Richard Slifkin

Mr. Slifkin graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from New York University in 2006 and began his career in embryology that same year. Mr. Slifkin has worked at RMA of New York in many capacities, first as an assistant in the embryology laboratory before training in embryology, then as a supervisor, and now as Associate Director, overseeing the Manhattan and Brooklyn embryology laboratories. During that time, Mr. Slifkin helped transition RMA of New York from day 3 biopsies to trophectoderm biopsies and now performs thousands of trophectoderm biopsies each year. He enjoys training the next generation of embryologists and has a dedication to continuous quality improvement and optimizing lab operations. He earned his Masters degree from EVMS where he was awarded The Georgeanna Seegar Jones, MD Award for Academic Achievement in the Reproductive Clinical Sciences, given to a graduating student from the Reproductive Clinical Science MS program in recognition of academic excellence. He is currently continuing his education pursuing a PhD in Reproductive Clinical Science. Mr. Slifkin holds a Technical Supervisor certification (TS) from the American Board of Bioanalysis and a Clinical Laboratory Technologist License(CLT) from New York State.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr. Slifkin has coauthored multiple peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and dozens of abstracts in the pursuit of increasing the success of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). He has presented numerous times at the annual American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) conference as well as other workshops, is a member of ASRM, the Society of Reproductive Biologists and Technologists (SRBT), the American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB), the New York Metropolitan Embryology Society (NYMES), and is an ad hoc reviewer for Fertility and Sterility.

In his free time he enjoys flying his Beechcraft Bonanza.