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Boston IVF- The Portland Fertility Center
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Boston IVF- The Portland Fertility Center

Analyzed by inviTRA Staff
Last Update: 05/04/2020

Description

The fertility center Boston IVF was founded in 1986 and disposes of various consulation and laboratories throughout New England with another branches in New York, Indiana and Arizona.

At Boston IVF, there are a multidisciplinary team of fertility specialists, urologists, nurse practicioners and embryologists. As stated in their website, the physicians of Boston IVF are affiliated with The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard University's School of Medicine.

The center has also its own IVF laboratory and offers a variety of financing programs, fertility scholarships and grants for fertility treatments.

International patients are also attended at Boston IVF. Therefore, Boston IVF offers assistance by interpreters and concierge services to facilitate the stay abroad.

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

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

Available services

Financing Options Financing Options
Egg & Sperm Donation Egg & Sperm Donation
Psychological Support Psychological Support
In-house Laboratory In-house Laboratory
En-suite Recovery Rooms En-suite Recovery Rooms

Languages spoken

  • Arab
  • Catalan
  • Chinese
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • Galician
  • German
  • Italian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish

Available treatments

The following fertility treatments are available at Boston IVF Portland:

Embryo cryopreservation
Fertility preservation
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI
IUI with Donor Sperm
IUI with Partner's Sperm
IVF with Donor Eggs
IVF with Donor Sperm
Low medication IVF
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Boston IVF also provides for surrogacy and gender selection, since the country's legislation contemplates this technique.

Complementary techniques

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

  • Gender selection
  • Ovulation induction
  • Genetic Testing such as PGT-A and PGT-M
  • Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET)
  • Saline Infused Sonogram
  • Patient's education
  • Free Initital Appointment Credit (Only IVF)

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.

The treatment costs may vary significantly depending on the tests or techniques included or not, such as the seminogram, medication, fertility testing, medical visits, prolonged culture or embryo vitrification.

This Tool helps you to find out the exact costs of the different fertility clinics (what's included and what's not) and provides you with lots of useful tips for your first appointment.

Diagnostic treatments

At Boston IVF, it is also possible to perform the following diagnostic tests on men and women to find out the reason for infertility and establish the most appropriate treatment:

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 Boston IVF- The Portland Fertility Center in a year.

More information
Total Cycles with Fresh Eggs: 224 per year
Total Cycles with Frozen Eggs: 165 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
54.9%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
44.4%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
41.2%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
10.5%*
* Percentage extracted from 19 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
10%*
* Percentage extracted from 10 cases only

Cycles with Frozen Eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
60.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
59.5%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
53.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
30.8%*
* Percentage extracted from 13 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
50%*
* Percentage extracted from 2 cases only

Medical team

Ariel Mullen, PA
Ariel Mullen, PA
Physician Assistant
Fertility Practitioners
Carol Lesser, NP
Carol Lesser, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Fertility Practitioners
Dr. C. Brent Barrett, HCLD
Dr. C. Brent Barrett, HCLD
Chief Laboratory Director
Lab & Research
Dr. Carlos Simon, MD, PhD
Dr. Carlos Simon, MD, PhD
board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lab & Research
Dr. Denny Sakkas
Dr. Denny Sakkas
Scientific Director
Lab & Research
Dr. Robert Carrasquillo, MD
Dr. Robert Carrasquillo, MD
Board-certified Urologist
Dr. Steven Lazarou
Dr. Steven Lazarou
Board-certified Urologist
Dr. Werner Neuhausser i
Dr. Werner Neuhausser i
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Lab & Research
Elizabeth O’Shea, NP
Elizabeth O’Shea, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Fertility Practitioners
Julia Rzakhanov, RN
Julia Rzakhanov, RN
Director, 3rd Party Reproduction
Fertility Practitioners
Lea Paganelli, PA
Lea Paganelli, PA
Physician Assistant
Fertility Practitioners
Sandra Khirallah, RN
Sandra Khirallah, RN
Clinical Nurse Manager
Fertility Practitioners
Sharon Edwards, RN
Sharon Edwards, RN
Chief Operating Office
Fertility Practitioners
Susan Gordon-Pinnell, RN
Susan Gordon-Pinnell, RN
Director, Clinical Operations
Fertility Practitioners
Teryn Gorgone
Teryn Gorgone
Nurse Practicioner
Fertility Practitioners
Alan Penzias, MD
Alan Penzias, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Angela Leung, MD
Dr. Angela Leung, MD
Reproductive Fellow
Dr. Steven Bayer, MD
Dr. Steven Bayer, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Ben Lannon, MD
Dr. Ben Lannon, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Brian Berger, MD
Dr. Brian Berger, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Carla DiGirolamo, MD, PhD
Dr. Carla DiGirolamo, MD, PhD
double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Dr. David Ryley, MD
Dr. David Ryley, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Denis Vaughan, MD
Dr. Denis Vaughan, MD
Reproductive Fellow
Dr. Alice Domar, PhD
Dr. Alice Domar, PhD
Executive Director of the Domar Center
Dr. Emily Seidler, MD
Dr. Emily Seidler, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Jaimin Shah , MD
Dr. Jaimin Shah , MD
Reproductive Fellow
Dr. Kerri Luzzo, MD
Dr. Kerri Luzzo, MD
Double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Dr. Kim Thornton, MD
Dr. Kim Thornton, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Kristen Wright , MD
Dr. Kristen Wright , MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Lauren Murphy, MD
Dr. Lauren Murphy, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Merle Berger, MD
Dr. Merle Berger, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Michael Alper
Dr. Michael Alper
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Nina Resetkova, MD, MBA
Dr. Nina Resetkova, MD, MBA
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Dr. Rita Sneeringer, MD
Dr. Rita Sneeringer, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Samuel Pang, MD i
Samuel Pang, MD i
double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Samuel Pauli MD
Samuel Pauli MD
double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Dr. Thomas L. Toth, MD
Dr. Thomas L. Toth, MD
double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Dr. Vito Cardone, MD
Dr. Vito Cardone, MD
double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Reviews

The majority of the patient's experience on Google Business about Boston IVF are very positive.

Sarah, for example, was diagnosed with unexplained fertility. She and her husband tried for several years before going to Boston IVF. They were finally able to become parent to a girl. The patient describes the staff is knowledgeable, compassionate und understandig. Her experience was very positive and recommends the clinic. Elfie basically says the same. The doctors found out more than her previous doctor in the past 3 years. Another patient called Katie was also able to get pregnant and is parent to two children.

However, there are also negative comments from Nicole and Maria. Both are dissatisfied with the front desk receptionist whom they describe as rude. Nicole therefore wouldn't recommend the clinic because the way the receptionist talked to her ruined her experience.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

The vast majority of consultations and clinics of Boston IVF are situated in New England. However, we'll list only those located in New England who have their own IVF laboratory integrated.

Boston IVF - The Portland Fertility Center is located at 778 Main St, South Portland.

The nearest airport is Logan International Airport. From the airport, it will take you approx. 1h 40 minutes to the clinic via I-95 N.

Alternatively there are buses and trains to the clinic. However, this will take about 4 hours to get there.

Last Update: 05/04/2020