Physicians

John S. Rinehart, M.D., Ph.D., J.D.

For the past twenty years, Dr. John S. Rinehart has maintained an exclusive practice in infertility and reproductive endocrinology in the Chicago area. Dr. Rinehart provides his patients with quality medical attention by combining his academic training and broad clinical experience. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and his fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Since 1985, Dr. Rinehart has been board certified in obstetrics/gynecology, and since 1988 in reproductive endocrinology, and re-certified in his subspecialty in 1999. In addition, Dr. Rinehart completed his law degree with a concentration in health law at DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, in 2002.

Dr. Rinehart maintains his academic connection as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at both Northwestern University School of Medicine and the University of Chicago and through frequent lecturing, input to hospital-based ethics committees, and IRB-approved research studies. Dr. Rinehart is the Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Northshore University Healthcare (formerly Evanston-Northwestern Healthcare) and St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois. He regularly works with residents and medical students in clinical settings and classroom lecturing, and is sought after for his expertise in both medical and legal perspectives of fertility management. Dr. Rinehart is also a member of the Society of Reproductive Surgeons, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and the Society for the Study of Reproduction.

In 1986, Dr. Rinehart helped establish Evanston Hospital’s first IVF program, one of the first private-practice based IVF programs in the country. In addition, Dr. Rinehart aided in the development of many innovative procedures and treatments for use in assisted reproductive technologies, and in response to the challenges of managed care, Dr. Rinehart helped form the nation’s largest infertility physician practice management group. There, he served as the IVF Director of one of the nation’s largest IVF programs. He continues to devote special efforts to ethics and reproductive care as the Chair of the ENH Ethics Subcommittee on Reproductive Issues, and to fertility preservation for oncology patients.

Dr. Rinehart continues to focus his expertise on providing comprehensive reproductive medical care to women, men and adolescents. Under his direction, The IVF Institute-Chicago offers patient-oriented care at three Chicagoland locations.
 

Carolyn B. Coulam, M.D.

Carolyn B. Coulam, M.D., a well-respected reproductive endocrinologist, is board certified in the specialty of obstetrics and gynecology and in the sub-specialty of reproductive endocrinology. Dr. Coulam graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1967 with a degree in medicine and a master’s degree in biochemistry. She completed a rotating internship at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital at Dartmouth College, and her residency at the Mayo Clinic, where she remained for 17 years.

While on the staff of the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Coulam was chair of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and established the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) program at this institution, in 1983. She became professor at the Mayo Medical School in 1984 and in 1985, was appointed chair of the Division of Reproductive Biology at the University of Pittsburgh.

In 1986, Dr. Coulam became the Medical Director of the Center for Reproduction and Transplantation in Indianapolis, Indiana, establishing the reproductive immunology and reproductive biology laboratories where she rapidly contributed to the scientific literature in the field of reproductive medicine, particularly as it related to recurrent pregnancy loss. In 1991, Dr. Coulam assumed the position of Director of Reproductive Immunology at the Genetics & IVF Institute in Fairfax, Virginia. In 1996 she became National Director of Reproductive Immunology at the Center for Human Reproduction (CHR) in Illinois, while at the same time, serving as Vice President of Medical Affairs, Director of Ultrasound, and as Associate Director of CHR in New York. In January 2000, Dr. Coulam joined SIRM as Medical Director and Director of Laboratory Research of SIRM-Chicago. Dr. Coulam has served as managing editor of the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, and is currently the medical director for Infertility Times, a patient periodical. She has more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals to her credit and has edited a major reference textbook entitled “Immunologic Obstetrics” published by W.W. Norton.

Today, Dr. Coulam is Director of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Research at The IVF Institute-Chicago, and Director of the Millenova Immunology Laboratories. Dr. Coulam has a world-renown reputation, spanning 30 years, for providing devoted care to her patients and for her contributions to medical/scientific education and research. Despite all of her accomplishments, she considers her greatest achievement to be the fact that she is the proud mother of 10 wonderful children, and many beautiful grandchildren.
 

Jay H. Levin, M.D.

Jay H. Levin, M.D. is subspecialty board certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and has practiced exclusively in this area of medicine for almost twenty years. After completing an undergraduate degree in engineering at Princeton University, he received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Levin then completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University, Chicago, and a fellowship in reproductive medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His academic and medical education was notable for his many awards, including being named a National Merit Scholar, recognized as the Outstanding Resident in Gynecologic Endoscopy and receiving the Ralph A. Reis Award for best resident research.

Dr. Levin continued his academic and clinical career as an Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where he guided the revitalization of the IVF program and started the first donor egg program at that center. In 1991, Dr. Levin moved to the Chicago area to found the Hinsdale Center for Reproductive Medicine. In this boutique practice, he provided countless patients with individualized, hands-on treatment for their fertility needs, including, advanced laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery, as well as highly successful IVF cycles. Early in 2008, Dr. Levin brought his expertise to The IVF Institute-Chicago so that he could assist in the care of patients from a much larger demographic area, and renew his interests in research and education. His vision is to be able to provide patients with the most cutting-edge, comprehensive expertise available to help them solve their fertility issues.

Today, Dr. Levin maintains a very active fertility and advanced reproductive surgical practice in the western suburbs of Chicago. His commitment to academic excellence and compassion can be readily seen in his personalized patient care plans and his attention to detail. Most importantly, as the father of two beautiful twin daughters, Dr. Levin never forgets the blessing of being a parent, and his goal remains to assist his patients to share in this joy by providing them with the best chance to have a family of their own.