Meet Dr. Christo Zouves, MD
- Bio
- Education
- Professional Organizations
- Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Publications
- Areas of Special Interest and Accomplishment
HRC Fertility Silicon Valley is proud to welcome Christo Zouves, MD to our group of award-winning physicians. Dr. Zouves will begin seeing patients in 2025.
Dr. Christo Zouves brings more than 35 years of experience in the field of IVF, helping thousands of patients achieve their dreams on their journey to parenthood. As the Medical Director at Zouves Fertility Center (ZFC) now a part of HRC Fertility, he has cultivated a reputation throughout the Bay Area and Silicon Valley for his individualized, compassionate approach to IVF.
Dr. Zouves studied at the University of Cape Town before completing advanced residencies and fellowships in Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as General Surgery, at the Royal Colleges in London. He later moved to Canada, becoming Canadian Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology before further specializing in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Zouves served on the full-time faculty of the University of British Columbia in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility for seven years, during which time he acted as the Medical Director of the university’s IVF program.
For Dr. Zouves, it’s not just about science or medicine—it’s about changing lives. He says, “It still fills me with wonder and amazement every time we get an update on a birth, somebody going to preschool, to high school, or going onto college. This is not just a job, it’s a way to do something for a patient or a couple that is forever life-altering. To be able to touch the lives, the hopes, the aspirations of thousands of people; who could wish for anything more.”
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Zouves is the author of Expecting Miracles and has published extensively in leading medical journals such as Fertility and Sterility and the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology and Microbiology. His research continues to push the boundaries of reproductive medicine.
Dr. Zouves looks forward to continuing his work in the Silicon Valley location of Foster City, California.
Upcoming Events
March 2025
3/7/2025: Coffee Meet Up: AI in Women’s Fertility Wellness with Dr. Kay Waud
3/10/2025: Happy Hour: A Conversation on Women’s Health & Sexual Wellness
3/19/2025: Free AMH Testing Event in Newport Beach with Dr. Lisa Becht
3/25/2025: Free AMH Testing Event in Beverly Hills with Dr. Sasha Hakman
- University of British Columbia – Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology
- Royal Colleges in London – Advanced residencies and fellowships in Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as General Surgery
- University of Cape Town
- Canadian Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Member Royal College OB/GYN, London, England
- Fellow Royal College Surgeons, London, England
- Fellow Royal College Surgeons of Canada
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
- American Medical Association
- California Medical Association
- Santa Clara County Medical Association
- San Mateo County Medical Association
- Bioethics Committee Member/San Mateo County Medical Association
For the latest publications, please visit view the scientific publications on the Zouves Foundation for Reproductive Medicine website.
2025
Single Freeze-Thaw Cycle Imposes Strong Selection For Euploidy In Human Embryos
In preparation
Single-cell Transcriptomics of Post implantation Embryos: Unveiling Aneuploidy Effects and Lineage Dynamics
Pre-print
2023
Chromosomal, Gestational, and Neonatal Outcomes of Embryos Classified as Mosaic by Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy
Fertility and Sterility, 2023. Selected as a ‘Seminal Contribution’.
Two Clinical Case Reports of Embryonic Mosaicism Identified with PGT-A Persisting During Pregnancy as True Fetal Mosaicism
Human Reproduction, 2023.
2022
SARS-CoV-2 Can Infect Human Embryos
Scientific Reports, 2022.
2021
Haplotype-Aware Inference Of Human Chromosome Abnormalities
PNAS, 2021.
Using Outcome Data From One Thousand Mosaic Embryo Transfers To Formulate An Embryo Ranking System For Clinical Use
Fertility and Sterility, 2021.
Let The Data Do The Talking: The Need To Consider Mosaicism During Embryo Selection
Fertility and Sterility, 2021.
2020
Preimplantation Genetic Testing For Chromosomal Abnormalities: Aneuploidy, Mosaicism, And Structural Rearrangements
Genes, 2020.
2019
Estimating Demand For Germline Genome Editing: An In Vitro Fertilization Clinic Perspective
The CRISPR Journal, 2019.
Births From Embryos With Highly Elevated Levels Of Mitochondrial DNA
Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 2019.
One Hundred Mosaic Embryos Transferred Prospectively In A Single Clinic: Exploring When And Why They Result In Healthy Pregnancies
Fertility and Sterility, 2019.
Assessment Of Aneuploidy Concordance Between Clinical Trophectoderm Biopsy And Blastocyst
Human Reproduction, 2019.
2017
Is MtDNA Quantitation Of Trophectoderm Cells Predictive Of Blastocyst Development Competence And Outcome In Clinical IVF?
Journal of Assisted Reproductive Medicine, 2017.
Accurate Quantitation Of Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Uniform Levels In Human Blastocysts Irrespective Of Ploidy, Age, Or Implantation Potential.
Fertility and Sterility, 2017. Selected as a ‘Seminal Contribution’.
My area of special interest lies in human reproduction and treatment of infertility. More specifically, I am involved with human in vitro fertilization and the various factors that may affect the outcome of the process, including variables in ovulation induction, methods of oocyte retrieval, cryopreservation of human embryos, as well as the cytogenetic analysis of human oocytes and embryos.
In addition, I am also interested in the immunology of pregnancy loss and the role of immunotherapy in patients with unexplained infertility. I am also involved with the investigation and treatment of paraplegic male infertility in conjunction with Dr. George Szasz and Dr. Stacy Elliot in the Department of Sexual Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Endoscopic surgery as it pertains to the treatment of ectopic pregnancy as well as other pelvic and adnexal disease is another area of special interest and accomplishment.
Medical treatment of retained trophoblastic tissue after conservative ectopic pregnancy treatment and definitive treatment of ectopic pregnancy using intra amniotic injection of methotrexate.
HRC Fertility – Silicon Valley (Now Open!)
1241 East Hillsdale Blvd.
Ste 100
Foster City, CA 94404
New Location
Current Patients: 415-869-6615
New Patients: 866-472-4483