Dr. Shvetha Murthy Zarek, M.D.

I am Dr. Zarek ("Zair-eck") and I serve as the Medical and Practice IVF Director of Oma Fertility in St. Louis. I am a second generation doctor and a proud daughter of immigrants. I became a mother in medical school and found my North Star. My life’s mission is to support folks in becoming parents and provide them with the best possible fertility experience.

For over 15 years, particularly in the Midwest, our team have supported patients with their fertility journeys. During that time, we were saddened that no matter how hard our team worked to soothe the physical and psychological ache of infertility, there was one especially painful thorn that I could not remove: the extraordinary cost of fertility treatment.

I joined the Oma Team because we all share the same goal: to provide accessible, highly successful and unparalleled fertility patient care.

I am a specialist in IVF, ovulation induction techniques, PCOS, male factor infertility, and third party reproduction. Oma Fertility welcomes all backgrounds.

Before joining Oma Fertility, I was the Director of IVF and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of Missouri. I am super grateful to be recognized by my incredibly talented colleagues as a St. Louis Magazine Top Doctor, Best in Missouri Life Magazine Top Doctor, and a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. I also serve as President of the Board of Directors and Speaker for Girls in the Know of St. Louis, a local empowerment and education non-profit for pre-teen girls.

I married my college sweetheart and we are ardent alumni supporters of our alma mater, Georgetown University. Hoya Saxa! The best role of all, of course, is being “Mom”, to two sons, two daughters and two rescue German Shepherds, Mona and Tiff. I am proud to say they are also huge fans of the Blues #lgb, “I Love Lucy”, old school hip hop, books, and world travel. They also inherited a usually useless and rather encyclopedic interest in celebrity gossip which only comes in handy for Trivia Nights.

While all the leadership positions, publications and awards are awesome, the best gift of all is seeing our beloved patients become doting parents and to witness all their doubts and struggles melt away when they meet their little one. We love babies and love watching them grow up to be amazing humans!