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Laboratory

The laboratory is essential to the success of advanced fertility treatments. The embryo laboratory is located across the street from Dr. Chetkowski’s office at the Alta Bates Medical Center. Thus the embryo laboratory is in close proximity to the operating rooms where egg retrievals take place. The transfer room is connected to the main embryo laboratory by a sliding door, so there is minimal need for transportation of the embryos which can never be entirely free of risks.

For patients’ maximal convenience and privacy, the blood draws, semen collection, hormone tests and sperm processing for IUIs as well as ultrasounds are all done within Dr. Chetkowski’s office. Thus during their daily monitoring, patients need to come to just one place.

Alta Bates IVF Program provides the full range of infertility services, including IVF, ICSI, MESA, Donor Eggs, Gestational Surrogacy, IUI, Ovulation Induction and Reproductive Surgery. The program was established by Dr. Richard Chetkowski in 1984 and it operates in affiliation with Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley, California. The Alta Bates IVF Program offers the best of clinical care to infertile couples, same-sex couples, single men and women in a warm, comfortable, and supportive community hospital setting. Each patient receives personalized care from a single highly experienced physician. Many of our patients have complex infertility factors or have failed treatments elsewhere, so they often benefit from the individualized care, meticulous attention to detail and the depth of clinical experience unique to our program.

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