Most pregnancy induced placental complications that compromise placentation and intrauterine development have their origin in conditions that present prior to conception. As such, a patient requiring IVF presents her RE with a golden opportunity to preemptively identify and address such … Read more
Dr. Sher Blog
Official Blog of Dr. Geoffrey Sher
The Importance of Individualizing Ovarian Stimulation Protocols in IVF “Poor responders” and “High Responders”
Indiscriminate selection and use of protocols of Controlled Ovarian Stimulation (COS) can be decidedly detrimental to egg and embryo competency/quality especially when it comes to IVF conducted in women on opposite sides of the spectrum of response to fertility … Read more
VEGAS BABY Commentary
Diagnosing and Treating Male Factor Infertility
About 1/3 of infertility is caused by a male factor, one third by a female factor and another third is due to a combination of both male and female factors. Thus, in more than 50% of cases, a male … Read more
Embryo Mosaicism: What You Need to Know
In 2005, my associate Levent Keskintepe PhD and I introduced Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) with the ability to identify all chromosomes in the embryo’s cells, into the field of IVF.
This approach, which is now widely used throughout the world, … Read more
The Causes of Infertility
Neither sex contributes more heavily than the other to infertility problems. Roughly one‑third of all infertile couples can trace their infertility to the woman, one‑third to the man, and one‑third to both partners. In practice this means that in >50% … Read more
Vegas Baby Documentary
I am very proud to be featured in a new documentary film, VEGAS BABY, which follows several of my patients gambling on infertility treatment and the emotional, physical and financial costs involved. Amanda Micheli, the director, has struggled with infertility … Read more
Unexplained IVF Failure
IVF treatment always exacts a profound emotional and financial toll on patients/couples. Needless to say, the financial burden is often crippling; however, ask any woman who has undergone IVF, and she will likely tell you that the emotional impact was … Read more
Announcing my Retirement in the Year Ahead: A Letter of Thanks From Me to You!
Everything Has its Season
Geoffrey Sher MD
Dear Patients and Friends,
After some 35 years in the field of Assisted Reproduction (AR), having founded the First Private (non-university based) IVF program in the United States in 1984, and having been … Read more
Having Realistic Expectations Regarding IVF Outcome: When is it Time to Stop or Change Course?
It is important for patients/couples contemplating IVF with their own eggs, to be aware that usually, in more than 50% of cases a single attempt will not result in a live birth and furthermore that the chance of success declines … Read more
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