Michael H. Jacobs, M.D. - Medical Director

Dr. Michael H. Jacobs is the Medical Director of the Fertility & IVF Center. He is Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. 

Dr. Jacobs completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City in 1983, and his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. 

Dr. Jacobs worked in private practice in Berkeley, California and served as Associate Medical Director of the Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco, California, prior to establishing the Fertility & IVF Center of Miami, in 1991.

Fernando M. Akerman, M.D. - Associate Director

Dr. Fernando M. Akerman is the Associate Director of the Fertility & IVF Center of Miami.

He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1997, and his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Louisville, Kentucky in 1999.

Dr. Akerman is Board Certified in Ob/Gyn and is Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He is a native of Argentina and is fluent in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Dr. Akerman assumed the position of Associate Director in 1999.

Armando E. Hernandez-Rey, M.D.

Dr. Hernandez-Rey has presented his work at numerous national and international meetings, and has served as Principal Investigator and co- investigator in multiple National Institute of Health funded studies. He serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for the prestigious peer reviewed journal Fertility & Sterility, and has published several articles and chapters in the medical literature.

His interests are primarily Fertility Preservation in Cancer (and patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and in Reproductive Surgery.

Jeffrey J. Knickerbocker, Ph.D. - Laboratory Director

Dr. Jeffrey J. Knickerbocker is a Certified Andrologist, Embryologist and High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director. He earned a Master's Degree in Embryology at Clemson University in 1979, a Ph.D. degree in Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology at the University of Florida in 1985.

In 1989, Dr. Knickerbocker completed a National Institute of Health Fellowship in Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology at Colorado State University

Dr. Knickerbocker joined the team at the Fertility & IVF Center of Miami in 1999.