Our Physicians
Our Fertility Doctors
The physicians at Northeastern Reproductive Medicine look forward to getting to know you. We started NRM because we wanted to create a comfortable, confidential and friendly setting with convenient access to affordable fertility care. Our Vermont NRM team of doctors, nurses, and embryologists specializes in all forms of Assisted Reproductive Technology and reproductive surgery.
Peter Casson M.D., FACOG, FRCS(C)
Dr. Casson is a nationally recognized researcher, with over 60 peer-reviewed publications, multiple chapters, and long stints of NIH funding. His areas of expertise are Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, and androgens in women. In conjunction with Dr. Murray, Dr. Casson founded Northeastern Reproductive Medicine to focus on providing excellent, personal, compassionate, and affordable care to patients in Vermont and upstate New York. Dr. Casson is Board-Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He worked at Fletcher Allen Health Care for 15 years and was the REI Division Director for 5 years. As part of a national, multi-center Reproductive Medicine Network, Dr. Casson was instrumental in ground-breaking research including PCOS and primary infertility. To learn more about his recent work in the PPCOS II trial, click here. Dr Casson was recently elected to represent Vermont on the Executive Committee of the New England Fertility Society.
Christine Murray M.D., FACOG, FRCS(C)
Dr. Murray is a Board-Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility (REI) Specialist has spent 15 years in Vermont as an Academic Physician involved with the training of medical students, residents and fellows. Dr. Murray has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals including Human Reproduction, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Fertility and Sterility. She underwent OB/GYN residency training at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, followed by a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. From 1999-2014, Dr. Murray worked at Fletcher Allen Health Care and was an Associate Professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology. In addition to a busy clinical practice, Dr. Murray became Residency Program Director in 2004 and held that position for 8 years. Along with Dr. Casson, Dr. Murray decided to open NRM to bring affordable, comfortable care to patients in a warm environment. She specializes in IVF, robotic surgery, PCOS, and provides care to French-speaking patients. Dr. Murray was elected by her peers to serve on the HealthFirst Board Of Directors from 2014-2017, leading the effort to provide Vermonters community-based, accessible, effective, and personalized medical care.
Jennifer Keller Brown M.D., M.B.A, FACOG
Dr. Brown is a Board-Certified REI physician who joined the NRM family in January of 2015. Dr. Brown attended medical school at the University of Colorado and OB/GYN residency at St Joseph’s Hospital in Denver, CO. During her residency, Dr. Brown co-authored research performed at the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CCRM) in the areas of egg and embryo vitrification. While performing this research, Dr. Brown realized she could invest in her own future fertility, and have some sense of reproductive security by freezing her own eggs for potential future use. Today she works to educate the community about the option of Fertility Preservation for reproductive-age patients diagnosed with cancer and preparing for chemotherapy, or for women delaying conception for personal or social reasons. Dr. Brown completed her fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Fletcher Allen Health Care, where she performed research in PCOS, which was published and presented at national meetings. She then moved with her family to Denver, Colorado, where she worked at CCRM from 2012-2014, expanding her infertility practice and learning a tremendous amount by treating complex patients from all over the world. Dr. Brown specializes in reproductive surgery, Fertility Preservation, PCOS, and IVF with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. Dr. Brown was elected by reproductive endocrinologists across New England to be the President of the New England Fertility Society in 2019; she currently sits as the president-elect. Dr Brown was also elected by her peers in 2018 to represent independent practitioners in Vermont as an executive board member of Health First. Health First leads the medical community to provide Vermonters community-based, accessible, effective, and personalized medical care.
Emily Turner N.P.
Emily Turner is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) that joined our NRM team in May of 2021. She is a native Vermonter who earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Seton hall University. Emily returned to the green mountain state to work as an operating room nurse at UVMMC. In this role, she had vast expertise working across service lines from neurosurgery to general and GYN surgical procedures. Although she loved her surgical career, she decided to further her education and become a family nurse practitioner so she could establish relationships with patients of all different backgrounds. She obtained her Masters of Science in Nursing from Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts in 2020. Emily works with all of our patients here at NRM discussing diagnostic testing results, providing education on treatment cycles and coordinating care for patients. She takes great pride in furthering her education within the field to better serve our patients. When Emily is not at NRM you will find her spending time with family or out adventuring with her husband Ben and their two pugs, Charlotte and Meisha. Family is very important to Emily which is why she looks forward to working with you on building yours.
Jen Guglielmi N.P.
Jen Guglielmi is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner who has been working in fertility/women’s health space since 2008. She practiced many years in Philadelphia, PA in various roles and joined the NRM family recently in 2022 with a move to Vermont. Jen attended the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA for undergraduate then went onto Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA for her masters degree in Family Nurse Practitioner. Jen started out her nursing career in the US Army Nurse Corps where she was a medical/surgical nurse & labor and delivery nurse. She left the service honorably as a Captain and then went onto work in Philadelphia, PA at Society Hill Reproductive Medicine and Reproductive Medicine Associates of Philadelphia for numerous years. Jen has been a frequent contributor to the Delaware Valley Association of Neonatal Nurses (DVANN) “Baby Buzz” Podcast, enjoys precepting future nurse practitioner students and loves her volunteer work most recently with Black Doctors Covid Consortium (BDCC) in Philadelphia, PA. Today she enjoys working with all individuals to family build with special interest in fertility preservation and LGBTQIA health. When she is not working to help build families Jen enjoys spending time with her own family consisting of partner Keith, 6 year old son, and elder Boston Terrier dog Bunk. Jen is a self proclaimed “foodie” and thinks the cheese plates of Vermont rival that of Italy. Jen also loves to travel, do medical service missions with most recent to Haiti, enjoys good TV, and loves a good beer after a hike.
