Treatments

Treatment designed around you.

Every plan starts with a full workup and a thorough conversation with Dr. Elassar. We recommend the treatment most likely to lead to a healthy pregnancy, and if a simpler option can work, we’ll tell you.

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Step one

Your first consultation.

A thorough, structured visit with Dr. Elassar. You’ll leave understanding your fertility and what comes next.

  1. Consultation

    Your history and goals, a physical exam, pelvic ultrasound and on-site bloodwork.

    About 90 minutes
  2. Testing

    Ovarian reserve, sperm analysis, tubal evaluation (HSG) and preconception labs.

    Same day results
  3. Your plan

    We review every result together and finalize a plan built around your goals.

    Follow-up visit or call
  4. Treatment

    Care on your schedule, with the same familiar faces at every step.

    1–2 weeks

Ready when you are

Every family’s path looks a little different. Let’s find yours.

Book a consultation and Dr. Elassar will walk you through your options. If you have records from previous treatment, bring them along; if you don’t, we’ll start from where you are.

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Simple solutions

Often, less is enough.

Many patients conceive without IVF. When your workup allows, we start here.

Timed intercourse

We confirm ovulation with ultrasound or prediction kits and time intercourse to your most fertile days.

Ovulation induction

Oral medication or low-dose injections help the ovaries release an egg when ovulation is irregular.

Ovarian stimulation + IUI

Prepared sperm is placed directly in the uterus at ovulation. Well suited to unexplained infertility or mild male factor.

When the risk of multiple births is high, IVF with a single embryo transfer is the safer, recommended choice.

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In vitro fertilization

IVF, tailored to you.

Eggs are retrieved and fertilized in our in-house lab. Embryos grow for five to six days, then are transferred or frozen for later.

IVF with ICSI

A single sperm is injected into each egg. Recommended for male factor infertility or prior poor fertilization.

Mild or minimal stimulation IVF

Lower medication doses aimed at fewer, higher-quality eggs, often helpful after a poor or excessive response.

Single embryo transfer

Our usual approach: one embryo at a time, which greatly lowers the chance of twins and the risks that come with them.

Frozen embryo transfer

Transfer in a later cycle, after genetic testing or when your body is best prepared.

In vitro maturation (IVM)

Eggs are collected before they mature and then matured in the laboratory.

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Fertility preservation

Keep your options open.

If now isn’t the right time, we’ll help you prepare so we can be there when it is.

Egg freezing Under 2 weeks

Eggs are retrieved after ovarian stimulation and frozen for later use. Frozen eggs can survive for decades and do not impact your natural fertility potential.

Embryo freezing

Eggs are fertilized before freezing, so embryos are ready for a future transfer.

Sperm freezing

A simple, well-established way to preserve male fertility.

Before cancer treatment

Egg, embryo or sperm freezing before chemotherapy or other treatments that may affect fertility.

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LGBTQ+ & third-party reproduction

Love makes a family. We help build yours.

Every path to parenthood, planned with care at a trusted clinic.

Donor sperm

From a known donor or a screened sperm bank, used with IUI or IVF.

Donor eggs

From a known or anonymous donor, for ovarian failure, low egg quality or prior unsuccessful IVF.

Reciprocal IVF

One partner provides the eggs and the other carries the pregnancy.

Gestational carriers

An embryo created with your own or donated eggs and sperm is carried by a gestational surrogate.

Specialized care

When you need more answers.

Some journeys take more investigation. We look closely, test only what’s proven to help, and adjust until we find what works.

Genetic testing (PGT)

PGT-A and PGT-M with next-generation sequencing help select the embryos most likely to lead to a healthy pregnancy.

Gender selection

Embryos tested during PGT can be identified as male or female, for families who choose gender selection or need to avoid a sex-linked genetic condition.

Recurrent pregnancy loss

A complete, evidence-based workup, including endometrial receptivity analysis (ERA) to time transfer precisely.

After unsuccessful IVF

We study every detail of past cycles, then adjust protocols, timing and testing accordingly.

Reproductive surgery

Hysteroscopic correction of polyps, fibroids and uterine abnormalities that can affect implantation.

International patients

Traveling to New York for care? Our team helps you plan your consultation and treatment around your trip.

It's always the right time for the gift of life

Let's talk about what's next for you.

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