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Certified In-house Embryology Laboratory With Full-time Ph.D. and M.S. Embryologists Who Specialize in Infertility Treatment.
Suzanne Degelos, Ph. D., the Center’s full-time Laboratory Director, and David
Hickman, M.S., Embryologist, have the training and experience to take into account
sperm morphology (form and structure) during the sperm selection process and use
specialized equipment in in-vitro fertilization.
- Dr. Degelos is an andrologist by training and education. She focuses much of her attention
on the male factor side of IVF, which she states is controllable with ICSI (Intracytoplasmic
Sperm Injection) whereas egg quality is controlled by many different factors such as patient
diagnosis, stimulation response, estradiol (Estrogen) levels, etc.
- Dr. Degelos knows from research she participated in that embryo quality can be affected by sperm
quality. She and Embryologist David Hickman are strict in their semen analysis evaluation so The
Center’s physicians can make good sound judgments for the patients IVF/ICSI protocol. This also
allows them to schedule the proper amount of time for sperm selection.
- Mr. Hickman is an expert in embryo and egg cyopreservation. He has perfected his vitrification
procedure to produce an 80% survival rate on embryos with a 50% pregnancy rate.
- In addition to critical sperm evaluation for ICSI, the laboratory team is extensively trained in
Assisted Hatching (mainly used in older patients and poor quality embryos), Embryo Cryopreservation
and Blastomere Biopsy for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), donor egg and gestational
surrogacy.
- The Center provides on-site cryopreservation of embryos, eggs and sperm
- The Center provides testing facilities and services to referring physicians
- The Center’s embryologists provide high-quality, detailed semen analysis including strict sperm morphology
- The Center’s embryologists are specially trained in sperm selection and handling
- The Center operates its own on-site, certified embryology laboratory facilities. The Center
is the only fertility clinic in the area with a full-time Ph.D. embryologist dedicated to working
with the physicians and nurses to help patients achieve high success rates. The Center’s embryologists
are fully trained in assisted reproductive technologies including Intracytoplasmic Sperm
Injection, assisted hatching, egg and embryo cryoprservation and pre-implantation genetic
diagnosis. They provide instruction in embryology that helps couples understand their roles
in the process and how to carry them out and are available to answer questions.
- The Center’s laboratory is certified by The College of American Pathologists.
- The Center’s embryologists explain how they select sperm, select embryos, fertilize eggs to IVF
couples in laymen’s language.
- The Center’s embryologists provide time for individual questions during embryology classes and
are available to patients when needed.
- The Center’s embryologists answer phone and e-mail questions about embryology, sperm, eggs, the
IVF fertilization process, embryos.
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