2017 - 2019, Unsuccessful
Dr. Gentry is a very kind doctor but tends to stick to a plan and doesn't waver much...My 3 IVF with ICSI resulted in a miscarriage at 6.5 weeks. and then I had 1 FET transfer with 2 frozen embryos that resulted in a negative pregnancy test. My husband has diabetes and low sperm motility and I was diagnosed with PCOS and Hypothyroidism before going to a fertility doctor...I wish after the 1st or 2nd failed cycle that resulted in miscarriage or chemical pregnancy that Dr. Gentry would have suggested getting the embryos genetically tested before doing a transfer. Then I would maybe has a more successful cycle than all of the ones resulting in miscarriage or chemical pregnancy or failed cycle. We would have had a better chance at transferring multiple embryos that were great quality.
The clinic [Advanced Fertility Group] was okay. For the first year or so they were going through a lot of office personal changes so the billing department was kind of all over the place. They did get back to you in a timely manner but a lot of the times the information was wrong in the billing department. I'm not sure about the embryologist because I have nothing to compare him to. He seemed to be good at his job but I had very little contact with him except on retrieval and transfer days. Dr's Gentry's main office is in Indianapolis and that office does not return phone calls in a timely manner. I've only had to call them for 1 thing and it too almost 2 weeks to get them to return phone calls and get information for me.
How was your experience with William Gentry at Advanced Fertility Group?
Dr. Gentry is very caring and seems to be very knowledgable due to his many years as a doctor. I liked Dr. Gentry as a person, but I feel like he is kind of a cookie cutter doctor meaning that he didn't adjust the treatment that much when it wasn't successful. He just added more medications on each time. I kind of felt like he has been so successful with his current approach that he doesn't waver much from the parodical. This was just my experience but I've been told by many other patients that they loved him and had great success.
What's one piece of advice would you give a prospective patient of William Gentry at Advanced Fertility Group?
Just be aware that going through the process takes time and Dr. Gentry is a very kind doctor but tends to stick to a plan and doesn't waver much.
During treatment, were you treated like a number or a human with William Gentry at Advanced Fertility Group?
Dr. Gentry is very kind and easy to talk to. I felt like he was genuine in his wanting to get us a successful pregnancy.
Describe the protocols William Gentry used in your cycles at Advanced Fertility Group and their degree of success.
Dr. Gentry had us do IVF cycles with fresh transfers also using ICSI for most of my treatments with just upping the doses of stimulating medications as well as medications to stop by body from rejecting the embryos after each unsuccessful cycle or miscarriage. My first IVF is ICSI resulted in a miscarriage at 8.5 weeks. My 2 IVF with ICSI resulted in a chemical pregnancy. My 3 IVF with ICSI resulted in a miscarriage at 6.5 weeks. and then I had 1 FET transfer with 2 frozen embryos that resulted in a negative pregnancy test. My husband has diabetes and low sperm motility and I was diagnosed with PCOS and Hypothyroidism before going to a fertility doctor.
Describe your experience with your nurse at Advanced Fertility Group. (Assigned nurse: Bea Guth)
The nursing staff were great at Dr. Gentry's office. Very informative if you asked questions and very caring. Returned phone calls in a timely manner if you were an established patient.
Describe your experience with Advanced Fertility Group.
The clinic was okay. For the first year or so they were going through a lot of office personal changes so the billing department was kind of all over the place. They did get back to you in a timely manner but a lot of the times the information was wrong in the billing department. I'm not sure about the embryologist because I have nothing to compare him to. He seemed to be good at his job but I had very little contact with him except on retrieval and transfer days. Dr's Gentry's main office is in Indianapolis and that office does not return phone calls in a timely manner. I've only had to call them for 1 thing and it too almost 2 weeks to get them to return phone calls and get information for me.
Describe the costs associated with your care under William Gentry at Advanced Fertility Group.
The cost was reasonable and affordable. I never really had a problem with coming up with the money I needed for treatments. Although, I didn't have to do a lot of extra stuff that my insurance didn't cover. I'm not sure what the cost of those electives are.
Describe William Gentry's approach to eSET (elective single embryo transfer) vs. multiple embryo transfer at Advanced Fertility Group.
I wish after the 1st or 2nd failed cycle that resulted in miscarriage or chemical pregnancy that Dr. Gentry would have suggested getting the embryos genetically tested before doing a transfer. Then I would maybe has a more successful cycle than all of the ones resulting in miscarriage or chemical pregnancy or failed cycle. We would have had a better chance at transferring multiple embryos that were great quality.
What specific things went wrong at Advanced Fertility Group?
- Failed to send your chart to another clinic
- Provided conflicting information
Describe the specific things that went wrong at Advanced Fertility Group.
Just had conflicting information when it came to the billing department. Was told I owed a specific amount, paid it, then they said I paid too much, then I actually owed more. It was all very confusing and back and forth.
Other issue was with his Indianapolis office. They were not quick to get back with you via phone and they took a long time sending over records to another doctor. As well as not sending all the records. ALSO, Dr. Gentry is not very organized in his paperwork. It is all still done on paper only and not entered into the computer so all the notes are just in his hand writing.