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Reproductive Medicine & Infertility Associates (RMIA)
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Reproductive Medicine & Infertility Associates (RMIA)

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Last Update: 07/18/2022

Description

Reproductive Medicine & Infertility Associates (RMIA) is a fertility center offering a wide variety of fertility treatments and surgeries. They are based in the Twin Cities metro area and serve patients from their Woodbury and Edina Clinics.

Established in 1999, RMIA has as surrocacy program, and offers services with egg donation or embryo donation if the case requires.

However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.

If you want to know how to get to the clinic click here.

Fertility treatments

Below, you'll find a table with all the fertility treatments offered by RMIA:

Embryo cryopreservation
Fertility preservation
Frozen Embryo Transfer
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI
IUI with Donor Sperm
IUI with Partner's Sperm
IVF with Donor Egg & Donor Sperm
IVF with Donor Eggs
IVF with Donor Sperm
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Reciprocal IVF
Sperm freezing

Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates also offer a surrogacy program, as the country´s legislation permits this treatment. They also offer LGBTQ+ family building options.

If you're still unsure which fertility treatment is right for you and would like to know more about it, we suggest you read on here: Fertility Treatment Overview.

In assisted reproduction, like any medical treatment, it is necessary for you to trust the professionalism of the doctors and the clinic you choose.

This Tool generates you a personalized report with all information necessary about the treatment you will need. Besides, there is a list of clinics in your area which we have chosen based on our selection criteria with their budget plan included. Last but not least, you will find a series of useful tips for your first clinic visit.

Complementary techniques

In addition to all the treatments indicated in the previous section, RMIA has the necessary technology to perform the following complementary techniques in order to increase the possibilities of success of the treatments:

Diagnostic tests

At RMAI it is also possible to perform the following diagnostic tests in order to find out the cause of sterility and establish the most appropriate treatment:

  • Female Fertility Testing.
  • Male Fertility Testing.

Success rates

This data has been collected by the American CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in the year 2016. Directly comparing pregnancy rates between different clinics can lead to mistakes.

IVF/ICSI

Realized cycles

Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.

The CDC stipulates both the total number of cycles realized per clinic in general and number of cycles performed by the patient's age group: under 35 years, between 35-37 years, between 38-40 years, between 41-42 years and above 43 years.

This is the total number of performed cycles by RMIA in a year.

More information
Total cycles with Fresh Eggs: 436 per year
Total cycles with Frozen Eggs: 232 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Cycles with Fresh Eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
56.0%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
56.0%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
40.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
35.0%
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
40.0%*
* Percentage extracted from 5 cases

Cycles with Frozen Eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
43.4%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
43.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
53.8%*
* Percentage extracted from 13 cases
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
18.2%*
* Percentage extracted from 11 cases
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
66.7%*
* Percentage extracted from 3 cases

IVF with egg donation

Realized cycles

Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.

In regards to egg donation cycles, these are the ranges of annual cycles carried out by RMIA.

More information
Total cycles with fresh embryos: 1 per year
Total cycles with frozen embryos: 35 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Fresh embryo transfer
% - 0.0%*
* Percentage extracted from 1 case
Frozen embryo transfer
% - 26.5%

Medical team

Jacques Stassart, M.D.
Jacques Stassart, M.D.
OB / GYN
IVF program director.
Phoebe H Leonard, M.D.
Phoebe H Leonard, M.D.
Reproductive endocrinologist, OB / GYN
Medical director
Jani R, Jensen, M.D.
Jani R, Jensen, M.D.
Reproductive endocrinologist, OB / GYN
Tana Kim, M.D.
Tana Kim, M.D.
OB / GYN
G. David Ball, Ph.D., BSc.
G. David Ball, Ph.D., BSc.
HCLD
Laboratory director
Michelle Valentine, APRN, CNP
Michelle Valentine, APRN, CNP
Nurse

Reviews

The reviews for the Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates found on the internet are mostly positive with some negative comments. In the following section, we are going to list some of the comments on Google Reviews:

On the positive side we can see patients that recommend RMIA. K D says that all the staff are kind and caring, and that they made a difficult process easier for her. Christine is in agreement with this stating that the cheerful staff made them supported and optimistic.

On the negative side, C.Rogers is concerned about communication with the clinic and the length of time to start and continue her treatment. However, she does agree with other reviews that the staff are friendly and caring.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

As we have previously mentioned, RMIA has two centers in Minnesota. To follow we give a brief description of each location.

RMIA Woodbury

The Woodbury clinic can be found in the Woodbury Medical Arts building, just 1/4 from the Woodwinds Hospital. It is located of I-494 and has off-street parking available.

RMIA Edina

The Edina clinic is located in the Southdale Medical Arts building, adjacent to the Fairview Southdale Hosptial. You can access it from Highway 62 and France Avenue. The Southdale hospital has a parking lot and you may find off-street parking outside the clinic.

Last Update: 07/18/2022