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Luigi Mastroianni, Jr. (1925-2008) was an American gynecologist specializing in reproductive medicine. He played a significant role in the development of both effective contraception and assisted conception.

Mastroianni was born in 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut, where both of his parents worked as gynecologists. He studied zoology at his hometown university Yale (A.B. 1946) before training in medicine at Boston University (M.D. 1950). He was professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1965 until his retirement in 2006.

In 1989 he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine together with Sir Robert Edwards for contributions to the understanding of human infertility. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1993.

References

1. ^ "Dr. Mastroianni Jr., Pioneer in Reproductive Medicine". Retrieved 26 October 2018.
2. ^ "Professor Luigi Mastroianni Jr". King Faisal Prize. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
3. Strauss, Jerome F.; Tanaka, Toshinobu (20 May 2009). "Luigi Mastroianni, Jr., MD, MBE 1925-2008". Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 8 (2). Wiley: 45–46. doi:10.1007/s12522-009-0015-z. ISSN 1445-5781. PMC 5904603.

• 20th-century American physicians
• American gynecologists
• 1925 births
• 2008 deaths
• Physicians from New Haven, Connecticut