Dr. Pang Speaks at Gay Medical Conference in D.C.

In 1998, Dr. Samuel Pang, medical director at the Reproductive Science Center (RSC) in Lexington, MA, was the first reproductive endocrinologist in New England to agree to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) with donor eggs and a gestational surrogate to assist a gay male couple to have a baby. Since then, every male couple who has done this procedure at RSC has been successful in having one or more children. RSC has been providing reproductive assistance to lesbian couples since 1989, including intrauterine insemination (IUI) with donor sperm, and a reciprocal IVF procedure in which one partner provides the eggs for insemination and the other partner carries the pregnancy and gives birth.  

On October 3, Dr. Pang will present a workshop session in Washington D.C. to members of the National Gay and Lesbian Medical Association titled “Family Building Options for Gay and Lesbian Families Using Assisted Reproductive Technologies.”

“Gay men especially”, states Dr. Pang, “do not realize that it is possible to have their own biologically related child through the use of reproductive technologies. By informing their primary care and other specialty physicians, it is hoped that more gay men will learn about this option and consider it for having children if they would like to have a family.”  Dr. Pang and his husband have two sons conceived through IVF and gestational surrogacy.

Under the leadership of Dr. Pang, the Reproductive Science Center of New England has become the center of choice for gay and lesbian couples. RSC has a website dedicated to gay and lesbian family building, GayIVF.com, an e-newsletter under the same name, and holds educational open houses for gay and lesbian couples on a regular basis. RSC is also active in providing financial support to community organizations including the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, GLAD, Fenway Community Health Center, the Human Rights Campaign, Boston PRIDE, and PFLAG.