Isaac Kligman

He is very friendly/personable in person (and by Zoom). Great doctor and clinical protocol went forward pretty smoothly. Only thing is that its hard to reach him by email or phone. We got the ideal outcome, so very happy about it.

Speak to him in person rather than rely on a phone.

The 3 IUIs were with Ovidrel. The IVF was with Gonal-F, Menopur, Cetrotide (antagonist), Leuprolide and Chor Gonador Injection (last 2 are triggers). The protocol was mostly dependent on Gonal-F (used three 900 unit pens). This was the most expensive part of treatment. Menopur wasn’t used as much. However, our protocol was modified based injecting one day more Gonal-F than instructed.

Given that our protocol heavily relied on Gonal-F, we spend over $10k in drugs. We spend >$25k in the IVF (labs/imaging/ICSI/anesthesia/hospital fees included)

Single embryo transfer. Based on lining, AMH levels and other metrics. He recommends 1 at Day 5 or 2-3 at Day 3.7

Dr. Kligman is very knowledgeable. When in person, he communicates decently and is patient when answering questions. However, the communication and decisions don't seem to be two-way. After my first failed IUI, I asked to start IVF next given my age and for family planning purposes. However, he dismissed my request and made me do another IUI which failed again, meaning a few months slipped by before I started my first IVF cycle.

Dr. Kligman is a better communicator in person. If possible, try to see him vs talking to him on the phone.

Egg freezing: Antagonist protocol IUI #1: Natural IUI #2: With Clomid IVF #1: Antagonist protocol IVF #2: Antagonist protocol

It's a zoo, but it is well run.

I had to pay out of pocket for IVF cycles, given I had my eggs frozen a few years before. My insurance company would not cover IVF due to my frozen eggs, and Dr. Kligman recommended doing a fresh IVF cycle before using the frozen eggs.

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Dr. Kligman was recommended to me by a friend. He is very professional and kind. I trusted his treatment plan. He preformed my first ER and my ET. At Cornell you will not see your doctor regularly and the nursing staff is your primary contact. Dr. Kligman called me when I had to postpone a cycle due to results from a Pre- cycle test which I greatly appreciated.

Do not expect to have your hand held. Have a support system outside of Cornell and take comfort that you are being treated at one of the best clinics. When you have an appointment with Kligman have your questions ready and make the most of each visit. I never felt rushed during our appointments.

Two egg retrials using Gonal, menopur and cetrotide. Medicated antagaonist Egg transfer.

I arrive 30 minutes before monitoring opened. There was always a line but arriving early I was usually finished within 30 minutes of clinic opening.

ET- $10k-$15k, meds $3k and ET-$4k

We decided to transfer one embryo. Dr. kligman was respective of decision.

Dr. Kligman has been my doctor since 2013 at which time we did our first IVF cycle and I became pregnant with our first child. I resumed seeing him in 2016 and we are working on number two. Dr. Kligman is the ultimate professional. He is smart, well-versed, courteous and caring. He is always responsive to my concerns and questions and provides straightforward and honest answers (he is not one to sugar coat). In between cycles, I had a natural pregnancy that ended in miscarriage. He insisted on caring for me the whole way through, was completely supportive through a difficult time and even insisted on doing my D&C himself so that he could be comfortable that I would not have any delays when I was ready to try again. He makes recommendations, and feels strongly about them, but will also let you give input on your preferred course of treatment and supports alternative courses of action. We are having a tough time with number two and this is when your care gets put to the test but thus far I have not lost any confidence in him as my doctor. I think Cornell as a practice can be somewhat rigid in approach and I see this from time to time in the way Kligman practices but ultimately he won't stick with something that isn't working. I always feel in good hands.

You have to do some self-education and be prepared to ask questions and prompt him as he won't always be as effusive as you might want him to be. He is 100% willing to spend all the time in the world with you discussing treatment and options but you should come prepared with a list of questions and concerns.

On our initial round of IVF, I was 32 and had no identified issues - our issue was male infertility - so was a fairly straightforward situation as these things go. We used ICSI and ended up with 8 day 5 blasts - we put one in and we have our daughter and froze the remaining 7. They were not PGS tested as that was fairly new at the time. All of my FETs are being done on a medicated cycle using Lupron, estrogen and progesterone. We have opted for a single embryo transfer in each case (he has suggested we move to two, which we are considering).

The waiting is the worst, and some days it can be up to an hour. This is the number one thing I would change about the experience and wish it could feel less like a cattle call.

Dr. Kligman accepts some insurance and we had coverage for many of our treatments but paid out of pocket for fertility medication and some hospital charges.

It has been my experience that Dr. Kligman will recommend eSET in all cases other than when it is not the patient's desire or when eSET is not producing results. He will always go over the statistics and recommendations with us pre-transfer to help us make an informed choice.

Dr. Kligman was a nice man, who initially appeared to be great. However he spent less than 10 mins face to face time with me to discuss my results and diagnosis. He was reluctant to elaborate on reasons or causes for my diagnosis. When I asked questions (I am from a medical background); he was flippant, a little arrogant about the answers. He prescribed too low a dose of the treatment drug decided on. His office contacted me to congratulate me on pregnancy when it was clear by the numbers and my history of a previous chemical pregnancy that I was having another chemical pregnancy. It was impossible to contact him-having to leave a voicemail for his administrators, who would take 24hours to call you back. He never called me back-he always had a nurse (who is unaware of your medical history) call you back. This clinic is a conveyor belt. The waiting room is not discrete with nurses coming out and just shouting your name out so that the other 100 people in the room can hear it.

I was diagnosed with low progesterone. I was prescribed a low dose of progesterone. On my first cycle taking the progesterone I became pregnant. I called his office to arrange a good test. They called me back the next day. After I did the blood (3 days after initial positive result), they congratulated me on being pregnant but told me that my progesterone was low and that I should have been on a higher dose and to start taking more. I already knew it was too late at this point. I told the nurse I thought the HCG levels were too low and she told me to wait another 5 days. I bled 4 days later-without any contact from Dr. Kligmann at any stage of the process. I was also taking a prescription medication at the time related to an autoimmune disorder that he assured me was have to use during the trying to convince period. I have since found out that this drug has been shown (by a number of publications in reputable journals using large study groups) that this medication increases your risk of spontaneous miscarriage significantly. I was never made aware of this by Dr. Kligmann.

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Dr.Kligman is very knowledgeable, listens thoroughly, and very caring. He always made sure that all of my questions were answered or that I was comfortable with a treatment decision. The clinic is large and has many patients, but he and his team make sure that you are not lost in the mix.

The clinic is definitely set up to process many patients through procedures like IVF and egg donation. This was fine for me, since that is what I was seeking, but if you are in an exploratory phase or seeking more of a diagnostic opinion, I am not sure if this would be the place for that. However - I was not seeking that, so I don't know for sure.

I don't remember the details on this.

It was very convenient, especially because you could go in for monitoring at their downtown location or their uptown locations.

It was about 12K for one IVF cycle.

No experience/no comment on this - I only had a single to transfer.

Unethical is the only way I can describe this doctor. There was zero communication. He should have told me the chances I had of conceiving with the one terrible embryo I had - Day 3, 5-cell, very fragmented. I didn't know any better at the time. And since I hadn't heard from the doctor, thought that I could and should trust he knew what he was doing. But the transfer should have been canceled. There was never any medication adjustment at all during the stimulation period - I was given the strongest, maximum dosage and suffered with it. Terrible, uncaring doctor. He should not be practising at a prestigious institution like Weil Cornell.

Don't do it. Wait however long it takes to get an appointment with another doctor. One or two months longer will not hurt you in the end.

Ugh. Sorry - don't remember.

Mixed bag. Some doctors were great. And a few (like Kligman) just literally monitored you like a body with a uterus.

$10K per cycle. Does not include the cost of medication which was made clear. Also didn't include the cost of anesthesia which was completely hidden as well as the use of another room in NYP hospital for which there was an exorbitant fee, also hidden.

I did not get to see Dr. Kligman every time during my monitoring. so when i have questions for him and couldn't see him in person, he would always call you back with phone call on the same day. that is helpful to me.

I feel like he is abit old fashion and experienced dr, very straight forward Dr.

My protocol is pretty high dosage on medication, yet still low count of egg counts at the end of the cycle.

pretty well run and most of my monitoring are pretty smooth and on time.

I spent close to $20K

Dr recommend me to transfer all of my 3 embryo on day 3. He said even with all 3, the chances are very low. So he didn't recommend me do the PGS testing. He thinks maybe embryo have better chance inside the body.

My visits with Dr. Kligman were extremely brief. When I asked questions, I received short answers and not much explanation. I was often made to feel as though I should already know the answers to the questions I asked. I believe he is thorough and careful, especially when tweaking the protocol for each cycle, but I wish he were more forthcoming with details, and spent more time making sure his patients felt informed and clear about their current status as well as future steps.

To ask many questions, even plan and write them down in advance if possible. It might also be helpful to go to appointments with a partner or friend who can ask questions and advocate on your behalf because he is not very forthcoming with information.

Monitoring hours were typically in the early morning which was convenient in terms of doing it before work. The offices were very busy, but fairly organized. Overall, I preferred monitoring appointments at the Tribeca office vs. UES as wait times were less, and the staff there was much nicer.

He was very cold and very set in the ways of the clinic. There was no adjustment to our situation or when it wasn't working to change the methods. We did not have success with the Cornell process and there was no real effort to change it or adjust to our specific needs.

If you're doing donor eggs, I would look elsewhere.

We did 2 fresh donor egg transfers and 1 frozen. The fresh were both day 3 transfers because the embryos did not look good. None of the cycles worked. He also advised to do a hysteroscopy. It was fruitless and didn't yield any information at all.

More than $20,000 per donor egg cycle.

He has a strong reputation with many success stories. He is very honest and reliable. The clinic is excellent. I was able to get pregnant while being treated with him. However he could take more time explaining the patient his view on the patient history and leveraging all the patient history. Sometimes he might seem distant and not always available for check ups or retrieval.

Strong reputation of success, very good doctor however be aware of his communication style and difficult to reach him.

Ivf with ICSI and PGD

Perfect not long waits, however be aware you will mostly be monitored by different doctors

10,000 aprox for an IVF

Dr. Kligman is an expert in fertility. He quickly assessed by situation and created a game plan for my treatment. When each of the various methods we tried didn't work, he quickly made changes to my treatments and protocols to ultimately find a successful route. You can't expect things to happen overnight but he will not give up until he is able to help!

As me being the patient doctor kligman was very nice respectful and make sure I understand everything I needed to know. He explained that not every cycle would be same and everytime I come to his office I would only see him.

That go in with a open mind and he’s the best doctor I ever had for infertility

$35 dollar with my insurance