Printable Biography of Alice Domar

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Alice D. Domar, PhD, is a pioneer in the application of mind/body medicine to women's health issues. She not only established the first Mind/Body Center for Women's Health, but also conducts ongoing ground-breaking research in the field. Her research focuses on the relationship between stress and different women's health conditions, and creating innovative programs to help women decrease physical and psychological symptoms.

The founder and director of the Mind/Body Center for Women's Health at Boston IVF, Dr. Domar has earned an international reputation as one of the country's top women's health experts. She has conducted research on infertility, breast cancer, menopausal symptoms, ovarian cancer, and premenstrual syndrome.

Dr. Domar has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments as an author, media authority, and sought-after public speaker. She is the author of numerous books, including the national bestseller Self-Nurture; Healing Mind, Healthy Woman; and Conquering Infertility, which was named by Publishers Weekly as “Best Book of 2002” in the health category. Dr. Domar is also the co-author of Six Steps to Increased Fertility and is the Series Editor for the new series of mind/body books by Harvard Medical Publications/Simon and Schuster. She is a columnist for Health magazine, on the advisory board for Parents magazine, and on the Board of Experts of LLuminari.

Dr. Domar has appeared on “Today,” “Good Morning America,” “CBS This Morning,” “Dateline NBC,” CNN and the CBS and NBC Evening News, to name a few. She presents lectures and conducts workshops throughout the US and around the world and went on tour with Oprah in the spring of 2004 and 2005 with the LLuminari team. Most recently, Dr. Domar was named to the prestigious list of 15 “Women to Watch in 2004” by Lifetime TV.

Dr. Domar received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Health Psychology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Ferkauf School of Professional Psychology of Yeshiva. Her post-doctoral training was at Beth Israel Hospital, Deaconess Hospital, and Children's Hospital, all in Boston. She is an Assistant Processor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, and a senior staff psychologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.