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Description
The Columbia Fertility Associates is a fertility clinic on the east coast with locations in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Clinical Director Safa Rifka works with a multidisciplinary team of fertility specialists, and, among the clinic installations, they also have their own IVF laboratory in order to carry out all fertility treatments in the clinic.
Apart from this, Columbia Fertility Associates provides fertility financing programs by granting loans and special discounts for military members. The staff also helps out-of-town patients with finding accommodations and offer medical assistance in various foreign languages.
However, all of this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.
If you need information on how to get to the clinic, either by public or private transportation, you can access this link.
What treatments do they perform?
The fertility treatments performed at the Columbia Fertility Associates are listed in the table below.
This clinic also offers surrogacy services since the country's legislation allows this treatment.
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.
Complementary techniques
In addition to the treatments indicated, Columbia Fertility Associates has a multitude of complementary techniques that allow us to personalize fertility treatments and try to maximize the chances of pregnancy:
- Ovulation induction.
- Assisted hatching.
- PICSI.
- Blastocyst culture.
It is advisable to ask in the clinic what the costs are for these techniques before starting the treatment in order to avoid surprises in the budget.
Diagnostic tests
Before determining the appropriate assisted reproduction treatment, the following diagnostic studies can be performed at the Columbia Fertility Associates according to the information on its website:
- Male fertility testing.
- Female fertility testing.
- Semen analysis.
- Gynecological exams.
- Genetic testing.
- Recurrent pregnancy loss treatment.
- PCOS & endometriosis treatment.
- Sonogram & ultrasound testing.
However, all of this information could not be 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.
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
Cycles with frozen eggs
IVF with egg donation
Realized cycles
Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.
Pregnancy probability per transfer
Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.
Reviews
The majority of the reviews about Columbia Fertility Associates found on the internet are excellent. Below, we show an excerpt from the Google Business reviews.
Alison, for example, tells about her first consultation. Dr. Sacks explained everything in a comprehensive manner. She also liked his personal approach and compassion towards each patient. Also, Danielle switched from a different fertility center to Columbia Fertility Associates and is happy about her decision.
Patient Floyd coincides with the statements above and describes Dr. Sacks as professional and thorough. She also liked that the doctor consults every new patient form prior to the first consultation.
These comments refer to the location in Washington, DC.
Medical team
Location: how to get to the clinic?
As stated above, Columbia Fertility Associates is distributed on the east coast and has locations in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Below, we will comment on how to get to each of the centers.
Columbia Fertility Associates Washington DC
This location is located on 2240 M Street Northwest Suite 401 in Washington, DC 20037.
The nearest airport is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and it takes 10 minutes to get to the clinic taking George Washington Memorial Pkwy.
Columbia Fertility Associates Bethesda
The Bethesda clinic is located at 10215 Fernwood Road Suite 301A Bethesda, MD 20817.
From the Maryland Airport, it takes approximately 53 minutes via MD-210 N and I-495 S to get to the clinic.
Columbia Fertility Associates Arlington
Columbia Fertility Associates Arlington can be found at 1005 North Glebe Road Suite 470, Arlington, VA 22201.
The Ronald Reagon Washington National Airport is a 15-minutes drive via Geroge Washington Memorial Pkwy to the fertility clinic.
2440 M Street NW Suite 401 Washington, DC 20037, USA
