ALICE "ALI" D. DOMAR, PHD

Chief Compassion Officer at Inception Fertility

Director of the Inception Research Institute

A Senior staff psychologist Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Alice “Ali” Domar, Ph.D, is a health psychologist who focuses on the application of mind/body medicine to women's health issues. Her research focuses on the relationship between stress and infertility, with a focus on the impact of cognitive behavioral interventions as well as access to care and patient retention. She is also a practicing psychologist and does individual, couples, and group therapy.

She is the Chief Compassion Officer at Inception Fertility, the Director of the Inception Research Institute, a senior staff psychologist in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, part-time, at Harvard Medical School. She is a past-chair of the mental health professional group of ASRM. She has published dozens of studies in peer-reviewed medical and psychological journals on infertility, menopause, PMS, gynecological cancers, insomnia, pregnancy loss, and pre-operative surgical anxiety.

Dr. Domar is on the board for Parents Magazine and served ten years on the board of Resolve, the National Infertility Association. She is the narrator of the DVD’s “Stress and Relaxation Explained” and “Infertility Explained”. She is the author of seven books, including “Conquering Infertility” and the co-creator of the apps FertiCalm and FertiStrong. She is an editor for a textbook: “Patient-Centered Assisted Reproduction: How to Integrate Exceptional Care with Cutting-Edge Technology”, Cambridge University Press (Domar AD, Sakkas D, Toth,T), 2020. She is also the co-host of the podcast “Dear Infertility: Finding Calm When Trying is Trying” and an upcoming one called “Calming Conceptions”. Her latest book is called “Finding Calm for the Expectant Mom’.