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Loma Linda University Center for Fertility

Analyzed by (invitra staff).
Last Update: 06/29/2020

Description

Loma Linda University Center for Fertility is a private fertility clinic in California. This center has a multidisciplinary team of professionals consisting of fertility specialists, embryologists, nurses, etc.

Apart from this, Loma Linda University Center for Fertility disposes of an in-house laboratory in order to carry out all assisted reproductive technologies provided to its patients without having to travel. IVF Laboratory Supervisor is Dr. Philip Chan who is certified by the American Board of Bioanalysts.

According to information published on its website, Loma Linda University Center for Fertility also offers acupuncture services and holistic medicine.

If you want to know how to get to the clinic, have a look at this link.

Fertility treatments

The fertility treatments performed at Loma Linda University Center for Fertility are listed in the table below.

Embryo Adoption
Fertility preservation
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI
IUI with Donor Sperm
IUI with Partner's Sperm

Loma Linda University Center for Fertility also offers surrogacy services since the country's legislation allows this fertility 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 all the treatments indicated in the previous section, Loma Linda University Center for Fertility has the necessary technology to perform the following complementary techniques in order to increase the possibilities of success of the treatments:

Diagnostic tests

The following diagnostic tests can also be performed at Loma Linda University Center for Fertility on both men and women to find out the reason for infertility:

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 Loma Linda University Center for Fertility in a year.

More information
IVF cycles with fresh eggs: 152 per year
IVF cycles with frozen eggs: 98 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
60.4%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
58.1%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
21.4%*
* Percentage extracted from 14 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
16.7%*
* Percentage extracted from 6 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
0%*
* Percentage extracted from 1 case only

Cycles with frozen eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
55.3%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
55%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
40%
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 3 cases only

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 Loma Linda University Center for Fertility.

More information
Total cycles with fresh embryos: 11 per year
Total cycles with frozen embryos: 11 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
44.4%*
* Percentage extracted from 9 cases only
Frozen embryo transfer
9.1%*
* Percentage extracted from 11 cases only

Medical team

Dr. Gihan Bareh, MD, PhD
Dr. Gihan Bareh, MD, PhD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Infertility Specialist
Dr. Edmund Ko, mD
Dr. Edmund Ko, mD
Urologist
Infertility Specialist
Philip J. Chan Ph.D., HCLD
Philip J. Chan Ph.D., HCLD
Laboratory Director
Technical Supervisor
Samer (Sam) Aridah, B.Sc.
Samer (Sam) Aridah, B.Sc.
Senior Clinical Embryologist
Donna Espinosa, CLS (ASCP)
Donna Espinosa, CLS (ASCP)
Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Leine Velasco CLS
Leine Velasco CLS
Clinical Embryologist
Amanda Kramer
Amanda Kramer
Financial Manager
Lauren Flores
Lauren Flores
Front Office
Rachel Velasquez, RN, BSN
Rachel Velasquez, RN, BSN
Nurse
Monica Paniagua, RN
Monica Paniagua, RN
Nurse
Henrriete Nguyen-Zavala, LVN
Henrriete Nguyen-Zavala, LVN
Nurse
Julie Tapia RN
Julie Tapia RN
Nurse

Reviews

Most of the comments found on the Internet about the Loma Linda University Center for Fertility are positive. Below are some reviews from Google Business.

For example, user Carol comments that Dr. Bareh made her dream possible and is a very understanding and empathetic person. Patient Monica agrees with these statements and reports that the clinic staff is very helpful.

User Lovejit states that she was always encouraged, and Dr. Bareh has always paid attention to her and answered all of her questions.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

Loma Linda University Center for Fertility is located at 11370 Anderson St #3950, Loma Linda, California. Specifically, Loma Linda is a city that belongs to San Bernardino County in the state of California.

The closest airport is San Bernardino International Airport, which is approximately a 12-minute drive from the clinic on S. Tippecanoe

Last Update: 06/29/2020