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2022, Unknown Success
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She [Dr. Insogna] is incredibly patient with me, communicates sensitively and promptly yet honestly, considers my whole personhood, answers my questions rapidly, competently, simply and completely, consistently checks in on how I'm doing with the IVF process (physically and emotionally) and beyond...even accommodates my husband's needs, fears, questions, etc. with so much grace...
My nurse, care coordinator and the other nursing staff [at Columbia University] that I interact during visits with are kind, considerate, thorough and great at what they do...clean, efficient and thorough. My only qualm is the communication system. When they are closed and the answering service picks up they will only contact the doctor on call for a short list of reasons and sometimes my needs have fallen outside of that sphere and it has caused me a lot of anxiety and stress...
How was your experience with Iris Insogna at Columbia University?
Dr. Insogna is the most humane physician I have EVER worked with. She clearly works just as hard to treat me with kindness and compassion as she does to meet my physical, medical needs, yet she does that excellently as well. She is incredibly patient with me, communicates sensitively and promptly yet honestly, considers my whole personhood, answers my questions rapidly, competently, simply and completely, consistently checks in on how I'm doing with the IVF process (physically and emotionally) and beyond it, and even accommodates my husband's needs, fears, questions, etc. with so much grace. She is a dream. I love absolutely EVERYTHING about this doctor and it has been an honor to work with her and has literally set a new standard for my medical care going forward. I would recommend her to absolutely anyone I care about.
What's one piece of advice would you give a prospective patient of Iris Insogna at Columbia University?
Share your whole heart with her. Be a whole human, express yourself honestly as such and she will meet you where you are and you will never regret it.
During treatment, were you treated like a number or a human with Iris Insogna at Columbia University?
Dr. Insogna is the most humane physician I have EVER worked with. She clearly works just as hard to treat me with kindness and compassion as she does to meet my physical, medical needs. She is incredibly patient with me, communicates sensitively yet honestly, considers my whole personhood, answers my questions rapidly and completely, consistently checks in on how I'm doing with the IVF process and beyond it and even accommodates my husband's needs, fears, questions, etc. with so much grace. She is a dream.
Describe the protocols Iris Insogna used in your cycles at Columbia University and their degree of success.
Timed intercourse because I have PCOS and need help with ovulation so we started with minimal intervention and I only took oral drugs to help me ovulate. When that did not work twice, I asked to move to the next stage of intervention so we attempted an IUI and I never ovulated using Letrozole. Dr. Insogna recommended we move to IVF because she knows I want to get pregnant asap and because more potent ovulation meds might result in multiples given that I have a robust number of eggs. I then did an egg retrieval that resulted in 11 perfect embryos, 5 imperfect but viable and 2 that are not recommended for use and I will undergo my first transfer in 3 weeks.
Describe your experience with your nurse at Columbia University. (Assigned nurse: Maddie Bellinger)
Everyone I work with at Columbia is great. My nurse, care coordinator and the other nursing staff that I interact during visits with are kind, considerate, thorough and great at what they do.
Describe your experience with Columbia University.
The clinic is mostly great. It is clean, efficient and thorough. My only qualm is the communication system. When they are closed and the answering service picks up they will only contact the doctor on call for a short list of reasons and sometimes my needs have fallen outside of that sphere and it has caused me a lot of anxiety and stress. I think they should have a voicemail box that you can leave a message out during off hours and maybe the ability to text the on call doctor so that they can quickly respond without being inundated with calls.
Describe the costs associated with your care under Iris Insogna at Columbia University.
8k
Describe Iris Insogna's approach to eSET (elective single embryo transfer) vs. multiple embryo transfer at Columbia University.
Dr. Insogna prefers one egg at at time for me given my embryo number, age, health, etc. in the hopes of my having the safest pregnancy possible and I agree.
What specific things went wrong at Columbia University?
- Provided conflicting information
Describe the specific things that went wrong at Columbia University.
I have only once spoken to the on call doctor who told me something slightly different than my own doctor but we are all human and so we will not always align perfectly. The on call doctor also didn't have as much information as my primary physician.
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