Many chapters in the history of infertility treatment are being written at CRMI. Dr. Zev Rosenwaks and others from CRMI were part of the medical team that successfully used invitro fertilization for the first time in the United States in 1981. Dr. Rosenwaks was also the first physician in this country to use donor egg in the treatment of infertility. More recently, diagnostic capabilities in genetic testing perfected at CRMI have led to pioneering work in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) that can reveal whether an embryo carries certain inherited traits. In one example of this groundbreaking work, a couple carrying the sickle cell anemia gene was able to give birth to healthy twins that do not carry the gene for this serious inherited disease.

A HISTORY of SUCCESS

Our history of achievement and superior care has helped CRMI to become one of the largest and most highly regarded medical centers specializing in reproductive medicine and infertility. We regularly treat couples from across the United States and from countries around the world. In every case, the finest medical professionals, treatment capabilities and patient support programs are available to give each couple the best possible chance to conceive and give birth to a healthy baby. It is a formula that has helped turn thousands of our patients into parents. One measure of our success is in in vitro fertilization (IVF). Since it was first introduced, IVF has helped an estimated 60,000 babies to be born in the U.S. More than 5,000 of those babies – almost one in ten – were born to couples who were treated at CRMI.