Kat Lin

Dr Lin was extremely arrogant. We saw her because our main fertility issue was due to male factor and she claims to be an expert. She claimed that she was the only one who figured out my husband’s issue, even though I told her that we suspected that issue at our initial consult. She told my husband she was going to “cure” him and write a research paper about it. What actually happened was that she put him on mediation 5 weeks before our retrieval that caused his low sperm count to go to zero and meaning that instead of fertilizing eggs, we had to freeze them all. At our initial consultation, I specifically asked her if my husband’s low count would be an issue and she said it wouldn’t, but her own hubris led her to implement an unproven course of treatment that had adverse effects even though we were only weeks from retrieval. When I begged her to try a treatment that would counteract the impact of the original treatment she loudly told me that she was the doctor, not me. However, after she finally relented, his sperm returned after 60 days on the additional treatment. Her team also didn’t give me my prescription info in enough time for me to receive the order in time to keep our timeline. Despite the fact that this was their error, Dr. Lin insisted that I needed to pay her to give me medication, even though I could not give her the prescription I ordered. The medication she gave me was all labeled “free sample”, so she essentially wanted me to pay her for something she hadn’t paid for. I refused and she eventually relented, because I had proof that I had sent several reminders to her staff to get me the prescription information and they still hadn’t gotten it to me on time. Dr. Lin would also regularly dismiss concerns during appointments and on several occasions I heard her yelling about other patients saying appointments were a “complete waste of my time”.

In my experience, there are reproductive endocrinologists who are in assistive reproduction for the money and those who are in it for the science / medicine. Dr. Lin is clearly in it for the money, so proceed accordingly.

I had high AMH for my age and no identified fertility issues. Dr. Lin used a standard protocol that produced 28 mature eggs. I had mild OHSS after the procedure. She treated my husband with hCG shots that took his low count to zero. She finally added anastrozole, which brought his count back to where it was before the hcg. Unfortunately, we had to freeze all eggs and we believe that impacted the fertilization rate overall, leading to only 2 5-days blasts out of the 28 eggs.

Dr. Lin’s office provided a flat fee without much explanation for what was included. In fact, her “financial counselor” could not explain what was included in the cost. After she made some medical errors that led to additional treatment. She insisted we pay more for treatment, even though it was her own error.

Our experience with Kat Lin differs from other patients because we are long distance patients. After numerous failures on her part, we ended up switching doctors. If others were a patient living in Seattle, she might be completely different. I found her to be extremely intelligent but very busy. She always seemed a bit rushed and a little stressed.

Do not choose her as a doctor if you are needing long distance treatment.

We never got to a treatment plan. Once we had finally decided to pursue IVF, Dr. Lin stopped attending scheduled phone conversations.

The projected cost of treatment was MUCH more expensive than our other clinic.