Meet Our Team

Office Staff

Our excellent office staff includes Barbara McSorley and Maria Castillo.

Barbara McSorley is the program secretary in charge of scheduling initial and follow-up appointments, collection of information and office operations. Barbara has been with the program for over 20 years and has a wealth of information and experience which she can share with our diverse patients.

Maria Castillo is responsible for billing for the professional services and is thoroughly familiar with the many details involved in maximizing insurance coverage for our patients. She works closely with the Alta Bates Patient Accounts Department which is responsible for hospital bills for ART.

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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