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Dr Geoffrey Sher
www.drgeoffreysherivf.com
NATURAL FERTILITY TREATMENTS
Awards & Accomplishments
– 30+ years experience with In Vitro Fertilization
– Founder of the first private IVF Clinic in the US
– Influential in the births of more than 18,000 babies
– Trained under Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, the “Fathers of IVF”
– Internationally renowned authority on immunologic causes of infertility
– Pioneer of many “firsts” in the field of IVF.
About Dr. Geoffrey Sher
Dr. Geoffrey Sher, co-founder of SIRM, is an internationally renowned expert in the
field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and has been influential in the births
of more than 18,000 IVF babies. Over the last 30 years, Dr. Sher has helped fashion the
entire field of ART. After training under “The Fathers of IVF” Dr. Patrick Steptoe and
Robert Edwards, Dr. Sher established the first private IVF program in the United States
in 1982.
In Vitro Fertilization
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is a procedure first successfully utilized in 1978 in
which a woman’s ovaries are stimulated with fertility drugs to produce multiple
mature eggs, which are then removed from her body and are fertilized in the
laboratory with her partner’s (or donor) sperm. The resulting embryos are
cultured for three to five days, at which point, and the best 1 or 2 embryos are
then transferred back into her uterus.
IVF PROCEDURES
An IVF procedure at SIRM involves the following steps (click on each for a more
detailed overview):
1. Preparing for Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation (COH)
2. Undergoing Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation
3. Egg Retrieval
4. Sperm Processing
5. Fertilization of Eggs in the Laboratory
6. Selecting the Best Embryos for Transfer
7. Embryo Transfer
8. Cryopreservation (Freezing) of Remaining Embryos – This is optional
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  • 2. Awards & Accomplishments – 30+ years experience with In Vitro Fertilization – Founder of the first private IVF Clinic in the US – Influential in the births of more than 18,000 babies – Trained under Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, the “Fathers of IVF” – Internationally renowned authority on immunologic causes of infertility – Pioneer of many “firsts” in the field of IVF. About Dr. Geoffrey Sher Dr. Geoffrey Sher, co-founder of SIRM, is an internationally renowned expert in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and has been influential in the births of more than 18,000 IVF babies. Over the last 30 years, Dr. Sher has helped fashion the entire field of ART. After training under “The Fathers of IVF” Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, Dr. Sher established the first private IVF program in the United States in 1982.
  • 3. In Vitro Fertilization In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is a procedure first successfully utilized in 1978 in which a woman’s ovaries are stimulated with fertility drugs to produce multiple mature eggs, which are then removed from her body and are fertilized in the laboratory with her partner’s (or donor) sperm. The resulting embryos are cultured for three to five days, at which point, and the best 1 or 2 embryos are then transferred back into her uterus. IVF PROCEDURES An IVF procedure at SIRM involves the following steps (click on each for a more detailed overview): 1. Preparing for Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation (COH) 2. Undergoing Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation 3. Egg Retrieval 4. Sperm Processing 5. Fertilization of Eggs in the Laboratory 6. Selecting the Best Embryos for Transfer 7. Embryo Transfer 8. Cryopreservation (Freezing) of Remaining Embryos – This is optional