Center for Women's Reproductive Care / Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, New York

Patient Support Services

At the CWRC, we understand that the treatment of infertility can involve many personal and emotional challenges. We are committed to making your experience with us as supportive and positive as possible. The CWRC offers a range of special services administered by dedicated professionals, so that patients receive the personal support they may need before, during, and even after their treatment.

These services include:

patient support groups
mentoring services
individual and couples counseling
psychiatric counseling and evaluation
fertility education workshops (click here for details)

For a detailed description of these services, please click on the "Patient Support Services" brochure. In addition to these services, the specialized care of our social workers and nurses is also available, as follows:

Admissions and Support Counselor

Our Admissions and Support Counselor at the CWRC is available by phone during business hours at 1-646-756-8294 to provide information about our services and programs, including introductory cycle fees, medication subsidies, patient financing, and health insurances. The Admissions Counselor can also assist with handling stressful and emotional situations during a patient's treatment at the CWRC, and is available by appointment for individual or couples counseling sessions for a nominal charge.

Patient Relations Coordinator

Our patient relations coordinator, Joy Meyers, MSW, is available by phone during business hours at 1-646-335-3441. The role of our patient relations coordinator is to help with any problems not resolved by other staff and to assist you with your special needs. Ms. Meyers helps to ensure that patients receive support at each stage of their treatment at the CWRC.

Egg Donor Coordinator

Michelle Aszodi, LMSW, is a staff member of the CWRC who is the recipient's primary contact for all questions and concerns regarding requisition, checklist requirements, the donor matching and selection process, and all other issues prior to the beginning of the egg donor cycle.

Teaching Class

We offer teaching classes for patients undergoing both IUI and IVF or Donor/Recipient IVF at the CWRC. In both orientation classes, a nurse coordinator will review in detail the IUI and IVF process with presentation of the medications, and demonstration and practice of how to administer them.

Services		Our Team
Initial Consultation and Fertility Assessment Egg Donor Program Recipient Screening and Preliminary Testing Donor Selection and Matching Process Donor Testing Donor / Recipient IVF Cycle Donor Compensation Micromanipulation Techniques Micromanipulation Techniques Assisted Hatching (AH) Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Basic Treatments Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) Male Infertility Semen Analysis Testicular/Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (TESA) Testicular Biopsy	Reproductive Endocrinology and Gynecology Advanced Treatments In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Blastocyst Embryo Transfer Embryo Cryopreservation Oocyte Cryopreservation (Egg Freezing) Frozen Embryo Transfer Ovulation Induction Reproductive Surgery & Procedures Hysteroscopy – Diagnostic and Operative Laparoscopy – Diagnostic and Operative Tubal Microsurgery (Laparoscopic Tubal Reanastomocis) Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients Patient Support Services Admissions and Support Counselor Patient Relations Coordinator Egg Donor Coordinator Teaching Class Fertility Education Workshops	Mark V. Sauer, MD Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Janet M. Choi, MD Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Cary L. Dicken, MD Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Nataki C. Douglas, M.D. Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Michael M. Guarnaccia, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology Rogerio A. Lobo, MD Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Beth W. Rackow, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Briana J Rudick, MD Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Melvin Thornton II, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Ralf C. Zimmermann, MD Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology