Dr. Keith Isaacson

Keith Isaacson is currently director of the residency and fellowship for minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and infertility at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and clinical director for MIT’s Center for Gynepathology Research.
Isaacson is a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist with over 37 years of experience in the medical field. Originally from Atlanta, he graduated cum laude from Tulane University with honors in biology in 1979 and attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia. He finished his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana and completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently board certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and General Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Isaacson was the Division Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1991 until 2001. In the fall of 2001, he moved to open the Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Infertility at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.


Dr. Isaacson is the past president of the Society of Reproductive Surgeons (SRS) and the past president (2012) of the American Association of Gynecologic Surgeons (AAGL). He served as the President of the AAGL/SRS Fellowship Board of Directors and on the Board of Directors of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons. His recent awards include the Distinguished Surgeon Award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine in 2013 and the John F. Steege Mentorship Award from AAGL (2020). Dr. Isaacson has focused his clinical career in advanced hysteroscopic and laparoscopic procedures in women wishing to maintain their reproductive potential. He has over 100 peer reviewed publications, numerous textbook chapters, and has edited two textbooks on laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery.