Meet Our Clinic Staff

Marsha Jan Gorrill, M.D. ,
attended the University of Miami Medical School and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin.  She completed her fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.  Her first faculty position was at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.  She joined the faculty at the Oregon Health Sciences University in 1992. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and is presently the Medical Director of OHSU Fertility Consultants and Director of the In Vitro Fertilization Program. Dr. Gorrill's special interest is in working with patients considering third-party reproduction and in egg banking.  She is establishing a clinical program to help cancer survivors restore their fertility status. She is also investigating, in collaboration with the Cancer Care Center at the Oregon Health & Science University, the effects of Gleevec® (imatinib mesylate) on fertility potential.

Phillip Edward Patton, M.D. , graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana in l980. Dr. Patton became an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oregon Health Science University in l986 and an associate professor l992. He was promoted to Professor in 2000. Dr. Patton is a collaborative scientist at Oregon Regional Primate Research Center and has published numerous articles on a variety of infertility topics. He has nearly two decades of experience in treating patients with infertility. His special interests include the treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss, reproductive anomalies, the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and ICSI with IVF. 

David Lee, M.D. , graduated from Harvard University in 1987, attended Dartmouth Medical School from 1989-91, and then graduated from Yale University School of Medicine in 1993. He completed an internship and residency in the Department of OB/GYN at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1997. That same year, he became a Clinical Fellow in the Division of Reproductive and Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Lee is a member of the AMA, ACOG, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, among others. Dr. Lee will be continuing to develop an ovarian cryopreservation program which was an interest of his during his fellowship which he completed in June 2000, and he will work with Dr. Don Wolf at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center. His clinical expertise is in operative laparoscopy and pediatric gynecology with special interest in intersex disorders and tubal surgery.

Paula Amato, M.D. , is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist. She became a faculty member at OHSU in July 2007, as an Adjunct Associate Professor, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.   She received her M.D. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Canada, in 1989, and then went on to complete a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1994.  After completing a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of California-San Diego in 1997, she began her career as an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of OB/GYN, at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine.  In 2000, she relocated to Houston, TX, to become an Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, and remained there until beginning at OHSU.  She is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, North American Menopause Society, Endocrine Society, amongst others.  She specializes in treating patients with infertility, menopausal issues, and reproductive endocrine disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis.

Kenneth A. Burry, M.D. , has been appointed as acting Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine in l968 and became a faculty member of Oregon Health Sciences University in l976, after serving as a physician in Vietnam. In l982, Dr. Burry became director of Oregon Reproductive Research and Fertility Program at OHSU. He is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Burry is past president of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society. His special area of interest and clinical expertise is in working with patients with endometriosis, menopause, and those seeking IVF treatment.

David E. Battaglia, Ph.D. comes to OHSU with over 20 years of experience with the biology of oocytes and fertilization.  He graduated from Oregon State University in 1977, received a Masters degree in Reproductive Biology at the University of Hawaii in 1978, and a Ph.D. in Biological Structure at the University of Washington in 1986.  He was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington from 1986-90 and subsequently joined the faculty in Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Minnesota in 1990.  Dr. Battaglia, joined the faculty in OBGYN at the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor and Director of the In Vitro fertilization laboratory in 1992.  He became an Associate Professor in that department in 1997.  Dr. Battaglia is board certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis and has extensive experience with advancements in clinical laboratories and in vitro fertilization procedures.  His research has examined many aspects of fertilization biology from sea urchins to humans.  His current interests focus on the effects of maternal aging on oocyte biology, in addition to advancing technologies surrounding oocyte and ovarian freezing.