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Center for Human Reproduction – CHR
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Center for Human Reproduction – CHR

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Last Update: 09/29/2022

Description

The Center for Human Reproduction, CHR, in the upper east side of New York City was founded in 1981 by Dr Norbert Gleicher. They offer a wide range of fertility services and assisted reproduction treatments to help their patients fulfil their dreams of becoming parents.

According to their wesbite they specialize in treating older patients and those that have been refused elsewhere because of age or low ovarian reserve, and those who have had multiple failed IVF cycles in other clinics.

CHR treats patients from the New York City Metropolitan area, US patients from out of state and also has a large number of international patients. They run a program especially for long-distance and international patients, providing telehealth appointments, online second opinion consultations, and coordinates with many IVF centres so that cycle monitoring and preparation can be conducted at a distance, requiring less travel.

This clinic has many different options for affording treatment, including mini-IVF (Eco-IVF), a discount IVF scheme for eligible patients, an IVF military discount for active duty personnel, shared cost IVF with a partial refund if treatment is unsuccessful, a multiple cycle IVF discount and shared egg donation options.

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

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

Fertility treatments

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

Embryo Adoption
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
Low medication IVF
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Reciprocal IVF

Although this center does not provide surrogacy, they do have contacts with several surrogacy programs that they work with.

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 the treatments indicated, the Center for Human reproduction has a multitude of complementary techniques that allow the personalization of fertility treatments to try and maximize the chances of pregnancy:

  • PESA and MESA.
  • TESE.
  • PGT-A for gender selection

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.

Diagnostic tests

In addition to all the treatments indicated in the previous section, CHR has the necessary technology to perform the following complementary techniques to increase the possibilities of success of the treatments as well as to establish the most appropriate treatment:

  • Female Fertility Testing.
  • Male Fertility Testing.
  • Second opinion program.
  • However, all this information has not been verified by the inviTRA specialists.

    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 CHR in a year.

    More information
    Fresh fertilization cycles: 413 per year
    Vitrified embryo cycles: 61 per year

    Pregnancy probability per transfer

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

    Fresh fertilization cycles

    Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
    24.2%
    Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
    11.5%
    Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
    19.4%
    Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
    18.6%
    Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
    7.6%

    Vitrified embryo cycles

    Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
    47.4%*
    * Percentage extracted from 19 cases
    Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
    21.1%*
    * Percentage extracted from 19 cases
    Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
    50.0%*
    * Percentage extracted from 6 cases
    Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
    42.9%*
    * Percentage extracted from 7 cases
    Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
    28.6%*
    * Percentage extracted from 7 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 CHR.

    More information
    Cycles with frozen embyros: 49 per year

    Pregnancy probability per transfer

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

    Frozen embryo transfer
    37.8%

    Medical team

    Norbert Gleicher MD, FACOG, FACS
    Norbert Gleicher MD, FACOG, FACS
    OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
    Medical director & Chief scientist
    David Barad, MD, MS, FACOG
    David Barad, MD, MS, FACOG
    OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
    Director of clinical ART & Senior scientist
    Lin Zhang, MD
    Lin Zhang, MD
    Embryologist
    Administrative laboratory supervisor
    Cari Nicholas-Farrell, PhD, MS
    Cari Nicholas-Farrell, PhD, MS
    Embryologist
    Clinical and scientific laboratory supervisor
    Min Yang, PhD
    Min Yang, PhD
    Embyrologist
    Huina Zhou
    Huina Zhou
    Clinical coordinator
    Maria Daskalakis
    Maria Daskalakis
    Clinical coordinator
    Ludmila Paunovic
    Ludmila Paunovic
    Medical assistant
    Brianna Vizcaino
    Brianna Vizcaino
    Medical assistant
    Jeanette Torres
    Jeanette Torres
    Coordinator
    Shuan-Yu CHen
    Shuan-Yu CHen
    Nurse coordinator
    Guy Ying
    Guy Ying
    Andrologist
    Jolanta Tapper-Tyszko
    Jolanta Tapper-Tyszko
    Chief operating officer

    Reviews

    The reviews of the Center for Human Reproduction found on the internet are mostly positive. In the following section, we are going to list some of the comments on Google Reviews:

    Amongst the reviews we can see the patient Jennifer who is very happy with Dr Gleicher and feels she is treated as an individual patient and not a statistic. Schala writes that she has had a great experience after switching from another clinic and mentiones several of the staff by name. She also likes the regular communication and their patient portal.

    If you would like to tell us about your experience with CHR, whether it was positive or negative, we encourage you to do so in our comment section.

    Location: how to get to the clinic?

    The Center for Human Reproduction is found in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

    The nearest subway station is 68th Street Hunter College, which is a short walk away on the corner of 68th Street and Lexington, served by lines 4 and 6.

    There are several bus stops on Madison Ave, which stop at the corner with 69th Street, with lines M1, M2, M3, M4 and M72 all stopping near the clinic.

    If you are using a private vehicle to get to the clinic, there are parking garages close to the clinic. THe 201E 69th Street garage is 3 blocks away near 3rd Avenue, and and Ipark garage on E67th Street next to Central Park.

    If you are arriving from further afield, John F Kennedey International airport is 18 miles away and Newark Liberty International is approximately 17 miles away.

Last Update: 09/29/2022