Dr. Wieckowski brings over 20 years’ experience to our Embryology Laboratory. He has been an active Embryologist and Laboratory Director to many programs over the years in New York, Massachusetts, Florida, and South Carolina.
Dr. Wieckowski completed his Bachelor of Science degree at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Dr. Wieckowski began his career in fertility working locally as a junior embryologist in the laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and IVF, in Western New York. This was under the guidance of his father, Dr. Jan Wieckowski. Settling in Charleston, SC after some time, Peter began his graduate work and earned his Ph.D. from The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. His doctoral research focused on the roles of gene expression in cell differentiation, and early embryo development. After graduate school Dr. Wieckowski was a laboratory supervisor and embryologist at Southeastern Fertility Center, and Laboratory Director at the Fertility Center of Charleston. Eventually returning to the Northeast, Dr. Wieckowski settled in New England and is the Laboratory Director of Fertility Centers of New England, just north of Boston.
Peter is particularly interested in cryopreservation technologies utilized in oocyte and embryo freezing and in pre-implantation genetic testing. His efforts resulted in the first live birth from a cryopreserved oocyte in South Carolina. Peter is certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis as a High Complexity Laboratory Director and is a New York State licensed Director of Laboratories. He is also an active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
When away from the lab Dr. Wieckowski enjoys time with his wife Jennifer and kids, Matthew, and Elizabeth. The family always enjoys the short trip back to the Buffalo from Boston to have the best wings and pizza on earth, and visit where everything began.