Update (Jan 30 2019)

Psychotherapy Salon (Strong Roots Counseling, Waltham): Clinical Considerations in Fertility Treatment: An overview for psychotherapists (April 7, 2016)

Psychotherapy Salon (Cambridge, MA): Clinical Considerations in Fertility Treatment: An Overview for Psychotherapists (March 6, 2013)


HOSPITAL BASED MEETINGS

Vincent OB/GYN Reproductive Medicine Advisory/Ethics Board (2011-2015)

MGH Maternal Fetal Medicine Lunch-and-Learn Meeting (Jan 31, 2013): Third Party Reproduction Enterprise: Medical, Social and Psychological Consideration 

MGH Social Service Women & Children Team Meeting (Feb 21 2015): Parenting at Older Ages: The Risks and Rewards for Adults and Children

MGH Social Service Staff Meeting (Sept 11, 2013): Ethical Conflicts: Fertility Care and Interpersonal Violence 

MGH Fertility Center REI Nursing Meeting (Jan 24, 2013): The Social Impact of Infertility 

MGH Social Service Staff Meeting (March 28 2012): American Society of Reproductive Medicine: The Role of the Mental Health Professional in Fertility Medicine


RESOLVE New England

Connect-and-Learn Seminar (Panelist, Jun 13 2015)

Donor Egg / Surrogacy Seminar (Speaker, May 2, 2013)

RNE Annual Regional Conference

Coping with Negative Outcomes: How to Navigate Next Steps (Presenter, 2019)

Donor Conception and Surrogacy Parents Panel (Moderator, 2018) 

Setting Expectations in Gestational Surrogacy Arrangements (Panel, 2017)


BLOG POSTS

Coping with Infertility during Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

By John Petrozza, MD and Abigail MacDonald, LICSW

Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center

"Surrogacy as a Family Building Option"