Galina Karpenko

From the start, Dr. Karpenko qas the only person who gave me a clear understanding of what was wrong with my husband and myself and was so compassionate about it. She had a great sense of humor which made me feel so comfortable given that I was exposed to her multiple times a week for approximately a year. As a patient, I was on time for every appointment and went with the flow putting all my trust in her and her staff. It worked and I am grateful.

Do not be shy about what you're going through emotionally or physically. She will talk to you like a friend and give you the best advice to help you.

Dr. Karpenko remembered everything about me and my results everytime I went in or had a procedure. She also began to understand the type of person I was and treated me accordingly. She was personable and funny and just made me feel so comfortable about everything. I love her and am so thankful for her in this world.

I had to take 3 different types of supplements every day each for a different concern and inject myself every night with Gonal F until the procedure and then give myself a trigger shot which was Ovidrel 2 days before the procedure. With IUI it was different because I didn't need to use the other trigger shot, Centrotide. That was with my IVF treatments. The supplements increased my amh and fsh hormones and the gonal created and grew eggs for me. I also had to take progesterone after the procedure to make sure the sperm caught with the egg and stayed. My husband also had to take 2 supplements for his sperm motility and sperm count which resulted in a positive outcome. After so many times, I became pregnant on my 2nd IVF cycle and am currently 34 weeks.

The nurses who assisted were amazing!! Needles at first were a big scare for me but they made me feel so good and drew blood so naturally that needles are nothing to me now. They spoke to me like I was a friend and created a wonderful relationship. I love them and I am just as grateful for them as I am for Dr. Karpenko.

The strengths were the cleanliness, the promptness of seeing the patients according to their appointment and the staff. I wouldn't say there are weaknesses. Maybe the location. It's smack in the middle of the NYC so parking is nonexistent and the crowds are overwhelming at times.

I was covered with my insurance so I only had a $15 co pay. I had to pay to freeze my extra eggs after the first egg retrieval which was $1500 and then a monthly storage fee of $100. It was for only 1 month.

I feel the doctor should give her best professional opinion and the patient should consider what she says before making a decision.

Unfortunately we haven’t been successful yet but I firmly believe that she will get the job done. Dr karpenko is compassionate and patient and is a wonderful communicator. I know we’ve done a lot of ivf cycles with her but we were combatting the endometriosis and attempting pregnancy through ivf before choosing endo surgery.

Call and make an appointment. Her office isn’t a factory. She is very personable and compassionate and if you want to feel like a human and not a number, she’s the one to make you feel that way.

Dr karpenko is the 4th doctor we’ve been to and from the first appointment I felt confident that she would help us through this difficult time. She was the one to diagnose me with endometriosis. She does every ultrasound, she discusses every treatment and protocol plan personally with me in her office. She has done every retrieval and transfer. She is the one who calls me with blood results. No other clinic does any of that!

Because of my endometriosis we always did lower dosage cycles. They all included menopur (1vial). Along the way follistim was added (150), cetrotide and ovidrel was always my trigger shot.

Dr Karpenko has a small office. 1 receptionist and 3 nurses. One is the office manager and 1 is also in billing. These women are the best we’ve ever experienced. Beyond friendly, always up for a chat. Never rushed.

The office is small. Dr karpenko and dr Smith are the only doctors. 3 nurses. There is never a wait, normal business hours not factory hours. Always a greeting when you walk through the door. Dr karpenko always calls me with blood results same day.

At the start I was under my insurance which was United healthcare with ZERO coverage for anything infertility related. I don’t recall what we spent exactly but the iui cycle which was the only one with dr karpenko was $1500 for everything involved, blood, ultrasound etc. As of 2018 I am covered with Cigna through my husbands insurance and we are covered 100% for medications, ivf/iui etc!! I pay $40 a co pay for blood/ultrasounds but never a copay for beta bloodwork.

I only had 1-2 embryos at a time. When we got 2 embryos on the last cycle we transferred 2.

Dr. Karpenko was lovely, but I often felt rushed through the process, without having enough information about what I had to do next and when. She also didn't take as much time to explain the reasoning behind her treatment decisions, but to be fair this was my first round and I feel it was somewhat diagnostic.

Write everything down and ask lots of questions, because the doctor may not lay everything out for you ahead of time.

Dr. Karpenko was very kind and warm, she really cared about my treatment.

I started with a low dose of Femara, which created regular cycles, but no natural pregnancy. Then we did one IUI before doing IVF. I had a very low dose of Gonal-F, because I was producing a lot of follicles, but when we did the egg retrieval we got many fewer than expected. I moved across the country after this cycle, so I can't say how she may have adjusted treatment for the next round.

All of the nursing staff were great, but I did not have a nurse coordinator at this practice, and now that I have one I can see how helpful it's been.

This clinic uses Rockefeller Labs for their procedures, and while the staff there was great, it made for occasional confusion about where to go for which tests/procedures. NY Reproductive is also a small clinic. It was very easy to get in and see the doctor or the nurse practitioner and you feel like a real person, but now having been at a larger practice I see the appeal of having more in house infrastructure.

This was covered by insurance, so I had a $50 co-pay that I paid at each visit, plus embryo storage fees.

We agreed together to transfer single embryos, although she was very willing to do two at once.

She is by far the best doctor we've had so far to generally manage this process. We've now worked with her for about 9 months. She is very careful about being too liberal with medications and moving too quickly with any procedures, but is also open to all ideas and trying new strategies. She is careful to analyze the data and the situation and to offer an assessment that she think works best for the patient. Dr. Karenpko is also very open to working with other doctors and sharing findings and information so that she can provide the best possible care for her patients. She is not territorial and her ego does not come before her patients. She advocates on behalf of the patient and works extremely hard (even if it's off hours) to make sure the process is as smooth as possible. When it comes to lab results, she will sometimes call us at night or weekends with results herself, so that we don't have to wait until the next day or a Monday -- she knows how stressful the waiting process can be for anything and is careful to eliminate stress wherever she can. I would have to say that she is also extremely patient and meeting with her or talking with her on the phone never feels hurried. She always makes time to answer all questions and doesn't make you feel stupid for any concern or question you may have. You do not feel like just another number to her and you don't feel like she's out for the money. Dr. K is very dedicated to her profession and to the health of her patients and clearly wants the best for them. She is the first doctor to run tests that discovered MTHFR (after a few years of doctors) and to identify high glucose blood sugar ratios...again, after other doctors tested for it and missed it or failed to test for it. I did get pregnant with her and have a miscarriage this past summer and she offered great advice, welcomed us talking to other doctors to bring in more information, and was very sensitive throughout the process. We've now had her talk to a few other doctors and read their analyses and and are finding ways to still work with her and find the best possible protocol.

It was hard to get details from her about steps in the process. Then she made a major mistake with prescribing the correct amounts of medication to be covered by insurance that has cost me a lot. She also did not prescribe medication to sync my egg production and the IVF procedures I did with her were a big waste--got 7x as many with a different course of treatment, after she said nothing else could be done differently.

She was fine for unmedicated IUI with no concerns. I wouldn't go back for other procedures. Do your homework on your own and ask informed questions, don't expect her to give you the information.

The staff at her office was pretty great. She was not as forthcoming with information as I needed her to be since I didn't even know the questions to ask.

With one notable exception, the nursing staff in Karpenko's office was great.

Very small practice. I did not consult with other doctors at the practice but a friend did not have a good experience with one, so I was on alert to only see Karpenko. The facility is very nice and well kept. I liked almost all the people in the office but I couldn't believe Karpenko's ineptitude.

The office was only open after 9:30 or 10 so I was missing a lot of work to get to morning appointments. They did usually take later appointments, though.

The costs for IUI were negligible with my insurance, but costs for one round of IVF were about $4k after insurance. Plus there was the debacle with the prescriptions.