J. Ricardo Loret de Mola

Dr. de Mola is incredibly patronizing and assumes very little medical knowledge. While that treatment might be helpful for some, I found it incredibly frustrating to be given the definition of a laparoscopic surgery after stating I understand what the procedure is and how it works. At said surgery, de Mola checked in with my husband while I was in recovery and told him that I was at a high risk of ovarian cancer later in my life. He never checked in with me in recovery, but when I saw him at my follow-up appointment, I asked him what I should do to be proactive with my increased risk. He claims never to have stated that. I told him that I would be sending my files to my primary gynecologist just for a second opinion, and these records have never made it to my gynecologist after a year of repeatedly asking for them. De Mola never consulted my husband's chart during our two years of seeing him, assuming that I was the only one with fertility problems despite our statements to the contrary. When he wanted us to do timed intercourse for the 6th month instead of moving up to IUI, I asked him to check my husband's chart and the recommendation for his male-factor infertility issues. He never apologized for giving us bad advice for over a year at that point and quickly over-prescribed my husband to attempt to help quickly raise his sperm counts after over a year of poor medical advice. For some reason, we continued with the clinic for another year, and we never saw him again. We've had no appointments with him, no communication from him, no advice from him. We have communicated entirely with nurses & office schedulers since that moment.

Avoid him. I understand the desire to have a baby, but I feel like he capitalizes on couples' desperation and gives advice that benefits his pocket book rather than your family planning goals. I just wish we never went to him or stayed there for three years. Such a waste of time, money, & energy.

We initially were told that we were young and should just focus on timed intercourse (even after I was diagnosed with PCOS & my husband had documented low-sperm count with a referral for IUI or most likely IVF). Those charts were never opened unless we asked for him to check our records when the advice seemed misguided & based on false medical assumptions. After 1.5 years, he began us on a cycle of IUI, but we never saw him during this time. IUI was repeatedly done even when they themselves said that my husband's count was lower than they would prefer for IUI. With my PCOS, it seemed as though I would always get a cyst the cycle after failed intercourse, so I would have to take BC for a month before rechecking for no cysts. We are currently signed up for an IVF cycle in the summer after we requested it (of course, they would have let us continue IUI and its billing ad nauseam) , but I honestly do not think I can trust this clinic based on their surprise billing tactics and lack of knowledge of my chart.

Office visits typically cost me $80 out of pocket (my insurance covers 80% cost). Ultrasounds cost my $190 each (they used to only charge me once a month for all of my ultrasound scans-- baseline during period, day 9-14, & additional if needed; but now, it is for each ultrasound). In January of 2023, their costs raised so significantly that my normal monthly out of pocket of between $80-$300 was $1300. Reba in their billing is a trooper though. She was always so kind and helpful on the phone, and she really advocated for my husband and me in this journey. She is hands down the single person in the office who redeems all other experiences.

We had a powerpoint read to us for the cost of $100, and he then explained that he almost always goes the eSET route except in rare cases.

He is an extremely knowledgeable doctor; however, he is gone way too much. When I first treated with him, I felt like he was present and knew exactly what was going on. Returning to the clinic, I did not get the same experience. Further, when cycles failed, I was always made to feel like something must be wrong with me even though he never changed the course of action.

Do all of your own independent research. Know your own chart like the back of your hand. Constantly stay on top of the nurses otherwise you won’t get responses or the medications you need. Double check ANYthing a nurse tells you.

When I first attended this clinic I had very minimal costs due to insurance. When I returned, lots of additional costs were added in. With the same insurance, I am paying significantly more for the same treatment 1 year later.

I completely understand the risks association with multiple embryo transfer and appreciate that Dr. Loret de Mola would rather have healthy pregnancies than quick pregnancies. However, I think he uses a fear factor to keep patients from considering transferring 2 and doesn’t pay attention to each individual patient’s circumstances when being so forceful about only transferring 1. I think he exaggerates the risks of multiples and chances of multiples.

We waited 3 hours to see this physician. When the Dr. came in the room, he was rude, showed no compassion, and dismissed my concerns. I had to fight back tears during the consult-it was that bad. He went ahead and ordered baseline workup labs for myself and my husband, but told us we pretty much weren't doing anything right in regards to timing and frequency during the ovulation phase, and to 'just keep trying' but add back in the OPKs. He didn't think anything was wrong. I left there in tears, and immediately made a consult with a different physician.

Read the reviews! And talk to anyone you may know who has seen him. I wish I would have listened to the people I talked to, and saved myself the upset.

Only had consultation with this Dr. No treatments.

I only paid like $50 out of pocket after insurance for the consult. Most, if not all of the labs were covered under insurance.

He takes time to explain things to you, and will answer your questions. But if I didn’t arrive already educated, I might not get all the information. He does seem to care and is compassionate, but it doesn’t always come off that way. He can sometimes seem cold and clinical.

Come prepared with questions after doing your own research.

Agonist protocol, menopur and follitism for about 14 days the first cycle and 11 days the second cycle. Didn’t have a great response, but moved forward with ovidrel trigger anyways. Used Medrol to prep for transfer and day 5 transfer.

We had good insurance coverage. Paid $6000 per cycle for medication out of pocket and about $6000 for procedures. They offered a cash of price of $11000 for a full cycle.

Embryologist recommended eset based on healthy embryos and no prior losses.