Jason Barritt, PhD, ELD, HCLD

Dr. Barritt holds national certifications as both a High Complexity Laboratory Director and an Embryology Laboratory Director.  He has been awarded New York State Department of Health Certifications for Laboratory Directing in Andrology, Endocrinology and Human Tissue Banking. He serves as the Scientific Director at RMA of New York. Dr. Barritt directs the Andrology and Endocrinology Laboratories, is the Tissue Bank Director, and also acts as one of the Embryology Laboratory Directors. As Scientific Director, he coordinates research studies to contribute to the advancement of infertility treatments. Dr. Barritt was particularly instrumental in RMA of New York's unprecedented success with the development of a new technique for female fertility preservation through oocyte cryopreservation.  Dr. Barritt received his BS degree in biology from Pacific Lutheran University, followed by his MS degree in Human Genetics and his PhD in Human Anatomy from the Medical College of Virginia. He completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Gamete and Embryo Research Laboratory at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas. Prior to RMA of New York,  Dr. Barritt was responsible for all Direction of the Embryology, Andrology and Endocrinology Laboratories at The Reproductive Center in Ohio. Dr. Barritt has presented his clinical and research findings at meetings around the world and has published multiple research papers in the field of reproductive medicine. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts on the role of mitochondria in human oocytes and embryos.

Dr. Barritt is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Society of Human Genetics, American Association of Bioanalysts, New York Metropolitan Embryologist Society and Alpha-International Society of Scientists in Reproductive Medicine.