Shared Egg Donor Program: Clinically and Cost-Effective

Recent stories in the press have highlighted American patients who choose to travel overseas for their infertility care. Shady Grove’s Shared Donor Program has an interesting twist: international patients who choose to cross the ocean to seek care here. Why do these patients choose to come to Shady Grove? Read more...

• Shared donor webcast
• Shared risk webcast
• Shared Donor information
• Services for international patients

Low-Tech Treatments and the IUI Program
Intrauterine Insemination
Live Webcast -- March 12 at 7 PM
Watch today!

Need help conceiving, but want to go "low-tech"? Have questions about IUI (intrauterine insemination)? Bring your own questions to the virtual table via your private computer -- Type them directly/privately to the SGF physicians and they'll respond aloud (participants' names remain confidential.) Sign up and listen in to Dr. Frank Chang and Dr. Joseph Osheroff discuss low-tech and IUI treatments:

• Which patients will benefit the most
• Testing needed & medications considered
• Statistics of success

Watch now! Also, check out the IUI program information on our website.

New SG Office Locations

We are proud to announce our recent office opening in Waldorf, MD, where Dr. Simon Kipersztok sees patients for consultations and follow-up visits. BelAir, Maryland patients can look forward to a new office and monitoring site where Drs. Katz and Yazigi will see patients beginning in April.

New Insurance Contract -- CHP

Our commitment to providing quality services to our fellow hospitals and their employees is evidenced by our recent contract signed with CHP/Informed, effective 3/1/08. This is an exciting opportunity for our Practice, opening the door for employees of the Anne Arundel Medical Center to come to Shady Grove Fertility in-network, as well as employees from Carroll County General Hospital, Washington County Health System and Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

In the Legislative Arena -- Standing Up for Patients

RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association, recently enlisted the expertise of Dr. Robert Stillman, Shady Grove Fertility’s Medical Director, and Dr. Gilbert Mottla of the SGF-Annapolis office to advocate before the Maryland General Assembly on behalf of fertility patients. At issue: upcoming legislation affecting fertility insurance coverage for IVF (House Bill 701). In his testimony, Dr. Mottla noted that patients who suffer a miscarriage have to ‘re-wait’ the two-year waiting period before insurance benefits for IVF are available. This, he says, “is the only time an adverse event (miscarriage) disqualifies a patient for treatment they would otherwise receive.” Some insurance companies believed that the legislation would encourage recurrent miscarriage patients to be treated with IVF. After the hearing, Dr. Mottla worked to correct that misunderstanding, explaining to insurance representatives that treating miscarriage with IVF was neither the intent of the Bill nor standard medical practice. The legislation’s language will continue to be refined and returned to General Assembly for consideration.

Stand Up for Yourself -- If you’d like to get involved in the work to insure fertility treatment around the country, Thursday, April 10 is the day to do it. RESOLVE is sponsoring Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. Among other tasks, the grassroots movement will be meeting with U.S. Senators and House Reps to discuss The Family Building Act of 2007 (HR2892). Get involved. Get more info.

Save the Date

RESOLVE is sponsoring a Family Building Conference (Adoption, Infertility Treatment, and Donor Options) on Saturday, April 12 in Bethesda. Shady Grove Fertility will be donating an IVF cycle, which will occur during the conference, open to all registered attendants. Shady Grove colleagues presenting at this conference include: Dr. Melissa Esposito, speaking on eSET; Dr. Ricardo Yazigi, speaking on PCOS and Diminished Ovarian Reserve; Carol Miller LCSW and Carol Toll, LCSW, speaking on decision-making and disclosure issues; and Dr. Mark Ratner, Urological Consultants, speaking on Male Infertility.