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Physicians

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Alabama

Dr. Virginia Houserman
2006 Brookwood Medical Center Drive
Birmingham , AL 35209
205-870-9784

Specialty: infertility/donor egg

California

Dr. Beth Anne Ary
The Reproductive Specialty Center
1441 Avocado Ave., Ste 203
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949-640-7200
drary.com

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology.

REFERRAL NOTE: See if you want to do donor egg, not HRT.

 

Dr. Marcelle Cedars
Director of Division of Reproductive Endocrinology
350 Parnassus #300
San Francisco , CA   94117
415-353-7475
Fax: 415-665-6732
ucsf.ivf.org

Specialty: POF

REFERRAL NOTE: Excellent, caring, informed, familiar with POF and HRT for young women, experienced in DE, positive experience

 

Dr. Alan Decherney
UCLA School of Medicine
Dept. of OB/GYN
10833 Leconte Ave.
27-117 CHS MC-174017
Los Angeles, Ca 90095-1740
310-794-1884
Fax: 210-825-2354
Email: adecherney@mednet.ucla.edu

Specialty: OB/GYN, REI

REFERRAL NOTE: Highly recommended by UCLA OB-GYN. Very knowledgeable. Has an unusual bedside manner, I like him a lot.

 

Dr. Keith DeOrio, M.D., D. Hom.
The DeOrio Medical Group
1821 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 100
Santa Monica, CA 90403
310-828-3096
Fax: 310-453-1918

Specialty: Holistic treatment of all medical concerns; acupuncturist.

REFERRAL NOTE: Spoke at 2002 IPOFA Conference.

 

Dr. Vivian Dickerson
Associate Professor at the University of California , Irvine .
Department of OB/GYN
101 The City Drive
Building 53  Room 215
Orange , CA 92868
714-456-6853.

Specialty: Gynecology

REFERRAL NOTE: Wonderful, highly recommended!

 

Dr. Koopersmith
13320 Riverside Drive
Sherman Oaks, Ca 91423
818-986-1648
Fax 818-986-1653
Email:  drkoop@pacbell.net

Specialty:  Gyn/RE

 

Dr. Carolyn Million
345 West Portal Ave.
San Francisco , CA 94127
415-566-1000
Fax: 415- 665-6732

Specialty: Preventive Medicine

  Dr. Richard J. Paulson
Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility, Professor of
Obstetrics/Gynecology at USC
800 South Fairmount Avenue, Suite 200
Pasadena, CA  90017
626-405-9994
Fax: 626-568-1224

 

Dr. Judith Reichman
10921 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-824-3070

REFERRAL NOTE: Does a lot of work with menopause. I was happy with her.

  Dr. Gregory Rosen, M.D., F.A.C.O.G
Reproductive Partners Medical Group
150 N. Robertson Blvd., Ste. 150
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
877-2Reproduce
2reproduce.com

 

Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg
Offices in Tarzana, Oxnard and Lancaster
18370 Burbank Blvd. Suite 414
Tarzana, CA 91356
818-776-8700 or  800-222-2802
Email:  tzfertility@aol.com
fertility-docs.com

REFERRAL NOTE: Warm & discrete office, very caring staff, latest information & treatments, got right to the heart of the matter and addressed all my concerns, reassured me about everything.

 

Jeffrey Tucker, D.C., D.A.C.R.B.
All Back and Joint Care Medical Group
11600 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 412
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-473-2911
Fax: 310-996-2372

Specialty: Chiropractic care, nutritional counseling and exercise instruction.

REFERRAL NOTE: Spoke at 2002 IPOFA Conference. Extremely positive, energetic person who approaches all healthcare from a holistic point of view.

Georgia Dr. Lawrence Layman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical College of Georgia
810 Chafee Street
Augusta , GA 30912
706-722-4434
Illinois

Dr. Anne Borkowski, R.E.
North Shore Fertility
4250 Dempster Road
Skokie, IL
847-763-8850

REFERRAL NOTE: Very knowledgeable, personable doctor with a supportive, friendly staff. Spoke at 2003 IPOFA conference.

  Dr. David Cohen
University of Chicago Hospital
Department of OB/GYN
5841 South Maryland , MC 2050
Chicago , IL 60637
773-702-6642
Email:  dcohen@babies.bsd.uchicago.edu

  Dr. Laurence Jacobs, R.E.
Dr. Brian Kaplan, R.E.
Fertility Centers of Illinois
2825 N. Halsted
Chicago, IL
773-472-4400

 

Dr. Suzanne Trupin
Women's Health Practice
2125 South Neil Street
Champaign , IL 61820
217-356-3736
womenshealthpractice.com

Specialty: OB/GYN

 

Dr. Bonnie Wise, M.D.
Women's Health Practice
680 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL
312-654-1166

Specialty: OB/GYN

Indiana

Dr. Leo Bonaventura
8081 Township Road
Indianapolis , IN 46260
317-875-5978

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology

 

Dr. Marguarite Shepard
550 North University Blvd , Room 2440
Indianapolis , IN 46202
317-274-4875

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology

Iowa

Dr. Edward Hagen
2730 Pierce Street, Suite 201
Sioux City , Iowa 51104
712-277-3141

Specialty: OB/GYN

Maryland

Dr. Carolyn Harrington
11908 Darnestown Road , Suite A
North Potomac , MD 20878
301-208-8600

REFERRAL NOTE: Heard her speak on HRT and she was extremely well prepared and very knowledgeable about women's health.

Massachusetts

Dr.s Janet Hall, Frances Hayes, Kathryn Martin and Corrinne Welt
Reproductive Endocrine Associates
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Reproductive Endocrine Unit, BHX-5
Boston , MA 02114
617- 726-8433
massgeneral.org/reproendo

Speciality: Endocrinology, Reproductive Endocrinology

REFERRAL NOTE: I would very much recommend my RE. The reason is that she is very well informed about POF, listens well and attentively to me during my office visit, and she has been very willing to work with me on adjusting HRT dosages.

 

Lyn Swirda, Amy Jao-Barry, Marcy White and Merry Moses
Center for Complementary Medicine
1408 Beacon Street, Suite #2
Brookline , MA 02446
617-566-1170
fertilegarden.net

Speciality: acupuncture, women's health, fertility issues

REFERRAL NOTE: wonderful referral for acupuncture, they work well with people who aren't abandoning Western medicine too, have helped me tremendously

Michigan

Dr. Michael Diamond
Wayne State University
26400 West 12 Mile Road, Suite 140
Southfield , MI 48034
313-993-8331

 

Dr. James Young
Michigan Reproductive
630 Kenmoor, Suite 100
Grand Rapids , MI 49546
616-988-2229

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology

Minnesota

Dr.s Donna R. Session, Daniel A. Dumesic and Ian S. Tummon
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street SW
Rochester , MN 55905
Office: 507-266-3845
Appointments:  507-284-9792
mayoclinic.org/reproductivemed-rst/

Speciality:  Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Missouri

Dr. James Schreiber
Washington University
4921 Parkview Place, Suite 5A
St. Louis , MO 63110
314-362-7135

Specialty: OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinology

 

Dr. Joseph Hazan
(Two offices)
Advanced ObGyn
4200 North Cloverleaf Drive, Suite H
St. Peters, MO 63376
636-928-1800

Advanced ObGyn
12277 DePaul Drive, Suite 402
Bridgeton , MO 63044
314-291-2140

Nevada

Dr. Joseph Rojas II and Dr. Kirsten Rojas
Meadows Women's Center
653 North Town Center Drive, Suite 414
Las Vegas , NV 89144
702-870-2229

Specialty: OB/GYN, infertility

REFERRAL NOTE: Very informed, very caring, willing to listen and work with you and extremely knowledgeable

  Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg
4275 Burnham Avenue, suite 330
Las Vegas , NV 89119
702-458-6500
Email:  tzfertility@aol.com
fertility-docs.com

New Jersey Dr.s Serena Chen, David Sable, Margaret Garrisi and Natalie Cekleniak
The Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of St. Barnabas
94 Old Short Hills Road
East Wing
Suite 403
Livingston , NJ 07039
973-332-8286
sbivf.com

New York Dr. F. Michael Shaw
15 N. Broadway, 2nd Floor
White Plains , NY 10601
914-328-8444

 

Dr. Nannette Santoro
Montefiore Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health
141 South Central Park Ave
Hartsdale , NY 10530
914-997-1060

Specialty - Reproductive, especially POF

REFERRAL NOTE: Answers questions on this site for Dr. Answer Line and wrote the forward to our book "Faces of POF".

 

Dr. Tanmoy Mukherjee
Reproductive Medicine
635 Madison Ave.
New York , NY 10022
212-756-5777

Specialty - POF, egg donation, in-vitro

Ohio

Dr. Cynthia Austin
26920 Cedar Road
Suite 200 South
Beachwood , Ohio 44122
216-839-3100

REFERRAL NOTE: Excellent, caring and understood how I felt. I loved her!

Oregon

Dr. Eugene Stoelk
Northwest Fertility Center
1750 SW Harbor Way, Suite 200
Portland , OR 97201-5133
503-227-7799

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology

REFERRAL NOTE: Helpful, knowledgeable, very good with patients and spends ample amount of office time and phone time consulting on next steps

Pennsylvania

Dr. Albert El Roey
Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Center
1 Medical Center Blvd, 3rd Floor
Upland , PA 19013
610-447-2727

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology

REFERRAL NOTE: Very caring, compassionate and understanding

Texas

Dr. Vicki Schnell
Center of Reproductive Medicine
450 Medical Center Blvd., Suite 202
Webster , Texas 77598
281-332-0073
Fax: 281-332-1860
infertilitytexas.com

REFERRAL NOTE: Experience with POFers. Very large and successful donor egg program

 

Dr. Samuel Chantilis
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
Margot Perot Building
8160 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 320
Dallas , Texas 75321
214-363-5965

Specialty - Gynecology, Infertility

REFERRAL NOTE: Informed, caring, great personality and listens well.

 

Dr. Michael J. Heard
Houston R.E.I.
2500 Fondren Road, Suite 306
Houston, Texas 77063
713-532-0664

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility, Adolescent and Pediatric Gynecology, POF

REFERRAL NOTE: Spoke at the 2002 IPOFA conference.

  Dr. Paula Amato
Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
6550 Fannin Suite 901
Houston, TX 77030
713-798-8914
baylorart.com

Virginia

Dr. Fady Sharara
Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine
11150 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 100
Reston , VA 20190
703-437-7722
vcrmed.com

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology

REFERRAL NOTE: I think he is wonderful but I am biased because of the miracle he performed for me. Great bedside manner, great staff, everyone knew my name and seemed to care about me and he is extremely knowledgeable.

 

Dr. James Kacedan
10680 Main Street, Suite 190
Fairfax , VA 22030
703-691-1188

Specialty: OB/GYN

REFERRAL NOTE: Very supportive, sensitive and thorough

 

Dr. Kevin Smith
James River ObGyn
681 High Oaks Road , Suite B
Richmond , VA 23225
804-272-5508

Specialty: OB/GYN

 

Dr. Kenneth Steingold
Fertility Institute
10710 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 331
Richmond , VA 23235
804-379-9000

Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology

 

Dr. Robert Young
Women's Health Center of Virginia
3698 South Main Street
Blacksburg , VA 24060
540-951-7880

Specialty: Infertility

REFERRAL NOTE: Great with diagnoses. Also, wonderful bedside manner.

Washington, D.C.

Dr. Eric Widra
Shady Grove Fertility Center
Georgetown Office
3800 Reservoir Road
Washington D.C. 20007
202-444-1511

REFERRAL NOTE: Knowledgeable about POF, sensitive to emotional needs, patient and very informative. Looks out for patient's well-being

Canada Dr. Seang Lin Tan
McGill University
McGill University Health Center
Royal Victoria Hospital
687 Pine Avenue W. , F.29
Montreal , Quebec H3A 1A1
514-843-1658

 

 


NOTE: Inclusion of resources in this listing does not imply endorsement by the IPOFA Support Group. These referrals are professionals and organizations submitted by our members.

 
 
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