Many gay and lesbian families, such as gay men who are embarking on the surrogacy process or lesbians who would like to both be biologically connected to their baby, will begin their process by consulting a fertility center that performs assisted reproduction technology (ART). Others, such as lesbian couples, may try at-home insemination with no luck or discover one or both partners has fertility issues, and end up turning to a reproductive specialist for help getting pregnant. When you are beginning this process, especially if you are facing infertility issues or are beginning the IVF or ART process, it’s important that you find a reproductive center that understands your needs as a gay or lesbian couple (or single gay man or lesbian). It’s also important that you can trust they will treat you and your family with respect and offer you professional services. We’ve compiled the download on fertility clinics and reproductive care for the gay community here.
GAY-FRIENDLY FERTILITY CLINICS IN NYC:
NYU FERTILITY CENTER
660 First Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Size: Large, University
Services: Comprehensive evaluation and care for women and men in all stages of infertility. Services include the full range of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), including non-donor and donor In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Intrauterine (artificial) Insemination, Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening, Assisted Hatching, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
Insurance Accepted: United HealthCare’s Empire Plan as a Center of Excellence for infertility treatment, United Health Care, Aetna, optumhealth and Oxford.
Contact Info: (212) 263-8990
Affiliated Doctors:
Alan S. Berkeley, MD – (212) 263-7629
Jamie A. Grifo, MD, PhD – (212) 263-7978
Nicole Noyes, MD – (212) 263-7981
Frederick Licciardi, MD – (212) 263-7754
David L. Keefe, MD – (212) 263-3360
- Elizabeth Fino, MD – (212) 263-0056
AMERICAN FERTILITY
115 E 57 Street, Suite 500
New York, NY, 10022
Size: Medium
Services: Provides services to single parents, LGBT community. Works with several physicians to provide egg donation for their gay and lesbian patients. Also willing to do egg and sperm donation, IUI, IVF, ICSI, Semen Analysis, Egg Donor Program
Insurance Accepted: Call AFS, 212-750-3330 to speak with financial services advisor for participating plans
Contact Info: 212.750.3330
Affiliated Doctors:
Nabil Husami, MD
Andrea Vidali, MD
Galina Karpenko, MD
GENESIS FERTILITY & REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
Brooklyn: Park Slope
808 8th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: (718) 283-8600
Fax: (718) 283-6580
Brooklyn: Dyker Heights
1355 84th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11228
Phone: (718) 283-8600
Fax: (718) 283-6580
Staten Island
1855 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314
Long Island
1175 West Broadway
Suite 24
Hewlett, NY 11557
Size: Small-Medium
Services: IVF, IUI insemination, Ovulation Induction, ICSI, Male Infertility, Cryopreservation, Donor Egg Program, Genetic Counseling, Psychological Counseling, Financial Assistance Program
Insurance Accepted: Aetna (Requires you to call infertility line 800-575-5999), Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Empire Government Plan, GHI (Emblem), Oxford, PHCS, United Healthcare
Contact: info@GenesisFertility.com
Affiliated Doctors:
Richard V. Grazi, MD
David B. Seifer, MD
Jennifer Makarov, M.D.
Michael Wenof, MD
Dr. Henry Malter
MANHATTAN FERTILITY CLINIC
Offices for Fertility and Reproductive Medicine
51 East 67th St at Park Ave
New York, New York 10021
Services: IUI Insemination, Egg Freezing, Male and Female Infertility, Egg Donation, Sperm Freezing, Embryo Freezing
Size: Small, Personal, Tailored services
Insurance Accepted: No, but they will work with you to submit claims
Contact Info: 212.535.5350.
Affiliated Doctors:
Cecilia Schmidt-Sarosi, MD
Peter Sarosi, MD
REPRODUCTIVE SPECIALISTS OF NEW YORK
16 Court Street
27th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Services: IUI, IVF, Sperm/Egg Donation, ovulation and fertility specialists
Size: Large, multiple locations
Insurance Accepted: 1199 Horizon, United Healthcare, Aetna, Magnacare,
United Resource Networks, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, MDNY (URN), Cigan
Multiplan Vytra GHI, Oxform, Great West, PHCS, Healthnet, The Empire Plan Infertility, HIP Center of Excellence
Contact: (718) 935-9766
Fax: (718) 935-9765
Affiliated Doctors:
Kutluk Oktay, MD, FACOG,
Michael John Tucker, PhD, FIBiol, HCLD
Abe Halfen, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Bradley Trivax, M.D.
Michael L. Lydic, M.D.
Richard Bronson, M.D
Mary A Bray, M.D.
Linda Sung, M.D.
Maria Saketos, M.D.
James Robert Stelling, M.D
Kristen Elsa Cain, M.D.
Gabriel Alejandro San Roman, M.D
THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE CARE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
1790 Broadway at Columbus Circle (b/w 57th & 58th)
New York, NY 10019
Services: IUI, IVF, male and female infertility
Size: Large
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, United Healthcare, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, GHI, Oxford, HealthNet, Comco insurance.
Contact: 646-756-8282
www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/obgyn/services/infertility/clinical_team.html
Affiliated Doctors:
Mark V. Sauer, MD
Janet M. Choi, MD
Michael M. Guarnaccia, MD
Gary Nakhuda, MD
Rogerio A. Lobo, MD
Susanna J. Park, M.D.
Melvin Thornton II, MD
Jeffrey Wang, MD
Ralf C. Zimmermann, MD
THE KOFINAS FERTILITY INSTITUTE AT NY METHODIST HOSPITAL
506 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Services: Reproductive surgery, IUI, IVF, ICSI, Egg and Sperm Freezing
Size: Medium – Large
718-243-1600
Affiliated Doctors:
George D. Kofinas, M.D., FACOG
Angeliki Psimoulis, M.D.
Maria Celia Bertero, M.D., HCLD
Hong Lui, MD
Paulette Friscia, RN, WHNP
Yuliya Leshko, RN
FERTILITY INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK
400 Old Hook Road
Westwood, NJ 07675
Services: IVF, Cryopreservation, Egg Donation, Insemination
Phone: (201) 666-4200, (877) 666-4201
Additional Info: www.gayandlesbianfertility.com
Affiliated Doctors:
Dr. Daniel Navot
Dr. Zalman Levine
Dr. Inna Berin
Dr. Anat Weisz
REPRODUCTIVE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF NY
635 Madison Ave (b/w 59th & 60th)
New York, NY 10022
Services: Infertility treatment, IVF, IUI, ICSI, Sperm Banking, Egg Freezing
Size: Medium – Large
Insurance Accepted: Oxford Freedom, United Healthcare, & NY Hotel Trade Unions insurance.
212-756-5777
Affiliated Doctors:
Alan Copperman, MD
Lawrence Grunfeld, MD
Tanmoy Mukherjee, MD
Benjamin Sandler, MD
Jeffrey Klein, MD
Eric Flisser, MD
Jane Ruman, MD
BETH ISRAEL CENTER FOR INFERTILITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
10 Union Square East
New York, NY 10003
Services Offered: IUI, IVF, Frozen Embryo Transfer, Egg Donation
Size: Large
212-844-8587
www.bethisraelcenterforinfertility.com
Affiliated Doctors:
Peter L. Chang, M.D.
Harris M. Nagler, M.D.
Aleyandro Iglesias, M.D.
Stephan Quentzel, M.D.
CONTINUUM REPRODUCTIVE CENTER
425 W. 59th Street, Suite 5A (b/w 9th and 10th)
New York, NY 10019
Services: IUI, IVF, Egg Donation, Large lesbian patient base and referral pattern. Welcomes single mothers and gay couples. IUI, IVF, Pelviscopic Surgery, Hormonal Disorder Treatment
Size: Medium
212-523-7751
Insurance Accepted: Oxford, Cigna, GHI, Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, & THCS insurance.
www.infertilityspecialistnewyork.com
Affiliated Doctors:
Martin Keltz, M.D.
Daniel Stein, M.D.
Matthew Lederman, M.D.
MADISON WOMEN’S HEALTH AND FERTILITY
50 East 77th Street
New York, NY 10075
Services Provided: Donor insemination and all infertility services, including IUI, IVF, surgery and ART.
Size: Small – Medium
Participant in Managed Care: Yes
Phone: (212) 639-9122
Affiliated Doctors:
Jessica R. Brown, M.D.
Cristina Matera, MD
Maureen Moomjy, MD
www.madisonwomenshealthandfertility.com
THE RONALD O. PERELMAN AND CLAUDIA COHEN CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE OF WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE (FORMERLY CRMI)
1305 York Avenue
6th Floor
New York, NY 10021
Services Provided: Provides individual, couples, and group therapy for patients participating in all forms of assisted reproduction, regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. Has significant experience in all aspects of gamete donation, including donor and recipient evaluation and treatment issues. Therapy, IVF, ICSI, Donor Egg, cryo, pgd, microsurgical repair of obstructions and vasectomy reversals, surgical repair of varicoceles, epididymal and testicular sperm retrievals.
Participant in Managed Care: No
Phone: (646) 962-3314
Affiliated Doctors and Practitioners:
Owen Davis, M.D., Associate Director
Ina Cholst, M.D.
Pak Chung, M.D.
Dan Goldschlag, M.D.
Hey-Joo Kang, M.D.
Isaac Kligman, M.D.
Glenn Schattman, M.D.
Katherine Dragisic Schoyer, M.D.
Steven Spandorfer, M.D.
Elizabeth Grill, Psy.D.
REPROLAB
332 East 30th Street
New York NY 10016
Size: Small, personal
Services: Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) on site, Sperm preparation and storage
Contact Info: Phone (212) 779-3988 Fax (212) 779-3907
info@reprolabinc.com
ADVANCED FERTILITY SERVICES
1625 Third Avenue
New York, NY, 10128
Size: Medium
Services: Evaluation and care for women in all stages of infertility. Services include the full range of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), NYS licensed Egg Donor Program, Intrauterine Insemination (Donor/Partner), Oocyte Cryopreservation, Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), Assisted Hatching, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Hypothyroidism, Endocrine Dysfunction, Male infertility evaluation – Semen Analysis, Kruger Strict Criteria Morphology, Testicular Sperm Retrieval
Insurance Accepted: Aetna PPO, Aetna/USHC-HMO, Cigna HMO, Cigna PPO, Oxford Freedom, GHI, First Health, POMCO, Humana via ChoiceCare, United/Empire Plan, NY Hotel Trades Council, PHS/HealthNet. Call AFS, 212-369-8700 to speak with our insurance department representatives for more participating plans
Phone: 212.369.8700
www.advancedfertilityservices.com
Affiliated Doctors:
Hugh D. Melnick, MD
LENOX HILL HUMAN REPRODUCTION
150 East 71st Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone 212-324-BABY (2229)
Services: IVF, IUI, Donor Egg/Sperm, Egg Bank for affordable/fast cycles, Elective Egg Freezing, Fertility Preservation for medical reasons, PGD/PGS, Minimally invasive/robotic surgeries
LenoxHillHumanReproduction.com
Insurance accepted: Aetna, Empire BCBS, Cigna, GHI, HealthNet, HIP, Magnacare, Multiplan, Oxford, United Healthcare (if your insurance is not listed please call to verify)
Affiliated Doctors:
Tomer Singer, MD
CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION
300 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030
(Additional offices in: Garden City, Hauppauge, Flushing, Forest Hills and Manhattan)
Phone 516-562-BABY (2229)
Services: IVF, IUI, Donor Egg/Sperm, Egg Bank for affordable/fast cycles, Elective Egg Freezing, Fertility Preservation for medical reasons, PGD/PGS, Reproductive surgery
NorthShoreLIJIVF.com, SuffolkCenterforHumanReproduction.com
Insurance accepted: Aetna, Empire BCBS, Cigna, GHI, HealthNet, HIP, Magnacare, Multiplan, Oxford, United Healthcare (if your insurance is not listed please call to verify)
Affiliated Doctors:
Avner Hershlag, MD
Gerald Scholl, MD
Gabriel San Roman,MD
Matthew Cohen,MD
Micheline Chu,MD
Mary Rausch, MD
Christine Mullin, MD
CHELSEA FERTILITY NYC
105 East 37th Street
Suite 1
New York, NY 10016
Services: In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET), Comprehensive Chromosome Screening (CCS), Fertility Preservation/Egg Freezing, LGBTQ Family Building, Genetic Testing and Diagnosis (PGD / PGS), ICSI for Male Infertility, Acupunture, Genetic Counseling, Egg Donation, Surrogacy
Insurance Accepted:
Empire BC/BS
Cigna
United Healthcare
Aetna
Oxford
Email: patientcare@chelseafertilitynyc.com
Affiliated Doctors:
Dr. Paul R. Gindoff
Dr. Beth Hartog
https://www.chelseafertilitynyc.com
OUTSIDE NYC:
AMERICAN FERTILITY SERVICES
Jeffrey Braverman, MD
700 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 227-3333
Accepts most insurances, except Medicaid, and uncommon insurance companies.
ERIC FLISSER, M.D.
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York
400 Garden City Plaza
Suite 107
Garden City, NY 11530
Services Provided: Comprehensive family building treatment options including a donor egg program, assistance with finding donor sperm through various NY State licensed agencies, advocacy of single parenthood/ non-traditional families, medical treatments, IUI, oocyte cryopreservation, IVF, PGD, blastocyst culture and transfer, embryo cryopreservation. Surgical interventions for women include operative laparoscopy, operative hysteroscopy, and myomectomy. Urological service available, including medical and hormonal remedies, varicocele repair, microsurgical reconstruction, vasectomy reversal, ICSI, electroejaculation, TESE, treatment for azoospermia.
Phone: (516) 746-3633
Fax: (516) 746-3622
Email: info@rmany.com
JANE RUMAN M.D.
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York
400 Garden City Plaza
Suite 107
Garden City, NY 11530
Services Provided: Comprehensive family building treatment options including a donor egg program, assistance with finding donor sperm through various NY State licensed agencies, advocacy of single parenthood/ non-traditional families, medical treatments, IUI, oocyte cryopreservation, IVF, PGD, blastocyst culture and transfer, embryo cryopreservation. Surgical interventions for women include operative laparoscopy, operative hysteroscopy, and myomectomy. Urological service available, including medical and hormonal remedies, varicocele repair, microsurgical reconstruction, vasectomy reversal, ICSI, electroejaculation, TESE, treatment for azoospermia.
Phone: (516) 746-3633
Fax: (516) 746-3622
Email: info@rmany.com
RACHEL A. BENNETT, MD
Westchester Reproductive Medicine
344 E. Main Street
Suite 403
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Services Provided: Provides the following reproductive services to same sex couples and single mothers by choice: donor sperm inseminations, IVF using donor sperm, donor egg/donor sperm IVF.
Participant in Managed Care: Yes
Phone: (914) 218-8955
Email: admin@WestchesterReproductiveMedicine.com
www.WestchesterReproductiveMedicine.com
JAMIL MROUEH, M.D.
Rochester Fertility Care
1561 Long Pond Road
Rochester, NY 14626
Services Provided: Insemination, IVF, Surrogacy, Egg Donor, Sperm Donor, Sex Selection, Embryo Adoption, All ART Procedures
Phone: (585) 453-7760
Fax: (585) 453-7771
Email: jmroueh@yahoo.com
www.rochesterfertilitycare.com
ROSALINE A. HAYES, M.D.
Rochester Fertility Care
1561 Long Pond Road
Suite 410
Rochester, NY 14626
Services Provided: Evaluation & treatment of infertility for all women without regard to marital status or sexual orientation. Ovulation induction, U/S, IUI donor sperm, IVF, donor egg, FET, embryo donation, voluntary surrogacy, PGD, all surgeries related to fertility involving hysteroscopy, laparoscopy and laparotomy.
Phone: (858) 453-7760
Fax: (585) 453-7771
JEFFREY KLEIN M.D.
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York
15 North Broadway
Garden Level Suite G
White Plains, NY 10601
Services Provided: Comprehensive family building treatment options including a donor egg program, assistance with finding donor sperm through various NY State licensed agencies, advocacy of single parenthood/ non-traditional families, medical treatments, IUI, oocyte cryopreservation, IVF, PGD, blastocyst culture and transfer, embryo cryopreservation. Surgical interventions for women include operative laparoscopy, operative hysteroscopy, and myomectomy. Urological service available, including medical and hormonal remedies, varicocele repair, microsurgical reconstruction, vasectomy reversal, ICSI, electroejaculation, TESE, treatment for azoospermia.
Phone: (914) 997-6200
Fax: (914) 997-8111
Email: info@rmany.com
REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE CENTER OF NEW ENGLAND
1 Forbes Road
Lexington, MA 02421
Services Offered: One of the first fertility clinics in the couples to perform IVF for gay couples, RSC offers IUI, ICI, and IVF for gay men and lesbian couples. Read our interview with RSC’s fertility specialist Dr. Samuel Pang here.
Phone: 1-800-858-4832
REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF CONNECTICUT
70 Maple Ave
Rye, NY 10580
600 Westage Business Center Dr.
Fishkill, NY 12524
10 Glover Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
1290 Summer Street, Suite 3200
Stamford, CT 06905
67 Sand Pit Road, Suite 300
Danbury, CT 06810
Services Offered: Experienced fertility specialists are proud to offer comprehensive family building treatment options for same-sex couples or single mothers by choice or single fathers by choice – including IVF using donor sperm, donor egg/donor sperm, IUI, oocyte cryopreservation, Ovulation Induction, Artificial Insemination, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), Comprehensive Chromosome Screening (CCS), embryo cryopreservation, and fertility surgeries such as laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, and myomectomy. We also provide individual, couples, and group support for patients participating in any form of assisted reproduction, regardless of marital status or sexual orientation
Phone: 1-800-865-5431
Size: Medium – Large
Insurance: Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Cross/Blue Shield – All PPO Plans, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA HMO, Cigna, Connecticare, Empire BCBS- All Plans, First Health PPO,GHI PPO, Great West/One Health PPO, Health Care Value Management PPO, HealthChoice, Health Connecticut PPO, HealthNet, Humana PPO/Choice Care Network, HMC PPO/Multiplan/PHCS, MV, Northeast Direct Health PPO, Oxford Health Plans, Pioneer Health Group/ Connecticut Health Plan
Pomco, United Healthcare
Affiliated Doctors:
Dr. Joshua Hurwitz, M.D.
Dr. Mark Leondires, M.D.
Dr. Cynthia Murdock, M.D.
Dr. Spencer Richlin, M.D.
Dr. Richard Scott, Jr., M.D., FACOG, HCLD
Dr. John Stangel, M.D.
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