Analyzed by Romina Packan (invitra staff).

Last Update: 08/25/2020

Contents

1.
Description
2.
Fertility treatments
2.1.
Diagnostic tests
3.
Success rates
3.1.
IVF/ICSI
3.2.
IVF with egg donation
4.
Medical team
5.
Reviews
6.
Location: how to get to the clinic?
6.1.
Laurel Fertility Care San Francisco
6.2.
Laurel Fertility Care Modesto

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Description

Laurel Fertility Care is a private fertility clinic located in California, USA. The center is based in San Francisco and Modesto, both in the state of California.

Laurel Fertility Care has a laboratory and a multidisciplinary team of professionals to carry out the assisted reproduction techniques they offer their patients. This center also includes a surrogacy service.

In addition, and according to the information published on its website, Laurel Fertility Care has financing options to help its patients pay their fertility treatments. However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.

Find out how to get to the clinic by clicking here.

Fertility treatments

The fertility treatments performed at Laurel Fertility Care are listed in the table below.

Fertility preservation

In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI

IUI with Donor Sperm

IUI with Partner's Sperm

Low medication IVF

Laurel Fertility Care also provides surrogacy since the country's legislation allows this technique.

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 tests

The following diagnostic tests can also be performed at Laurel Fertility Care on both men and women to find out the reason for infertility:

Female Fertility Testing.
Male Fertility Testing.
Semen Analysis.
Pelvic Surgery.

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.

More information

Total cycles with fresh eggs: 70 per year

Total cycles with frozen eggs: 133 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

46.9%

Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old

60%*

* Percentage extracted from 10 cases only

Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old

0%*

* Percentage extracted from 5 cases only

Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old

25%*

* Percentage extracted from 4 cases only

Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old

0%*

* Percentage extracted from 4 cases only

Cycles with frozen eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old

63.3%

Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old

53.6%

Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old

51.7%

Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old

57.1%*

* Percentage extracted from 14 cases only

Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old

66.7%*

* Percentage extracted from 3 cases only

IVF with egg donation

Realized cycles

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

More information

Total cycles with fresh embryos: 2 per year

Total cycles with frozen embryos: 18 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

50%*

* Percentage extracted from 2 cases only

Frozen Embryo Transfer

52.9%*

* Percentage extracted from 17 cases only

Medical team

Collin Smikle, MD, FACOG

Medical Director

Geraldine Ekpo, MD, FACOG

Infertility Specialist

Devin, Monahan, BS, MS

Embryologist

Natalie LaRosa, RN

Clinical Coordinator

Donna Damo, RN, BSN

Clinical Coordinator

Marlane Angle, PhD

IVF Laboratory Director

Reviews

Most of the comments found online about Laurel Fertility Care San Francisco are positive. Below are some reviews from Google Business.

For example, user Arsineh reports that she achieved a successful AI and was able to have her baby. She thanks Dr. Smikle and the entire clinic team for achieving the pregnancy. She concurs with patient Leslie, who is thinking about starting another treatment. In addition, client Anna states that all of the clinic staff are friendly and answer all of the questions.

Reviews on Laurel Fertility Care

Location: how to get to the clinic?

As mentioned above, Laurel Fertility Care has two locations in the state of California. The location of each is described below.