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Reproductive Medicine Institute Chicago

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Last Update: 02/10/2022

Description

Reproductive Medicine Institute is a fertility clinic in Illinois that has five centers located in Chicago, Elmhurst, Evanston, Oak Brook, and Oak Lawn.

Their multidisciplinary team consists of several specialists like obstetrics and gynecologist specialists, nurses, and office workers This clinic offers a patient portal to create more accessible communication between the clinic and patients.

In relation to the first visit, Reproductive Medicine Institute's medical team will take the patient's medical history and suggest some tests to carry out a better diagnosis. In addition, the administrative and financial staff will also be available should the patient have any questions.

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

Below, you'll find a table with all fertility treatments offered by Reproductive Medicine Institute:

Embryo cryopreservation
Fertility preservation
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI
IUI with Donor Sperm
IUI with Partner's Sperm
IVF with Donor Eggs
IVF with Donor Sperm
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Reciprocal IVF
Sperm freezing

Furthermore, this center also provides surrogacy since the country's legislation allows this treatment.

Complementary techniques

In addition to the treatments indicated, Reproductive Medicine Institute has a multitude of complementary techniques that allow to personalize fertility treatments and try to maximize the chances of pregnancy:

  • Preimplantation Genetic Screening.
  • Blastocyst Transfer.
  • Embryo Biopsy.
  • Assisted Hatching.

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.

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.

Diagnostic tests

In addition to all the treatments indicated in the previous section, Reproductive Medicine Institute 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:

  • Polycistic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
  • Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.
  • Hysterosalpingogram (HSG).
  • Sonohysterogram.
  • Ovarian Reserve Testing.
  • Female Fertility Testing.
  • Male Fertility Testing.

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 RMI in a year.

More information
Total Cycles with Fresh Eggs: 580 per year
Total Cycles with Frozen Eggs: 454 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
52.0%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
46.0%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
23.4%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
32.4%
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
7.6%*
* Percentage extracted from 13 cases

Cycles with Frozen Eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
58.0%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
46.1%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
40.3%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
30.8%
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
53.3%*
* Percentage extracted from 15 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 RMI.

More information
Total Cycles with Fresh Eggs: 2 per year
Total Cycles with Frozen Eggs: 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
0%
Frozen Embryo Transfer
52.9%*
* Percentage extracted from 17 cases

Medical team

Elena Trukhacheva, MD
Elena Trukhacheva, MD
Medical Director
Reproductive Endocrinology
Nasir Rana, MD
Nasir Rana, MD
Reproductive Endocrinology
W. Paul Dmowski, MD
W. Paul Dmowski, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Shweta Nayak, MD
Shweta Nayak, MD
Reproductive Endocrinology
Annie Miller
Annie Miller
Clinical Lead
Sonographer
Stacey
Stacey
Nurse
Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn
Nurse
Mariola
Mariola
Nurse
Siby
Siby
IVF lab
Embryologist
Yuri
Yuri
Embryologist
Manny
Manny
Andrology laboratory
Ian
Ian
Andrology laboratory
Kelsey
Kelsey
Andrology laboratory
Ilie
Ilie
Andrology laboratory
Ghada
Ghada
Andrology laboratory
Zanobia
Zanobia
Andrology laboratory

Reviews

The reviews about the Reproductive Medicine Institute found on the internet are generally very positive. In the following section, we are going to list some of the comments on Fertility IQ:

On the positive side, we can see several patients that are thankful for the general experience in the clinic thanks to the overall attitude and courtesy of the staff. Some patients also appreciate the nurses and how helpful they were regarding difficult and emotional aspects.

On the negative side, patients state that there are problems between the billing area and the clinical patients. A different patient had a complicated problem with the combination of the fertility drugs and the normal prescription she usually takes. After specifically asking for confirmation the mistake was made.

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

Location: how to get to the clinic?

As stated above, Reproductive Medicine Institute has different locations, one in Chicago, another one in Elmhurst, another one in Evanston, another one in Oak Brook, and lastly one in Oak Lawn.

Last Update: 02/10/2022