Daniel Kort

Dr Kort is deeply knowledgeable and very empathetic - which is a wonderful combination when going through something as challenging as fertility treatment. His approach is very hands-on in that one sees him at every ultrasound appointment and he performs the retrieval, transfer process etc himself. He is also extremely accessible and never rushes through an appointment, taking the time to answer all questions and ensuring one is super comfortable with the process and what's going on. He ensured to modify the treatment to best suit my needs to maximize success.

Fertility treatment is such a challenge - ask all the questions you have, no matter how trivial they seem!

We had one (successful!) IVF cycle that included a mock transfer, ERA while we waited for the genetic testing results followed by a frozen transfer.

$10-15k

Dr. Kort is a wonderful doctor with a great bedside manner. As someone who works with doctors in healthcare, I can confidently say that not only is he knowledgeable and proactive, but he is also easy to talk to and very kind. He made sure we had all of our questions answered and even comforted me the during difficult moments (which did not happen with my previous doctor and most doctors in general). He was also able to answer some questions and fix some things my previous doctor didn’t detect. I could not recommend him enough!

If you are looking for a more personal experience and a bit of hand holding on your fertility journey, this could be the right fit for you.

We did 2 rounds of embryo transfers after a full work up with Dr. Kort. There was some tissue remaining from a previous miscarriage and/or an occult septum and he removed that prior to the transfers.

We had excellent insurance and it was very easy for us.

He was very professional and aimed to work with SART’s guidelines. He also took the time to explain them to my husband and I.

I had such a wonderful experience with this doctor with my egg freezing at another practice. When I wanted to do IVF (with an new egg retrieval) as a single mother by choice, I found the clinic where he had moved and came for a consultation. I was so happy to continue working with Dr. Kort and very happy with my care and my results! Communication was excellent. I was always comfortable and at ease throughout the entire process. I had a healthy baby boy and have two more embryos (as well as my 14 frozen eggs from my post experience with him for egg freezing. I have referred several good friends to him, and one just completed her egg freezing with him.

Definitely ask any questions or share any concerns. Dr. Kort really cared and really listened. He kept me very involved in the process and made sure decisions were mine, not those made by the clinic.

I was in the birth control so came off a few days before I wanted to start the medicines. I did Menopur, Gonal F, and later Cetrotide. My trigger was Lupron which I was so grateful for as I had horrible swelling after Ovidrel with the two cycles of egg freezing. for the transfer. I had 4 embryos created with donor sperm. 3 made it to day 5 and I froze them until I was ready (about 7 months later). I did estrogen for two weeks and then both pio shots every few days and progesterone suppositories. After a few weeks and the positive pregnancy test I had requested to do twice daily shots only as my progesterone and was very happy with that. I had an excellent and healthy pregnancy and am so grateful.

They really worked with mg schedule. I am a teacher with an 8 am start time about an hour away. We made it work, and often were able to do things on Saturday (or Friday— my later start day). It was stressful for me to arrange to be there so early, and they really helped me with that. I was always seen so quickly and on my way to work.

I was 80% insured with my job. I got a bill for the retrieval two years later ($1,200). I have not been billed for my transfer yet.

I was given statistics of recommended embryos for my age (I think it was 1-2) and I asked for just 1.

The thing I like most about Dr. Daniel Kort is that he is supremely confident in what he is doing and is able to transfer that confidence on to you, while not trying to downplay any chance of less than desired outcome. Every visit was smooth, he spent a lot of time answering questions and was extremely gentle at the bedside. He was extremely skillful at both the egg retrieval and embryo insertion process. My ovarian position created a minor complication but he handled it pretty well. He was also very responsive and calming when I had a subchorionic hematoma and didn't want me to unnecessarily rush to ER. He was confident it would self-resolve, and it did! The transfer process to my regular OB-Gyn was smooth and I am thrilled now that I'm able to care for my newborn daughter!

It makes sense to get all the regular treatment and tests done (both partners) with regular OB-Gyn before consulting a fertility physician (applies to anyone, not just Dr. Kort). Fertility treatment is an expensive and a draining process (very frequent visits and lots of processes), hence it's better to have a targeted objective. I understand not all insurance plans offer flexibility.

Don't remember specifics. Mine was a direct IVF with a retrieval cycle (egg and partner sperm) post stimulation, freezing for genetic abnormality testing and then FET next cycle once the 'normal' embryos was ascertained. 6 eggs were retrieved, all fertilized successfully, 5 were good quality blastocysts, 3 of which had no chromosomal abnormalities.

IVF (1 cycle) including single FET - $12-14K approx.

Dr. Kort was strongly against multiple embryo transfer in my case. I understand he would not recommend it unless absolutely warranted in an individual's case where benefits can outweigh the risks.

Dr. Kort’s strength are: Compassionate and dedicated doctor that truly cares about your goals; Honest with what to expect; He is patient with explanations and I never felt rushed at my consultations; Gentle bedside manner; Respect patient’s ability to understand complex information. Goes into details unlike many other doctors. One of his strength is that you can see that he is truly on your team. In the middle of my third cycle, the ultrasound wasn’t showing as many eggs as I would like (less than in my last two cycles). He informed me about it and gave me a choice to stop this cycle and wait till the next, which meant more work for him but it would transfer the fee I paid for my last cycle toward the next in hopes of harvesting more eggs. I ended up going forward with finishing that cycle that I was half-way through with and received an unexpectedly great results creating 3 PGT-tested embryos. I was technically taking a risk of having an unproductive cycle but I just felt very positive that even with low egg count, it will all work out. What he did that was super helpful is that he presented all the information to me but listened to my intuition. Dr. Kort’s calm confident energy really helped me to get through some dark thoughts. I changed partner (life happens!) after the first IVF cycle and was nervous if I would still be taken seriously and treated the same way in the clinic but I was treated with complete professionalism and respect through this tough period of my life by Dr. Kort whose concerns were my well-being and my goal of having a family at the end of all that.

Ask a lot of questions

Dr. Kort used antagonist short protocol on me to get as many follicles as possible. I had three successful cycles, the first: nine eggs retrieved - two embryos frozen; the second: seven eggs retrieved - 1 embryo frozen; the third one - eight eggs retrieved - 3 embryos frozen. I know that he adjusted my medication carefully after monitoring me every two days most of the time.

Even though fertility treatment is so expensive and hit my finances super hard, I feel like I was given a good package deal by Neway for a three-cycle-package. Whenever the clinic had any extra medication, I was given some of those super expensive drugs for free.

Didn’t have the transfer yet.

Dr. Kort was very personable in the way he treated my husband and I. He was thoughtful, and very informative from the beginning. He didn't rush us to begin treatment until we had time to think through our options. He was careful to manage expectations and provide all risk information - I was curious about the potential for multiple embryo transfer, which in the end was not an option for us (as I only had 1 successful embryo). Dr. Kort never rushed appointments. There were times when appointments got emotional for me, and Dr. Kort was always encouraging and kind and eased my fears.

Be open about your concerns and honest about what you want to achieve. He was very informative and realistically managed my expectations.

Most of the medication cost was covered by my health insurance, I had a regular copay of $40 for every ultrasound appointment. Cost of transfer was covered by insurance. Genetic testing and embryo freezing was not covered by insurance.

Dr. Kort is warm, empathetic, and down to Earth. He is also very clearly intelligent and passionate about his work. He was available to answer questions and always got back to me in the same day. He took the time to get to know me as a person and establish rapport. I never felt judged even when I had mixed feelings about the success of our IVF! He personally sees his patients and managed their care. Dr. Kort is not intimidating and speaks to you like a peer. He was 100% accurate with all of his estimations and we owe him our success story! He also provided us with wonderful referrals to other providers. These other providers also had patient centered practices. Dr. Kort gave us realistic timelines and is willing to “fight” insurances for his patients. All of our requested treatments were covered due to his expertise! We were so lucky to find him and will come back to grow our family again in the future! I cried after my last appointment, as I’ve never felt so cared about in a doctors/clinics care.

Trust his analysis and treatment planning! You are in charge, and you made the right step in picking him as a doctor.

Dr. Kort reviewed our history and told us we could go forward with another IUI (or more) cycle, but knew we had tried for several years so he was also on board with going right to IVF. We formed our IVF plan- use my natural cycle before egg retrieval then- menopur, ganirelix, Lupron. Then egg retrieval and ICSI to form embryos. They grew until 5/6 days then were biopsied for PGS then frozen. Once I had a period, a few days later I went on Estradoil and awaited lining to rethicken and genetic results to come back. At that time we scheduled the transfer for the next week! We had the embryologist pick the embryo that was the strongest and that was the one transferred. It worked! Dr. Kort saw me until 9 weeks pregnant. First HCG blood monitoring and then weekly ultrasounds.

They accepted our insurance as in network. Our costs were low and nothing was cost prohibitive.

I was relieved he recommended eSET. I was nervous of multiples.

Dr. Kort is incredible and we feel very grateful that we went through our IVF journey with him. Not only is he extremely intelligent and professional, he is the most attentive, kind, and compassionate doctor I know. We felt completely safe in his care and trust him 110%. Because of Dr. Kort and his amazing team, we are currently pregnant with our first child and are already looking forward to working with them again as we continue to expand our family.

Look no further than Dr. Kort. I couldn't imagine a better doctor.

Due to my specific case of fibroids as well as having blocked tubes, it was clear that IVF was a necessity. We decided to proceed with two separate egg retrievals, followed by PGS testing of embryos which were frozen and stored. After having necessary surgery, we finally scheduled our first frozen embryo transfer which resulted in a chemical pregnancy. We scheduled our second FET the following month and we are happy to report that we are expecting our first child next year.

My insurance covered the majority of the costs. I only had to co-pay for office visits, and paid out-of-pocket for PGS

Dr. Kort explained the risks of transferring multiple embryos and since we also had genetic testing done, we felt very confident that transferring a single embryo would give us the best chance of a successful and healthy pregnancy.

Although we ultimately did not need to pursue either IUI or IVF, Dr. Kort ran a full battery of tests to help diagnose our fertility issue. I had a trouble with my first HSG, so much so that we were unable to successfully complete it the first time around. Dr. Kort found a work around so that the test could be given effectively a second time. As luck would have it, that may have worked. We're now expecting our first child.

I would encourage any prospective patient to bite the bullet and make an appointment. I found signing up for a fertility consultation to be such a huge mental hurdle. It's definitely worth it -- and Dr. Kort will be a huge part of making that process less scary.

While we did not ultimately need any treatment strategies, Dr. Kort did all the diagnostic testing, including an HSG and a hysteroscopy.

Most of the bills were completely covered by insurance. The billing staff was more than happy to answer any questions.

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Dr. Kort was not only knowledgable and compassionate, but he showed exemplary humility in difficult situations and was not afraid to look deeper into an issue or seek an alternative opinion. He's a collaborative thinker, which is wonderful in this pursuit. He was a tireless advocate for our success.

Feel free to be yourself and express concerns. Dr. Kort is open to complicated feelings and discussions.

3 medicated IUI's with Clomid & Ovidrel trigger. 2 egg retrievals after Folistim, Menopur, & Cetrotide, HCG trigger regimen. Prep for transfer with Eustrace & Progesterone in oil. 1 transfer attempted, but embryo not inserted due to complexities with cervix shape. 2 practice transfers following failed attempt, as a way to better understand shape of cervix and prepare for successful transfer. After clear map of cervix and updated strategy for transfer, 1 successful embryo transfer, and ensuing pregnancy.

Very rarely had to wait. Overall a well-organized process.

Estimated 12K out of pocket, not including medications.

We definitely feel the single embryo transfer was the way to go.

Dr. Kort worked with our donor and with a prior facility storing our donor's sperm.

I had a very good experience with Dr. Kort. Every appt you have with him he makes sure you feel confident with what the next step will be. When he had to call me to give me bad news he took the time to help me understand. I had doctors in the past that left me a Voicemail and then too busy to return my call. Dr. Kort did his best to stay with me throughout both cycles. He tried to be there for every ultrasound and he was the one that did both retrievals. This process is really hard and having a doctor that’s really kind and actually knows you as more then a name on his appt book makes a difference. We weren’t successful yet but I feel like he did the best he could.

They are reasonably priced. They have a 3 cycle package for around $18,000 which is cheaper then any other clinic in my area.

Dr. Kort is against transferring more then one embryo.

We had a great feeling with Dr. Kort from the initial consultation. He is friendly, knowledgeable and patient, and helped us understand the alternatives available, costs involved, and patiently provided the information we needed to decide on the best plan of treatment. He made me feel comfortable during the entire treatment, endless ultrasounds, from truly care since our success was his own success.

Don't leave any consultation with questions, it is important to understand the process and he is very patient and knowledgeable.

At my own choice I decided to first do a mini IVF, which ended up with no viable embryos. The second round was a full IVF and three viable embryos.

Monitoring hours started at early morning and were convenient to get to prior to work.

Costs covered by insurance except for medicine and anesthesia.

We discussed the risks involved on multiple embryo transfer for a patient my age and a single embryo transfer was the choice made.

Our experience with Dr. Kort was excellent from start to finish. We were treating with him after sustaining two early miscarriages. He is clearly knowledgable and his course of treatment and recommendations worked. He was empathetic, reassuring, and caring every step of the way.

Don't hesitate considering him for your fertility treatment. He is the absolute best!

After two early miscarriages, we had several blood tests, a semen analysis, a Saline Infused Sonogram (SIS), and a Hysterosalpingogram (HSG). Our blood work, semen analysis, and SIS came back normal. On the HSG, Dr. Kort noticed a slight Uterine Septum and went on to perform a Hysteroscopic Septoplasty to correct the septum. The procedure took 30 minutes and full recovery took about a week. Following surgery, I had another SIS which showed that the septum was corrected. We conceived the following month and are now expecting our rainbow baby in December!

The costs required were the copays and some additional costs for blood tests.

Dr.Kort has a very calm demeanor and is very reassuring. He never made me feel like a patient or that something was wrong with me. There were plenty of options that he explained and offered his opinion but was also never pushy. Everything was on my terms.

He is very thorough but I would always ask questions as things in your body can change on a daily basis.

Dr. Kort my husband and I discussed IUI as a potential option for us. I was reluctant to take any type of medication but he walked me thru what I would be taking and what it would do. He didn't push anything upon us which I really liked, he helped to guide us but left everything on our terms.

The only costs were copays for ultra sounds and the pharmacy needs.

Dr. Kort was patient and conservative, but in the best way possible. He helped induce my ovulation as quickly as possible but without running the risk of "overshooting" and endangering my body. He is exceptionally compassionate and a great problem-solver. He is kind and gentle.

Feel free to ask as many questions as you'd like. He will always answer them and never make you feel rushed.

We first used Follastim and as soon as it became clear that it wasn't working, he switched me to Menopur, titrating the dose until it was effective.

Just my co-pays, $25/ visit.

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Dr. Kort is an exceptional physician. He is knowledable, kind, caring and goes out of his way to provide excellent healthcare. I felt safe and well cared for. Would trust him with any sensitive matter. Couldnt recommend him enough and grateful I went through my treatment with him.

Youre in good hands. Dont stress.

Random timed induction of ovulation since I had an IUD in place. Standard protocol treatment given my age, and AMH.

Cost for monitoring, medications, procedure.

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Very nice doctor. We knew our chances were low being an older couple, but this was glossed over a bit when we tried to get right into the details. We learnt about PgS testing from this doctor. Even after several meetings though it was hard to really see a clear course

Know your research before you go in

I only did a saline ultrasound and bloodwork with this doctor

$15,000 per cycle plus extras

We did not get this far, but they do natural cycles at this clinic

We had a great experience with Dr. Kort. He was very thoughtful in answering our questions and helping us understand what to expect during our treatment process. He was patient and kind throughout, as well.

I prefer not to disclose the specifics of my own treatment strategies and protocols.

Insurance covered the majority of our costs.

He's very kind and compassionate. He took the time to explain the entire treatment. He was easily accessible via email or phone. He was willing to answer all my questions and concerns. He also reassured me that everything is alright.

Always ask questions.

Storage, medicine, procedure cost. Everything was up front so there are no surprise fees.

Dr. Kort was professional, knowledgeable and reachable (via phone / email) every time I had questions from day one, throughout the course. I appreciate that Dr. Kort presents facts, statistics and options w/o imposing anything, explaining the risks, possible outcome and his suggestions, letting patient (me) breathe, and decide for myself. He never created an “urgency” to do one or other procedure.

Ask questions. Dr. Kort will speak as much you will want him to speak.

I was lucky to have only one IUI procedure that resulted in pregnancy

Haven’t received all yet. Most is still being processed and reviewed by my insurance company . The ones I received so far, seem average market cost for particular type of procedures.

As soon as I met with Dr. Kort I was at ease, he was kind and understanding and he is truly a expert in his field, up to date on all current treatment options. He is easy to talk to and listened to all of my concerns and fears with a calm manner. After meeting with him I left with a folder full of information of what we discussed during the consultation, step by step information on how the procedures would work and what type of medication I will need as well as the pricing for the procedure and medication.

You don't have to walk in full of nerves and anxiousness you can trust that you will be in good hands and that you will be dealing with a expert in his field. You will feel warmth and compassion from that very moment you walk in to meet him. you can be yourself because he will treat you like you are family.

When I first walked in for consultation he discussed my AMH level with me and how he wanted to see how many follicles I had and that it will be best to check during my period cycle, which caught me off guard and explained each type of medication I would have to take, as well as the time the procedure would take and how it will be done very quickly and that I will be asleep during the procedure for egg retrieval, and that I will feel great after, some people can even go back to work the same day if they wanted to.

I believe it at that time it was $5000.00 for the procedure and around $5,000.00 for the medication then within that year the prices for the procedure went up by $1000.00

I had a wonderful experience with Dr Kort. He was always engaged, and I felt he genuinely cared for me and my family. He explained everything so we could really understand the process. He is patient and kind.

Don't bother seeing anyone else!

Dr. Kort is amazing. He is honest, kind, and approachable. He fully explained to me all my options and made excellent recommendations which resulted in two healthy pregnancies. Please take my advice and make an appointment with Dr. Kort.

If you are reading this make an appointment with Dr. Kort ASAP, he will fully explain to you all your options and make the best recommendations.

Professional, knowledgable and instilled trust, very caring and really invested in helping me to achieve the best result. Was honest and balanced throughout- didn’t give false hope but also was encouraging and supportive.

Utilise and trust his knowledge and experience.

Overall I think I spent a total of around 30k-40k

Dr Kort is an excellent communicator who always makes himself available. Even though he sees so many patients he always made us feel like we were a priority. This means a lot, since trying to start a family feels like the most important thing in the world, and you want a Dr who makes you feel like he care about this life changing time too! Dr Kort is not only a great communicator but is empathetic, a good listener, and extremely knowledgeable in his field. I also loved that every time we went to Neway we got to see Dr Kort. He did all of my scans, both of my retrievals, and my transfer. Throughout the whole process I was treated as an individual; a human - and in turn this made me feel less anxious and more comfortable in the uncharted waters of infertility. While Dr Kort can't guarantee success, he set realistic expectations for us, explained every step of the process, and along the way answered our additional questions that popped up, and settled our anxieties when we felt uncertain. We could not have asked for a more wonderful Dr.

1.) The Neway portal is really outdated and hard to use. For example if a nurse sends a message in the portal, the patient cannot just respond to the message directly. The patient has to start a "new" message in the portal and so there is higher chances of miscommunication since both parties can't see a conversation thread. 2.) With egg/blostocyst results post-retrieval I think getting the news about results should happen by phone call (not waiting for a portal alert with encrypted message). There is so much emotion weighing on those results and patients are waiting with bated breath to find out, so a human element with these sorts of test results would be much appreciated!

Dr Kort helped us fight for coverage with our insurance for our first round of IVF. He even sent a personal email to a contact at our health insurance company stating why medically this was the approach we should take as a next step. Our second round of IVF we paid for out of pocket, however Dr Kort and the entire nursing staff really helped us out by assisting with getting us the most cost effective way to get the meds we needed (i.e. making sure we wouldn't have "waste" by calling in exactly what we needed, or when they had a few extra unused medications (leftover from other patients) giving us what they could to get us "started" and then we purchased the rest. It didn't save us a TON of money but it was certainly helpful since treatment is expensive).