Dr. Geoffrey Sher

Oscar-nominated director Amanda Micheli’s provocative documentary,
Vegas Baby followed several aspiring parents, who desperately wanted
to have a baby but were struggling w…

About 1/3 of infertility is caused by a male factor
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third is due to a combination of both male and female factors. Thus,
in more than 50% of cases, a male factor causes or contributes to the
problem. Today, with very few exceptions, in the case of moderate or
severe male infertility (unless it can be reversed medically or
surgically) in vitro fertilization (IVF) with

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 fiel…

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% of cases there is
both a male and a female factor involved. Understanding this reality
before embarking on a strategic plan of treatment is in my opinion
essential to optimizing outcome.

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 herself, so
in addition to being an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, she brings an
empathetic eye and a passion for raising awareness. The film will be
available on iTunes on Mother’s Day, this Sunday May 14th at this
link: 

_ 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 influential in the births of over 18,000 babies, the time
has finally arrived for me to prepare for my retirement. I, therefore,
wish to take the …

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 with advancing age of the egg provider.
 Thus, given the emotional, physical, and financial toll exacted by
IVF, it is preferable that no one undertake a one‑shot attempt. If a
couple can only afford one treatment cycle, IVF is probably not the
right course o…

There is a great deal of confusion when it comes to defining egg
“quality.” Most people interpret terms such as
“mature/immature/post-mature” eggs as implying that the timing of
egg retrieval was off. This is, at best, a gross over-simplification
and at worst, dangerously misleading.