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Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut

Analyzed by (invitra staff).
Last Update: 12/03/2020

Description

The Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut is a private fertility center founded by Dr. Mark P. Leondires and has offices in several locations throughout Connecticut.

The multidisciplinary team of RMAC consists of fertility specialists, embryologists, a genetic counselor, etc. Apart from this, this fertility center also has its own IVF laboratory in order to carry out all fertility treatments directly in the clinic.

The Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut website does not specify whether all locations have their own laboratory or whether patients will need to travel to a particular facility for procedures such as an ovarian puncture.

Moreover, RMAC offers fertility financing programs to help patients pay for their treatments. However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA-specialists.

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

Fertility treatments

The fertility treatments performed at the Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut are listed in the table below.

Fertility preservation
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
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Reciprocal IVF

Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut also offers surrogacy services since the state allows this reproductive 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.

Complementary techniques

In addition to all the treatments indicated in the previous section, the Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut has the necessary technology to perform the following complementary techniques in order to increase the success rate of the treatments:

  • Ovulation Induction.
  • Elective Single Embryo Transfer (ESET).
  • Comprehensive Chromosome Screening.
  • Assisted Hatching.

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

The following diagnostic tests can also be performed at the Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut on both men and women to find out the reason for infertility:

However, all 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.

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 Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut in a year.

More information
IVF cycles with fresh eggs: 379 per year
IVF cycles with frozen eggs: 518 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 recipient: under 35 years old
45.8%
Age of recipient: between 35 and 37 years old
45.2%
Age of recipient: between 38 and 40 years old
36.0%
Age of recipient: between 41 and 42 years old
63.2%*
* Percentage extracted from 19 cases only
Age of recipient: over 43 years old
11.1%*
* Percentage extracted from 9 cases only

Cycles with frozen eggs

Age of recipient: under 35 years old
69.2%
Age of recipient: between 35 and 37 years old
63.7%
Age of recipient: between 38 and 40 years old
47.9%
Age of recipient: between 41 and 42 years old
65.5%
Age of recipient: over 43 years old
50.0%*
* Percentage extracted from 10 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 Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut.

More information
Total cycles with fresh embryos: 0 per year
Total cycles with frozen embryos: 103 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
No information
Frozen embryo transfer
58.3%

Medical team

Dr. Mark P. Leondires
Dr. Mark P. Leondires
Founder & Medical Director
Fertility Specialist
Dr. Spencer Richlin
Dr. Spencer Richlin
Surgical Director
Fertility Specialist
Dr. Joshua Hurwitz
Dr. Joshua Hurwitz
Fertility Specialist
Dr. Cynthia Murdock
Dr. Cynthia Murdock
Fertility Specialist
Dr. Shaun Williams
Dr. Shaun Williams
Fertility Specialist
Dr. Ilana Ressler
Dr. Ilana Ressler
Fertility Specialist
Dr. Laura J. Meyer
Dr. Laura J. Meyer
Fertility Specialist
Diana D'Amelio, RPA-C
Diana D'Amelio, RPA-C
Patient Care Team
Physician Assistant
James Speer, M.S.
James Speer, M.S.
Patient Care Team
Genetic Counselor

Reviews

The reviews about Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut are mostly very positive. Below we show some of the comments made on Google Business. They refer to the Norwalk location.

Desiree, for example, describes Dr. Williams as honest, patient, and kind. After having had a negative experience at a different clinic, she is glad to have switched to RMAC. Also, Michelle is extremely happy with her experience and was able to conceive. Emilly also was able to get pregnant with IVF after being diagnosed with unexplained infertility.

However, there is one negative comment from Sara. She felt uncomfortable with the doctor and social worker. She missed a warm and welcoming atmosphere at the clinic.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

As mentioned before, the Reproductive Medicine Associates is distributed throughout Connecticut with another location in Poughkeepsie, New York. Below, we will describe how to get to each of the locations.

Norwalk CT Fertility Center

The Norwalk location is situated at 761 Main Avenue, Suite 200 Norwalk, CT 06851.

Tweed New Haven Airport is the nearest airport to the clinic being 45 minutes away via I-95 S.

Stamford CT Fertility Center

The address of this center is 260 Long Ridge Road, Suite B, Entrance B in Stamford, CT 06902.

From Tweed-New Haven Airport, it takes approximately 1 hour via I-95 S to get to the Stamford Fertility Center.

Danbury CT Fertility Center

The Danbury CT Fertility Center is located at 103 Newtown Road, Suite 1A, Danbury, CT 06810.

The airport is approximately 1 hour away from the clinic taking CT-34 W.

Trumbull CT Fertility Center

The direction of the office in Trumbull is 115 Technology Drive, Suite C200 Trumbull, CT 06611.

It takes only 30 minutes via I95 S to get to the Trumbull location.

Last Update: 12/03/2020
1 comment / opinion
    1. Great info, thanks for sharing!