Washington University Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center

The different sections of this article have been assembled into the following table of contents.

Description

The Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center of the Washington University School of Medicine is based in 3 locations in the Midwest. With two centers in St Louis, MO, and another in Shiloh, IL.

They offer a range of fertility treatments, surgeries and assisted reproductive techniques.

They also have a telemedicine service at CoxHealth in Springfield, Missouri.

This center supports LGBT family building and provide treatments with donated egg and sperm, as well as gestational surrogacy.

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

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

Fertility treatments

Below, you'll find a table with all fertility treatments offered by Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, Washington University School of Medicine:

Furthermore, this center also provides surrogacy since the country and state legislation allows this treatment.

Complementary techniques

In order increase the probabilty of achieving a successful pregnancy, this center also offers the following assisted reprodiction techniques:

• Preimplantation genetic testing and counselling
• PESA and MESA
• Testicular Sperm aspiration

If you're still unsure which fertility treatment is right for you and would like to know more about it, we suggest you read more here: Fertility Treatment Overview.

Diagnostic tests

In order to best treat the infertility issues, the Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center can perform the following diagnostic procedures:

• Female Fertility Testing.
• Male Fertility Testing.
• Female reproductive surgeries.
• Male reproductive surgeries.

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.

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

Cycles with frozen eggs

IVF with egg donation

Realized cycles

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

Pregnancy probability per transfer

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

Medical team

Patricia Jimenez, MD

OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinologist

Sarah L. Keller, MD

OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dan I. Lebovic, MD, MA

OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinologist

Kenan R. Omurtag, MD

OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinologist

Valerie S. Ratts, MD

OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dane Johnson, MD

Urologist

Ali Ahmady, PhD, HCLD, EMB

HCLD, embryologist

Laboratory director

Anna Geiger, WHNP.BC

Nurse

Marisa Andrews, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor

Reviews

The reviews for the Washington University Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center found on the internet are mostly positive with a few negative ones. In the following section, we are going to list some of these found on Google Reviews.

In the positive reviews we can see that Erin found Dr Omurtag and the team compassionate and informative, and has had a successful treatmenet despite having breast cancer in her fertility journey. Courtney echos this recommendation and also has had a daughter following the treatments.

In the negative reviews, Dawn was disappointed with the lack of response and follow up. Em H C also had a poor experience with on one of the doctors and claims they operate as an assembly line, but rates Dr Omurtag highly.

If you have had an experience with CRMRS and would like to tell us about it whether it was positive or negative, we encourage you to do so in our comment section.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

As we have previously mentioned, this center operates from 3 locations which we will describe here:

Central West End Location

Located in suite 3100 of the building on Forest Park Avenue in St Louis, this center can be accessed from the intersection of Forest Park Avenue and Highway 64. There is a parking lot outside the building with free reserved spaces for patients.

To access this location by train, there are two stations less than a mile away: Central West End and Cortex Station.

St Louis Lambert Internation airport is approximately 15 miles away, and you can take I-170, followed by I-64 to get to your destination.

West County Location

The clinic is found in the Center for Women's Wellness, part of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St Louis.

If driving to the clinic, you will find it just off I-64, near the intersection o I-64 and I-270. There is a free garage and valet service at this location.

The nearest train station is Kirkwood, a 13 drive away, and St Louis Lambert International airport is an approximately 17 minute drive away.

Shiloh, IL location

At this location the services are provided by Washington University Physicians in Illinois (WUPI). They are housed in the Memorial Hospital East Medical Office Building in Shiloh. There is plenty of free off street parking if driving to center. You will find it off I-64 near the intersection of I-64 with Highway 158.

Shiloh-Scott train station is a 10 minute drive away. The nearest international airport is St. Louis Lambert International, which is approximately 30 miles away in neighbouring Missouri.