HRC Fertility Encino

Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dr. Robert Boostanfar earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and later graduated medical school from the University of Southern California in 1995. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1999 and his fellowship in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in 2002 at the USC Los Angeles County Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Dr. Boostanfar has been published in many publications and has given presentations on his studies in the US, Canada and Italy. He recently was a principal investigator in the largest randomized control trial ever published for In Vitro Fertilization in the journal of Human Reproduction.

Dr. Boostanfar is active in well-known professional organizations, including American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, as well as the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society.

During his time at HRC Fertility, Dr. Boostanfar has made multiple television appearances including “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” Good Morning America, CNN, The Learning Channel as the resident doctor on “The Little Couple” , KTLA, CBS and has been featured in People Magazine and Vogue. Dr. Boostanfar has received numerous awards including Top Docs Los Angeles, Vitals.com’s Patients’ Choice Award as well as Vitals.com’s Compassionate Doctor Recognition.

Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dr. Michael Feinman graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine in 1980, followed by his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Sloane Hospital for Women, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital of New York, in 1984 and his REI fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. Dr. Feinman went on to help establish the IVF program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NY. His team performed the first vaginal ultrasound guided egg retrieval in New York and created the first anonymous egg donor programs in the world. Dr. Feinman currently sees patients in HRC’s Encino and Westlake Village offices.

He is active in well-known professional organizations including, Association of Private Assisted Reproductive Technology, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, as well as the Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists.

Dr. Feinman’s areas of interest include third-party parenting with local and national patients, minimal-stimulation and natural cycle IVF for poor prognosis patients, and strategies for minimizing multiple pregnancies.

Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dr. Diana Chavkin is a double board certified Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) specialist who is committed to helping people build families. Having struggled with her own infertility, Dr. Chavkin knows the value of a compassionate, transparent and effective medical team. She specializes in diminished ovarian reserve; unexplained, tubal, and male-factor infertility; PCOS; egg/embryo freezing; and recurrent pregnancy loss. She works with cancer patients, singles, same-sex couples, and those seeking third-party reproduction. Dr. Chavkin offers a compassionate approach that is holistic and individualized to each patient. She is an outspoken advocate who has developed world-renowned fertility programs in New York and Los Angeles and has empowered thousands of individuals through fertility treatment and fertility preservation. A highly-experienced hysteroscopic surgeon, she also treats uterine septa, polyps and fibroids.

Dr. Chavkin earned her medical degree from New York University and completed her OBGYN residency and REI fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University with a degree in psychology and history. Prior to her medical career, she worked as a middle school math and science teacher in New York City public schools where she honed her compassionate and educational approach to healthcare. Dr. Chavkin has authored research papers in renowned medical journals as well as book chapters and is active in multiple professional organizations including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She has received multiple peer reviewed awards such as Top Doctors Los Angeles, Southern California Super Doctors and Southern California Rising Stars.

Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dr. David Tourgeman graduated medical school from the University of Southern California in 1994. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1998 and his fellowship in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in 2001 at the USC, Los Angeles County Women’s and Children’s Hospital. After his fellowship, Dr. Tourgeman stayed at USC as faculty and became an assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. After teaching for four years, Dr. Tourgeman began working with HRC Fertility (then Huntington Reproductive Center) in 2005. Dr. Tourgeman currently sees patients in HRC’s Encino and West Los Angeles offices.

Dr. Tourgeman has been featured in many publications such as Women’s Health and The New York Times, and has also been featured on Good Morning America and WeTV as Melissa Rivers’ fertility doctor on Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best.

Dr. Tourgeman’s areas of interest and studies include assisted reproductive technologies and oocyte donation in women of advanced reproductive age, alternatives for enhancing embryo implantation, advanced reproductive fertility surgery, evaluation of ovulation induction agents and vaginal hormone administration.

Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dr. Alison Peck is a double board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility specialist with over 18 years of clinical experience. As a mother, she understands the importance of creating a family and works with intention to help individuals realize this dream. Amid serving her community as an expert in all areas of fertility, she has a personal interest in the field of pregnancy loss. Dr. Peck, her mother and her sister, have all experienced miscarriages on their journeys to motherhood. She relates and empathizes with aspiring parents experiencing similar struggles. She understands that losing a life of unknown potential can have long lasting and residual, physical, and emotional effects, while accepting that every beginning of life is purposeful and meaningful, even those that do not result in a live birth. Dr. Peck provides one on one care and is there for patients every step of the way on their unique journey to parenthood. In addition to providing personal attention, she also is connected to a network of fertility professionals including acupuncturists, nutritionists, and therapists, for those seeking additional support. She believes it is important to take a whole person approach to care and takes pride in being one of the founding mothers of the Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Implantation Failure Program here at HRC Fertility.

Dr. Peck also uses conservative fertility treatments when appropriate, such as ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination, and advanced treatments, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and preimplantation genetic testing and diagnosis (PGT/PGD), employing both fresh and frozen embryo transfers. She offers a unique perspective in treating failed implantations of euploid embryos by evaluating sperm DNA, the uterine cavity, laboratory testing and by performing endometrial receptivity assay (ERA) testing to prepare and study the uterus prior to implantation of embryos for patients, with and without previously failed embryo transfers.