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Strong Fertility Center

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Last Update: 10/13/2022

Description

Strong Fertility Center is part of the University of Rochester Medical Center. Their multidisciplinary team of gynecologists and fertility experts, physician assistants, nurses, counselors, embryologists, laboratory staff and administration staff aim to provide a comprehensive service to help their patients become parents.

According to information found on their website this center has a team of financial counselors to help navigate the areas of your insurance and bills.

LGBTQ family building is supported with treatments using donor sperm, donor egg and gestational surrogacy all offered.

However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.

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

Fertility treatments and prices

Below, you'll find a table with all fertility treatments offered by Strong Fertility Center:

Embryo cryopreservationPrice not available
Fertility preservationPrice not available
Frozen Embryo Transfer$2,500
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI$6,500
IUI with Donor SpermPrice not available
IUI with Partner's SpermPrice not available
IVF with Donor Egg & Donor SpermPrice not available
IVF with Donor EggsPrice not available
IVF with Donor SpermPrice not available
Preimplantation Genetic DiagnosisPrice not available
Reciprocal IVFPrice not available
Sperm freezingPrice not available

This center also provides help with gestational carriers since the country's legislation allows this treatment.

In addition, Strong Fertility Center details on its website some of the tests and techniques included in the estimates indicated above.

For example, the first IVF cycle costs $6,500, and includes 1 oocyte retrieval and up to two transfers, but does not include, blood tests, medications, embryo vitrification or storage.

For a cycle of frozen embryo transfer, the price of $2,500 includes embryo thawing and culture, 4 ultrasounds if needed and the transfer but does not include storage or cryopreservation.

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.

Complementary techniques

In order to be able to personalize the fertility treatments and maximize the chances of pregnancy, Strong Fertility Center can also offer following complementary treatments:

Diagnostic tests

In addition to all the treatments indicated in the previous section, Strong Fertility Center has the necessary technology to perform the following techniques to increase the possibilities of success of the treatments as well as to establish the most appropriate treatment:

  • Female Fertility Testing.
  • Male Fertility Testing.
  • Recurrent miscarriage study
  • Treatment of PCOS
  • Psychological counseling
  • Acupuncture

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 Strong Fertility Center in a year.

More information
Fresh fertilization cycles: 238 per year
Vitrified embryo cycles: 78 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Fresh fertilization cycles

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
35.7%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
43.3%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
28.0%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
28.6%*
* Percentage extracted from 14 cases
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
33.3%*
* Percentage extracted from 15 cases

Vitrified embryo cycles

Age of the recipient woman
45.5%
Age of the recipient woman
37.5%*
* Percentage extracted from 16 cases
Age of the recipient woman
38.5%*
* Percentage extracted from 13 cases
Age of the recipient woman
100%*
* Percentage extracted from 1 case only
Age of the recipient woman
100%*
* Percentage extracted from 1 case 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 Strong Fertility Center.

More information
Cycles with frozen embryos: 5 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Frozen embryo transfer
40%*
* Percentage extraced from 5 cases

Medical team

John T. Queenan Jr, MD
John T. Queenan Jr, MD
OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
Kathleen M. Hoegar, MD
Kathleen M. Hoegar, MD
OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
Director
Wendy S. VItek, MD
Wendy S. VItek, MD
OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
Snigdha Alur-Gupta, MD
Snigdha Alur-Gupta, MD
OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
Erin M. Masaba, MD
Erin M. Masaba, MD
OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
Debra Werzinger, RPA-A
Debra Werzinger, RPA-A
Physician assistant
Kriston Ward, NP
Kriston Ward, NP
Nurse
Erin Scott, MD, PhD
Erin Scott, MD, PhD
Embryologist

Reviews

The reviews for Strong Fertility Center found on the internet are both positive and negative. In the following section, we are going to list some of these found on Google Reviews.

In the positive reviews we have the patient Shawn who says he couldn´t be happier and felt they were always kept informed. They are now expecting following their treatment.

In the negative reviews we have Leslie who says his wife was spoken to aggressively by a nurse and Amanda who says that she felt like a number and not an individual.

If you have an experiences with this clinic and would like to share it with us, whether it was positive or negative, we encourage you to do so in our comment section.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

If driving to this clinic from downtown Rochester, use the I-390 and use intersection 13 to take Hylan Drive Soutbound. At the T -junction turn right into Calkins Road and the next left is Red Creek Drive where the center is location. There is a large parking lot around the building.

If using public transport, the nearest station is Rochester, which is 13.6 miles away and on the Empire Service, Lake Shore Limited, Maple Leaf and Via Rail branches.

Last Update: 10/13/2022
2 comments / opinions
    1. Hey there

      My wife are planning to undergo IVF and I’m trying to understand the data for probability of pregnancy but I don’t get the two different cycles, vitrified and fresh. Please can you explain. Thanks

      • Hi PeterG

        When undergoing an IVF cycle, the first step is the ovarian stimulation to mature the eggs. When they are ready they will be collected in a surgical procedure of egg retrieval. These eggs will be taken to the laboratory and fertilized with the previously prepared sperm sample. Any resulting embryos will be grown for a a few days in the laboratory.

        At this point the embryos can be transferred to the woman’s uterus – this is the fresh embryo transfer. Or,

        The embyros can be vitrified (frozen). These can then be thawed and transferred to the uterus at a later date. These are the vitrified, or frozen cycles.

        You can read more about the embryo transfer step by clicking here.

        Both have similar success rates and the procedure will depend on your particular case.

        I hope this help.
        Kind regards