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For Release: February 23, 2015

STANFORD, Calif. 鈥� For three decades, 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 Fertility and Reproductive Health team has provided comprehensive, caring services to patients who want to expand their families. Now, the team offers a close new tie to the hospital that delivers many of their patients鈥� babies after successful fertility treatment. As of February 2015, the team has moved to Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford and 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health.

鈥淭he health of your baby starts before you get pregnant, and we are a natural part of that continuum,鈥� said Valerie Baker, MD, medical director of Fertility and Reproductive Health Services and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the . 鈥淪tarting out strong sets the framework for a healthy life.鈥�

鈥淭his move is really a natural fit with the hospital鈥檚 鈥楽tart Strong鈥� campaign for healthy pregnancies and babies,鈥� said Barry Behr, PhD, director of Stanford鈥檚 in vitro fertilization laboratory and co-director of Fertility and Reproductive Health Services. The hospital is already home to superb obstetric, labor and delivery, and newborn care at its Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services, he noted.

Baker, Behr and their colleagues can address males鈥�, females鈥� and couples鈥� sources of infertility, offering the expertise of gynecologists and urologists who specialize in fertility; infertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization and intrauterine insemination; genetic counseling and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos for couples who face risks of genetic disease; help with emotional concerns related to fertility and reproductive health; and referrals to other Stanford specialists as needed.

The team also offers unusual expertise in a number of specific fertility problems. For instance, its program in recurrent pregnancy loss provides consultation with rheumatology, genetics and maternal-fetal medicine specialists who can care for women who have experienced multiple miscarriages. The program in primary ovarian insufficiency assists women whose supply of eggs has run out prematurely, while the fertility preservation program provides treatment for women who need cancer chemotherapy that may endanger their fertility.

鈥淏ecause we are part of a major medical institution, we have all the resources to address anything unexpected that arises,鈥� said Behr, who is also professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine. The team鈥檚 move from Stanford Health Care to Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford will help patients make a seamless transition from fertility care to obstetrics, as well as allowing better integration with the hospital鈥檚 pediatricians and with its medical genetics team, which is knowledgeable in genetic diseases that affect children.

The Fertility and Reproductive Health team also has a long history of helping patients take advantage of new scientific findings and evidence-based treatments in reproductive health, many of which are generated by faculty of the School of Medicine.聽

鈥淲e are uniquely positioned to offer a really comprehensive approach to helping couples fulfill their desires for a family,鈥� Baker concluded. 鈥淚n addition, many of us have been through fertility treatment ourselves, so we realize this is not an easy thing for patients to go through. We value being able to help people through a hard time, as well as celebrating with them when they have the joy of a healthy pregnancy.鈥�

Authors

Samantha Dorman
(650) 498-7056
sdorman@stanfordchildrens.org