Thomas Molinaro, M.D.

Reproductive Endocrinologist at RMA of New Jersey

RMA New Jersey

Biography

Dr. Thomas A. Molinaro, MD, MSCE is an attending physician at Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey where he serves as lead physician of Eatontown office and Clinical Assistant Professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Molinaro graduated from Loyola College in Maryland and then pursued a Masters in Physiology from Georgetown University.

He went on to graduate medical school at New Jersey Medical School and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Pennsylvania. During fellowship, Dr. Molinaro completed a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology through an NIH sponsored grant. While at the University of Pennsylvania he was awarded the Mikuta Award for Professionalism in Medicine as well as the Touchstone Award for excellence in research. Upon graduating from Fellowship, he joined Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey as an attending physician.

Dr. Molinaro is double board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He serves as Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Reproductive Genetics and Fertility and Sterility

BS	Loyola College, MD (1996)
MS	Georgetown University (1997)
MD	New Jersey Medical School (2002)
MSCE	University of Pennsylvania (2009)
Residency	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2006)
Fellowship	University of Pennsylvania (2009)

Honors and recognition

ASRM Star Award	2019
Monmouth Medical Center APGO Excellence in Teaching Award 2015	2015
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists GYN Practice Subcomittee on Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility	2011-2014
Joseph Touchstone Award for Excellence in Research in Reproduction & Women’s Health	2009
Awarded By The Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania	2009
Outstanding Reviewer Recognition	2009
Awarded By Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	2009
John J. Mikuta Award for Excellence in Professionalism in Women’s Health	2008
Department of OBGYN, Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA	2008
T-32 Reproductive Epidemiology Training Grant: 5-T32-HD007440-12	07/07-06/09
Awarded By The National Institutes of Health and The Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at The University of Pennsylvania	07/07 – 06/09
Administrative Chief Resident	06/05 – 06/06
Awarded By Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology	06/05 – 06/06
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA	06/05 – 06/06
Summer Cancer Research Training Award	06/99 – 08/99
Awarded By The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD	06/99 – 08/99
Pre-Doctoral Cancer Research Training Award	06/97 – 08/98
Awarded By National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD	06/97 – 08/98

Publications

When next-generation sequencing-based preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) yields an inconclusive report: diagnostic results and clinical outcomes after re biopsy.
Neal SA Sun L Jalas C Morin SJ Molinaro T Scott RT
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s10815-019-01550-6. [Epub ahead of print]

Patients with endometriosis have aneuploidy rates equivalent to their age-matched peers in the IVF population
Juneau C Kraus E Werner MD Franasiak JM Morin SJ Patounakis G Molinaro T de Ziegler D Scott RT
Fertil Steril, 108: 284-288, 2017.

Patients with endometriosis have aneuploidy rates equivalent to their age-matched peers in the in vitro fertilization population.
Juneau C Kraus E Werner MD Franasiak JM Morin SJ Patounakis G Molinaro T De Ziegler D Scott RT
Fertil Steril, 108(2):284-288, 2017.

Patients with endometriosis have aneuploidy rates equivalent to their age-matched peers in the in vitro fertilization population.
Juneau C Kraus E Werner MD Franasiak JM Morin SJ Patounakis G Molinaro T De Ziegler D Scott RT
Fertil Steril. 2017 Jun 23. pii: S0015-0282(17)30421-1. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.05.038. [Epub ahead of print]

Sequential versus Monophasic Media Impact Trial (SuMMIT): a paired randomized controlled trial comparing a sequential media system to a monophasic medium.
Werner MD Hong KH Franasiak JM Forman EJ Reda CV Molinaro T
Fertil Steril 2016.

Embryonic aneuploidy does not differ among genetic ancestry according to continental origin as determined by ancestry informative markers.
Franasiak JM Olcha M Shastri S Molinaro T Congdon H Treff NR Scott RT
HumReprod, 31(10):2391-5, 2016

CYP1A1 3801T>C polymorphism implicated in altered xenobiotic metabolism is not associated with variations in sperm production and function as measured by total motile sperm and fertilization rates wit
Franasiak JM Barnett R Molinaro T Gabriele D Gartmond TD Treff NR Scott RT
Fertil Steril. 106(2):481-6, 2016.

Genotypically determined ancestry across an infertile population: ovarian reserve and response parameters are not influenced by continental origin.
Olcha M Franasiak JM Shastri S Molinaro T Congdon H Treff NR Scott RT
Fertil Steril, 106(2):475-80. 2016.

Free vitamin D does not vary through the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle.
Franasiak JM Wang X Molinaro T Green K Sun W Werner MD Juneau CR Scott RT
Endocrine, 53(1):322-6, 2016.

Following declining human chorionic gonadotropin values in pregnancies of unknown location: when is it safe to stop?
Cameron KE Senapati S Sammel MD Chung K Takacs P Molinaro T Barnhart KT
Fertil Steril, 105(4):953-7, 2016.

Free vitamin D does not vary through the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle.
Franasiak JM Wang X Sun W Molinaro T Green K Werner MD Juneau C Morin SJ Scott RT
Endocrine 53:322-6, 2016.

Blastocyst transfer is not associated with increased rates of monozygotic twins when controlling for embryo cohort quality.
Franasiak JM Dondik Y Molinaro T Hong KH Forman EJ Werner MD
Fertil Steril 2015;103(1):95–100.

Vitamin D levels do not affect IVF outcomes following the transfer of euploid blastocysts.
Franasiak JM Molinaro T Dubell EK Scott KL Ruiz AR Forman EJ Werner MD
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015;212(3):315.e1–6.

Vitamin D levels do not impact IVF outcomes following the transfer of a euploid blastocyst. Reply to Letter.
Franasiak JM Molinaro T Scott RT
Am J Obstet Gynecol, 212:413, 2015.

Defining the “sweet spot” for administered luteinizing hormone-to-follicle-stimulating hormone gonadotropin ratios during ovarian stimulation to protect against a clinically significant late follicula
Werner MD Forman EJ Hong KH Franasiak JM Molinaro T Scott RT
Fertil Steril 2014;102(5):1312–7.

A decrease in serum estradiol levels after human chorionic gonadotrophin administration predicts significantly lower clinical pregnancy and live birth rates in in vitro fertilization cycles.
Kondapalli LA Molinaro T Sammel MD Dokras A
Hum Reprod. 2012 Sep;27(9):2690-7

Donor Sperm Insemination Cycles: Are Two Inseminations Better Than One?
Chavkin D Molinaro T Roe A Sammel M Dokras A.
J Androl. 2011 Jun 2.

Ovarian stimulation and low birth weight in newborns conceived through in vitro fertilization.
Kalra SK Ratcliffe SJ Coutifaris C Molinaro T Barnhart KT
Obstet Gynecol, 118(4):863-71, 2011

Pregnancy of unknown location: a consensus statement of nomenclature, definitions, and outcome
Barnhart K van Mello NM Bourne T Kirk E Van Calster B Bottomley C Chung K Condous G Goldstein S Hajenius PJ Mol BW Molinaro T O'Flynn O'Brien KL Husicka R Sammel M Timmerman D
Fertil Steril. 2010 Oct 12.

Does a prediction model for pregnancy of unknown location developed in the UK validate on a US population?
Barnhart KT Sammel MD Appleby D Rausch M Molinaro T Van Calster B Kirk E Condous G Van Huffel S Timmerman D Bourne T
Hum Reprod, 25(10):2434-40, 2010.

A Strict Infertility Diagnosis Has Poor Agreement with the Clinical Diagnosis Entered Into SART.
Molinaro T Shaunik A Lin K Sammel M Barnhart KT
Fertil Steril, 92(6): 2088-90, 2009.

Prediction of location of a nonviable pregnancy when ultrasound is nondiagnostic.
Shaunik A Kulp J Molinaro T Appleby D Sammel MD Barnhart K
OP35.04: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 34(S1):175, 2009.

The Menstrual Cycle. The National Medical Series for Independent Study.
Molinaro T Gracia CR
6th ed. S. Pfeifer (eds.). Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 19: 205-214, 2008.

Amenorrhea. The National Medical Series for Independent Study.
Molinaro T Gracia CR
6th ed. S. Pfeifer (eds.). Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 20: 215-226, 2008.

In Vitro Fertilization and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome.
Kansal Kalra S Molinaro T
Semin Reprod Med, 26 (5):423-35, 2008.

Pelvic Pain. The National Medical Series for Independent Study
Molinaro T Tureck RT
6th ed. S. Pfeifer (eds.). Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 22: 215-226, 2008.

Ectopic Pregnancies in Unusual Locations.
Molinaro T Barnhart KT
Semin Reprod Med, 25(2):123-30, 2007.

Abdominal pregnancy, cesarean scar pregnancy, and heterotopic pregnancy.
Molinaro T Barnhart KT
UpToDate, Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2007.

Genomic instability in gadd45-deficient mice.
Hollander MC Sheikh MS Bulavin D Lundgren K Zhan Q Henmueller L Sheehy R Molinaro T Kim KE Tolosa E Ashwell JD Rosenberg M S-Fernandez P Morgan
Nature Genetics 23:176-184, 1999.

Tuers E Molinaro T Bergh PA Meghan K Pierce McKenna Wilson P-778 INCREASED INCIDENCE OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY IN IN VITRO (IVF) PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENED EUPLOID EMBRYOS. Presented at 76th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Virtual congress, October 17-21,2020

Reig A Morin SJ Goodman LR Franasiak JM Molinaro T Scott RT Werner MD Discordant follicle-stimulating hormone and anti-mullerian hormone and the prediction of euploid blastocyst yield. Presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 6-10, 2018

Thomas Molinaro, M.D.

Biography

Education and Training

Honors and recognition

Publications

Presentations