Mark Amols

He is very kind, compassionate and understanding because he has also personally experienced infertility. Our fist visit was the longest. He spent a lot of time discussing our previous diagnosis, his recommendations and wrote everything down for us to take home which was helpful to reference. IVF Visits seem rushed, he didn’t give any details or explain my follicle ultrasounds. (Was never told the sizes during stims cycles) and what they are looking for etc.

He is kind, compassionate, and honest. He also is understanding because he has experienced infertility himself. He has good experience with IVF, a good lab, has good prices, accepts many insurance plans, and offered us military discount.

We have only completed one IVF retrieval before COVID -19 caused cancellations. cycle #1 started the end of February 2020. My AMH was 1.83 (from July 2019). This was not redrawn prior to stims, but my FSH and estrogen were drawn. My FSH was ~8 and estrogen normal. Prior to my AFC they decided which protocol of meds to put me on (I think based on these numbers alone). My AFC prior to starting stims was done by an ultrasound tech with a NP watching and was 6 on the left ovary and 2 on the right. I started menapur 75mg qam and final-f 250mg qpm. After that all of my follicle scans were done by Dr. Amols. At my first scan with him he only saw 6 on my left and 0 on my right. At that visit he increased my gonal-f to 300mg qPM. Which I continued. The night I triggered he told me to take 450mg of gonal-f that night instead of 300. I triggered with hcg 5000. He was able to retrieve 6 eggs (from 6 follicles). 5 were mature, but only 2 fertilized normally. Both of those embryos made it to blast and one tested PGS normal. We plan to proceed with another round of retrieval’s once able to. It was becoming very difficult to get a follow up appointment with him to discuss details so we gave up and ended up just settling for a Message sent to us on Klara from his nurse (who discussed our case with him). She reported that for the next round he recommends doing ISCI and a micro dose Lupron protocol.

We have insurance coverage at the moment that pays 80%. It’s doesn’t cover PGS testing so we did pay out of pocket for that. Cost was $1200 for (biopsy & testing) & PGS testing was $2,000 for up to 8 embryos.

For me he said he would only transfer one embryo because I have a uterine anomaly (unicornuate uterus). He did mention that in other cases he is not apposed to transferring 2, but after that I’m not sure.

There was a point in time when we first started seeking treatment where we were told getting pregnant would never happen - this was told to us by our previous fertility doctor. We were told to seek out donor egg and sperm, embryo adoption, and even adoption. I was looked over for not being the “ideal” fertility patient; plus size, PCOS, annovulation, plus extreme male infertility. I felt worthless. It was at that point when a friend had recommended Dr. Amols to us and was pregnant with her son because of him. We scheduled an appointment and from the moment we did we were so happy we made that decision. The day of our consult, I remember leaving with a plan. With a confidence I haven’t had before. I remember Dr. Amols writing on the back of a piece of paper how PCOS works and detailing the working of the body/hormones in such a way I finally understood it. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 14 and no one had ever taken this much time to explain it. I left feeling as though all of my questions were answered, and happy, but most importantly my faith and confidence were restored that day. After that we underwent 3 IUIs, all had failed. We believe this was due to poor sperm quality and count. But the positive out of the whole thing was that he finally got me to produce eggs and ovulate! None of which was possible before. He believed in small wins like that and so did we. We moved on to our egg retrieval next. He was at every follicle check and scan, counting the follicles. Continued to restore hope each appointment. I have no weakness for Dr. Amols. I truly believe he is the best doctor we have ever seen. And it is obviously true to who he is as a human because there is no way someone as busy as him can continue to be this great of a person to each patient every single day, at every single appointment. I also love that he remembers what we talk about during the appointment and I never have to repeat myself or remind him of what went on. He is always prepared.

I would advise a prospective patient to remind themselves that this doctor isn’t like the rest. Your questions will get answered. You will regain trust with your doctor again here. He does have your best interest in mind. And I would tell them to TRUST THE PROCESS. He does know what he is doing and you can count on him to keep you informed on every step. Most advise I see for any type of doctor is always “be an advocate for your own health” and here... Dr. Amols is your advocate.

For me we first had to see if I could even respond to meds appropriately. So we first started with oral medication such as clomid and femara. Dr. Amos quickly noticed that I was not responding to either of these. But instead of canceling the entire cycle and having to start from fresh in another month, he was able to pivot and add different medications on to see if this helped. We slowly added injectable medicine such as Gonal-F, and that seem to do the trick. He was very skilled with what he prescribed. We started out very slow but we were able to change things very quickly with his expertise expertise. I remember during my first IUI cycle that I just had SO many follicles that the struggle would be getting just 1 or 2to fully mature. He took this very seriously and we were able to get that 1 or 2 to mature and used the trigger shot to release them. I remember asking why I can’t just be on only the injectable medicine if it works to go to the follicles… Not knowing that he had a plan in mind. And once I asked that he provided his rationale for using both oral medication and injectables because we want to slowly obtain one or two follicles to mature. I didn’t quite comprehend that more follicles maturing but more potential babies… He helped explain to me that we want to limit my risk and the goal is to hold a happy health baby in my arms. For my egg retrieval cycle, We had already gone through all the ups and downs with the previous attempts (IUIs). So we were pretty confident on what to do this time around. He assessed everything previously and knew exactly what medication to describe in the exact amounts. During my egg retrieval cycle I remember him actually decreasing my medication and it fluctuated almost every day or every other day to make sure we were getting the right amount at the right time. You have to be really skilled to be that laser focused! In the end we retrieved plenty of eggs and froze enough embryos and we were so happy.

IUIs were $750 meds were separate, this was a few years ago. IVF was around $6000 but half way through we had insurance coverage so the cost changed. Anesthesia for IVF was separate.

Dr. Amols had us sign an acknowledgment of risk when transferring our embryos. I believe I am a very unique example of what *could* go wrong with a multiple pregnancy. We lost our perfectly healthy baby girl and baby boy twins on 3/21/20 and 3/22/20 to an incompetent cervix and preterm labor. This has changed my mind on what I will transfer next which will be only 1 embryo. I liked that he allowed us to make our decision. And even if they told us over and over again about the risk of preterm labor and incompetent cervix I would had still choose to transfer two because we did not genetically test our embryos. And add that our first transfer we transferred 2 and only one stuck but ended in miscarriage at 8 weeks and they were our best two embryos. My mind constantly goes back and wonders “what if”... it even then, now we know I have these issues that not everyone has and I am looking forward to my consult with him next month to discuss what to do next.

Dr. Amols and his staff are exactly what you need when going through the difficult and often heartbreaking road of struggling to conceive. They were great at communication and cheering us on every step of the way. My IVF coordinator Maggie was so great. She recognized me in passing in the hall even when I didn't have appointments to see her - they made me feel like my specific case mattered to them and they were invested in achieving success with my treatments, too. Dr. Amols is extremely involved in the process - he's the best in the business in my opinion. The one drawback is how long the waiting list is sometimes for new patients, but honestly that's because they are so worth the wait. Initially, my new patient appointment was months away, but I called regularly asking about cancellations and ended up getting in much earlier. I've seen other doctors that had shorter wait times and it became obvious why theirs was shorter and New Direction is longer. My miracle baby boy is on the way because of Dr. Amols and his staff at New Direction - and to me, that was worth any small amount of time I spent waiting for my first appointment.

Don't be scared away by the new patient waiting list. First, I promise it's worth the wait. Second, get the appointment on the calendar, but then call a couple times a week to ask about cancellations. So many people get in much earlier than initially scheduled because they are persistent about calling for earlier appointments that may have become available. That worked well for me!

Initially, because of our situation, we first tried IUI. Doctor Amols was great about adjusting my medication protocol as needed depending on how I responded. Clomid didn't really work for me - we did injectables for all our IUI cycles. After multiple failed IUI's, we moved onto IVF at the doctor's recommendation. We knew it was the right next step. My stim protocol was Menopur and Gonal f, with Cetrotide halfway through the stim process to keep me from ovulating too soon. HCG trigger shot was 36 hours before egg retreival. We had a fantastic retrieval result of 23 eggs, 17 . mature and 15 fertilized. Out of those, 9 made it to freeze and after PGS testing we ended up with 6 frozen embryos. Transfer went very smoothly roughly six weeks later with PIO injections beginning five days before transfer and continuing until 12 weeks 1 day of pregnancy.

When we did our IUIs, we didn't have fertility coverage through our insurance. Each IUI, including all ultrasound appointments and everything, was $750. This didn't include medications - with meds, each IUI cost around $900. When we did IVF, we had fertility coverage through our insurance so we only paid out of pocked for the PGS testing which wasn't included - this testing was $2800. If paid out of pocket, we were quoted $7,500 for an IVF cycle.

Dr. Amols allowed us to choose between transferring one or transferring two embryos. We chose to transfer two.

He was informative AFTER we failed our first round, he never came into the room to explain anything the day of the procedure knowing that the sperm count was low, but still recommended that continue with the procedure, he gave me false hope.

Be honest! Don't just take people's money. when you tell someone something stick to your word, don't have other people in your office try to say that you didn't mean what you said. Don't care about the money before the patient

Clomid, with IUI, as we had have a successful pregnancy previously without fertility treatment, but he didn't review our medical records before giving medical advise.

The consult was $250, the procedure was $750 for the first round, then a month later they tried to charge me $1000 for the IUI procedure.

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Dr. Amols makes us feel welcomed. He shared personal stories with multiple times. He is relatable. He made my husband not feel so much shame. And it truly comes across that he cares for me. I leave feeling excited and hopeful because he is taking me under his wing and helping us achieve this goal.

Ask questions! He is a wealth of knowledge. Ask questions and share your concerns. He will listen and respond

I’ve done 2 IUIs and frozen samples and even been referred to an urologist for my husband. I am currently on my third IUI and we are changing up my medicines. The first IUI we aren’t counting due to low numbers on my husbands end.

IUI-$1000 Freezing of SA-$200

Dr. Amols is very knowledgeable but lacks execution due to an extremely busy clinic and staff. He makes promises but can’t deliver because of those shortcomings. I saw Dr. Derman at his clinic as well. They have different philosophies on how to do things so I felt some confusion regarding treatment strategies.

You MUST advocate for your care and be very direct regarding what you would like. You will need to manage your own care and stay on top questions which adds more stress.

Antagonist protocol but wasn’t as aggressive due to the thought that egg quality may suffer

The main blood draw person was rough. They often have students that help as well.

I had insurance but the clinic never gave me a comprehensive financial summary.

I chose the clinic because I wanted to transfer 2 embryos but I didn’t have that option.

He was professional and knowledgeable. When we felt let down by our previous doctor, he accepted my testing from the other facilities and was quick to start treatment. He gave us choices and percentages and explained what was happening and what was next. He’s very gentle and addresses all concerns. He takes time with us when we need it.

Trust his process and try your best to not stress.

Antagonist protocol. I asked if he would do whatever he thought was best. 22 eggs retrieved, 9embryos with ICSI. We implanted two embryos (day 5) and have one baby.

Around $15,000

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We only met him once. It was fine. He was very kind and encouraging and asked great questions. I wanted IVF and he said we should do IUI because he didn’t see IVF working for us based on my low egg reserve. That’s still not something I understand.

1. My first visit after the consultation Was to give blood and do a pelvic ultrasound. After that appointment I was taken to a room with a woman who started explaining what medications I need to get and when to notify the office of my period so they could schedule me to come in. I was super confused as I had been told by Dr. Amols that’s we would go through a series of testing, look at the results and then decide the best path forward. I talked to nurse about this and she left and then came back and said the Dr was fine with us moving forward now. I stated that I didn’t feel comfortable and wanted to wait for the test results, including having a Hysterosalpingography and having my husband’s semen tested as the doctor had told me. I checked a few weeks after my husband’s sperm test if they had results and they said, “no news is good news.” 2. They scheduled the Hysterosalpingography with me and didn’t give me any information on how to prepare. I actually didn’t know what the test was called at the time. When I arrived in the office the front desk person asked me if I had taken ibuprofen or some pain medication ahead of time and had I kept my bladder full, as advised. I shared that no one had advised me. She looked concerned and advised me to take something after. I was taken back to a very small, cold room and asked to take my clothes off, put on a robe and someone would be with me shortly. Awhile later a few women entered the room. They had difficulty getting the X-ray to cooperate and it started to become clear that this wasn’t something they’d done very often. Eventually a technician had to come into the room to get the x-Ray situated appropriately. Then they started the procedure of pushing in the tube to release the dye. Right away the woman doing this started having issues. She kept having me move and it was painful. She couldn’t get the tube in. I have endured a lot of procedures and medical treatment in my life— this will go down as the worst experience I’ve ever had. The longer it went, the more painful it became. I expressed that she was hurting me and she kept encouraging me to relax and stick with it. At one point they paused and asked me to go to the bathroom to empty my bladder. When I say up there was a lot blood on the table and in-between my legs. When I returned she told me she was going to dilate my cervix to help get the catheter tube in. This did not work either and at this point I was crying, I had yelped numerous times and groaned and expressed concern and they kept telling me it was normal. The woman then left and brought in Dr. Derman. He jammed the tube into my uterus and released the dye very quickly. It was beyond painful. I let out another scream and sob and they all told me to “stay strong” and “keep going.” Dr. Derman kept trying to fill the uterus with dye and then told me that the process wasn’t working correctly because I was missing a Fallopian tube and half of my uterus (called a unicornuate uterus). He told me this while I was on the table. He said it makes pregnancy hard but not impossible. Then he left. The doctor asked me to get dressed and then they would talk to me about next steps and that she would be waiting for me outside. I got up— there was blood on the table and on the floor. I used the sheet on the table to wipe me as there was nothing there for me- no tissue or pad. I literally stuffed the tissue in my underwear. I walked out the door and stood waiting for a long while. She did not return and no it’s was there. I asked a person passing by what I was supposed to do and they said I could leave. I walked myself out of the clinic and drove home where I stayed in bed and cried for the rest of the day. I later wrote the clinic and said I had a bad experience, was anyone gonna talk to me about the diagnosis, and did the doctor have any concerns about that new diagnosis combined with my health and age. Rather than hearing from the doctor, I heard back from a nurse who said she checked with the doctor and he said it was fine for me to proceed with the IUI and that it would probably take a number of tries but we should proceed. I was so traumatized by the experience and the lack of compassion and connection that I didn’t proceed and actually ended up giving up on even trying through a clinic. It’s taken me a year to finally post about it and to even consider trying again with a different clinic. I really can’t identify another time I felt so dehumanized but a doctor or clinic.

They attempted billing my insurance, but we had to pay out of pocket, which we suspected.

While I was in his care in a span of 10 months, Dr Amos only saw me once. (Once being in my initial consult) When month after month passed and no conception, I had to BEG the front office staff to schedule a sit down for me to meet with Dr Amos. His (highly turned over staff) will push the office manager on you. While Jan is sweet and im sure very caring, she is still not an RE and is not able to answer questions you may have. Again, while in his care for multiple ultrasounds and blood draws, he only put a nursing assistant who was also unable to answer any questions you had, so it took hours to get a response on what is happening inside your body, as well as not having access to someone in aiding you in understanding certain processes that are happening. Hey said all you need to do is ask, but as someone who did and never for answers. I would say that is a lie. I would lay there crying and no one around would have compassion or think to speak up to help. When I started treatment I made it clear that I was brand new into understanding what is happening, and not once in treatment was it explained to me. I trusted in Dr. A at first, so I just took medication because in my excitement, I was one step closer to my future child. However when I finally stated advocating for myself I was told that I "ask more questions than a 'normal' patient" and was belittled for trying to get answers on what is happening and what is the purpose of the medication I am taking. While I finally got a teleconference to sit down with Dr. Amos, most of the conversation was spend defending himself, telling me that he should stop medicated times cycles because we "expect too much," (again. Total newbie here, so this is not a treatment that I personally chose..) and told me that "the point of all of this is to get you pregnant so what is the big deal." And I still have not recovered from that. I hated the communication, I hated my experience, I hated the unknown in all of my steps, and I hated that someone who I put all my trust in treated me like that. If you are not an IVF patient, I would expect you would be treated the way that I was. When he wanted to switch me to IUI with no reason given- I refused that service. I felt as if something had changed, request a sit down with me and my partner and let's review what is next. He didn't do that. We stayed on timed intercourse cycles, and he also threw that in my face during our last sit down.

Either be well versed in infertility lingo, be doing IVF, or go somewhere else.

Never really saw him, and it was never explained to me, so I can not say how he decided.

About 2-6 thousand

Dr. Amols is very compassionate, supportive and relatable. He thoroughly described all our options and gave his recommendations. As a couple who have been struggling with infertility for years it was calming to speak with a doctor who understood firsthand what it feels like to be in our shoes.

Put your trust in him, he is the doctor after all :) Limit your online research to credible sources. Be your own advocate, if you have questions or concerns DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK.

Our IUI protocol was pretty simple (I think). We took: 10 mg Letrozole on cycle days 3-7. 75 unit Gonal-F shots on cycle days 4,6+8. 2 - 100 unit Gonal-F shots before trigger, 250mcg Ovidrel trigger shot on the Saturday night before our procedure on Monday morning.

Our preliminary tests cost around $750-800 without health insurance. The IUI was $750 and medication was about $400.

Amazing office staff and nurses. Dr. Amols makes you feel like your his only patient. Works with financial issues, helps find answers to problems, and gives you options. We have always felt comfortable with Dr. Amols. Which means alot to me.

Don't be shy about asking questions. They will answer them all. Also lif your having a financial issue let them know.

We did 2 IVF retrievals with a month or 2 in between. We used growth hormone on the second retrieval to hope for a better result. I have Crohn's disease and am older so we were trying to increase better results. We used micro dose lupron, menopur, and follistem/gonal-f.

This office is the cheapest in our area. There's packages you can purchase. We did 2 retrievals, 1transfer, 6 months storage for $6000.

I belive he takes his approach on a case by case basis. Depending on age, health history, and embryo quality.

Dr. Amols always treated us with so much compassion when we were going through fertility treatments. He knew we were getting close and never gave up hope when it felt like there was no hope. He was always our biggest cheerleader. However, because he is the only doctor, sometimes it was hard to have a chance to speak with him

Make sure you ask as many questions when you are with Dr. amols. He is a very busy man and gives you all the time in the world when you meet with him, but it can be extremely difficult to meet with him.

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Dr. Amos took the time to sit with me and discuss my options after three failed IUIs with another doctor. He didn’t beat around the bush or recommend something that wouldn’t work, and took my wishes into consideration with treatment.

Be open and honest with what you want - there’s no need to try something just because it’s an option!

I’m in my first IVF cycle. Dr. Amos quickly was able to diagnose me with PCOS, so my treatment plan was built to ensure my eggs could grow. After every visit he tweaked my medication to best advance the process, which resulted in 13 eggs, 9 embryos, and 5 healthy blastocysts.

The IVF package itself is $8,500, including all appointments. Anastasia for retrieval is an additional $300. You also have to pay for any appointments before treatment, including the introductory meeting and ultrasound, sperm analysis, and SHG. With medication, we’ve spent just over $15,000.

Dr. Amos will not allow you to transfer more than two. We chose to do one.

Everytime I saw the Dr it was comfortable. He was always nice and empathetic. I him for a couple ultrasounds, my egg retrieval, my 2nd surgery and my transfer. If he saw you in the hallway he alway waves and says hi.

They are a very busy clinic, I feel like you have to self-advocate a good amount.

My case was pretty straight forward. Basic protocol.

5,000 for the first go around of IVF not including meds. We were billed separately some blood and ultrasounds and testing that were not included in the package around 1200 (after billing insurance also this price included the ICIS fee) just recently received another bill for about 120. (After insurance) I believe this was for my surgery he performed and blood drawls.

I love the fact he gives us the option of doing 1 or 2 embryo transfers. I feel like that's the reason why I was able to get pregnant first try.

Dr. Almos is very warm & caring. He, himself has been through infertility so I feel like he knows exactly what you're going through & does a great job of taking the guess work out of the whole process. He is very accommodating & you have his undivided attention when he is working with you. I never felt rushed or pressed for time with him. He made us feel very safe & gave us hope for the future.

Have you list of questions. He is super informative but in the moment you may forget to ask questions if you don't have them written down. He is very busy & it's best to make the most of the time you have with him.

After our consult & ultrasound, my partner went in for 2 semen analysis. After that he told us we were good to go ahead & start IVF when we were ready.

We are self-pay & even without insurance Dr. Amols has the best prices & the best care around. IVF round are 5K and IUI are $750

We truly could not have asked for a more caring, compassionate, committed professional through what was an emotional, draining, daunting process. Amols was excellent every step of the way. He shared openly of his personal experience with infertility and how ART allowed him to have the family he had always dreamed of. He gave us hope - with sound reasoning and science behind it. I never felt uncomfortable or worried about our treatment plan.

Amols and the entire Clinic staff were truly invested in our success. I was nervous about asking questions because I didn't want to be annoying or difficult, but he was always receptive and happy to answer questions. Don't be shy. Speak up if something is unclear!!

We started our work up when I was older (37). We knew we wanted two kids, so he was very honest about the role of banking embryos and the challenges with getting pregnant as more time passed. At the time, I just wanted to make it happen, but I am SO glad we trusted him and banked embryos. It took longer than I had expected to be ready to try for a second child and I am so, so glad we had frozen embryos. He also changed our protocol with the second retrieval and added HGH in an attempt to improve egg quality following less than stellar results from our first retrieval. Our first FET failed... he was very analytical about why and what our next steps should be. We did an ERA cycle in between and adjusted timing/meds. The next one worked!

Amols has some of the lowest pricing in the valley. There wasn't any guessing about what things cost or hidden/added costs... everything was available, disclosed up front and reviewed.

Dr. Amols is a great person which makes him a great doctor. He actually cares about you individually and your unique situation and makes a specific plan for you. As a patient he made me feel confident that the plan would work and I always left the clinic feeling like I had the best RE on my side.

I would suggest skipping IUIs and going straight to IVF if Dr. Amols approved of it.

We started with oral medication (Femara) with timed intercourse. Then we moved on to IUI's. We had to do an IUI every other month because I would develop a cyst every other cycle. Dr. A would out me on bc the cycle with the cyst because my periods are a out every 40 to 60 days and he disnt want to miss two months waiting for my next period. After 4 rounds of IUIs my husband and I decided to move forward with IVF like Dr. A suggested. We had the egg retrieval in March of 19. We had a polypectomy in April of 19 followed by transfer of 2 embryos in May of 19. I found out I was pregnant in June of 19 with one baby. I delivered my healthy baby boy in February of 2020.

Each IUI was about $1,000. Dr. A CHARGED $750 plus I spent about $250 or so on meds each cycle. The IVF total for me was $17,962.36. The total is for the clinics fee, the meds, the anesthesia, the polypectomy, the genetic testing, and embryo freezing.

We elected to transfer 2 embryos. Dr. Amols and his team were fine with that.

He was so nice. He cared not only about my treatment but how it fit in within my larger life. It felt like he cared about who were were as people and not just as patients. I also felt comfortable working with him as a queer patient.

He's great, really, there's no need to worry

We had not gotten that far. With this clinic you don't get that until right before you are about to start. That was a bit frustrating as I wanted to be able to compare to the other clinics I had consultations with.

The financial information is given to you upfront on the website

He was very open to hearing what I wanted

I like him as a doctor, but I didn’t have a lot of one on one time with as he is super busy. He is a caring doctor though. I saw him during my ultrasound of my eggs. Each time he was fast and efficient. Appointments with him were at most 30 minutes. Very quick.

He is a good doctor and does care about his patients. Although I know he does all of the appointments and has a lot of patients to see as he is the only doctor I. The practice.

He used the normal protocol which is the highest strength protocol for my age group. Although I didn’t respond as well to this treatment protocol, he did listen to me and now we are switching to a less aggressive protocol to see if I will react better to it.

The cost for ivf is a less expensive then other clinics I have visited. The office is very transparent when it comes to cost. Also this office accepts health insurance which other ivf places don’t.

Right now we don’t have any embryos to transfer. Although I have heard from other patients that I know say he has a high rate of twin pregnancy. The patients have the right to elect one or two embryo transfer.

He cares about each patient and he cares about making sure that you reach whatever goal you came to him for. He will take the time to talk to you and go over concerns. He sees you for every appointment, even just ultrasounds where usually nurses do that at other clinics.

Ask him anything and everything that’s on your mind about the process! He is more than happy to make sure you are comfortable and understand everything.

For the retrieval he used Antagonist protocol. He used Menopur 75 units for 10 days, Cetrotide 0.25 for 5 days (after being on Menopur for 5 days) and Gonal-F. I started at 225 units with the Gonal-F and on Day 6 he increased the dose to 300 units for another 3 days. I am young and healthy with normal lab results so we chose to not be super aggressive with the dose (to avoid OHSS) but to also make sure we were meeting our goal of creating good quality eggs for retrieval.

IVF (including 1 transfer and 6months of frozen storage) + anesthesia was $5300.

He was very open to single vs 2-egg transfer. He would advise only 1 egg if you have a strong family history of identical twins. But he has 2 sets of twins from IVF so he is very open to transferring 2 eggs if that is the patient’s preference.

I greatly like Dr. Mark Amols. He understood immediately the sort of financial challenges I was facing becoming a single parent, and took that into account when recommending a course of treatment. He set realistic goals and explained everything to me. He even insisted on going over all my fertility options at this point (beyond what I'd chosen), just to make sure I was fully educated about my options. His rates made it possible for me to undergo treatment.

Once you get in to see him, be ready to hit the ground running. He's ready to start ordering tests and start treatment immediately.

I was put on an antagonist protocol (likely due to prior diagnosis of PCOS) and my results were good. I took: 75 IU of Menopur in the morning (constant throughout treatment) 225 IU of Gonal-F in the evening (constant throughout treatment) 25 mg Cetrotide in the morning (started day 6 of stims; this was early due to my follicles growing quicker than expected) 5,000 IU Pregnyl trigger shot I got 24 eggs at retrieval, 15 of which were mature. All 15 fertilized via ICSI, and 9 reached blastocyst stage (two at day 5, six on day 6, and one on day 7). I did PGS testing (PGT-A) and 6 of those nine were euploid, no mosaics.

I paid $8500 for one IVF cycle with PGS testing, and $3115 for fertility medications: ~$5000 for the IVF cycle itself, plus one transfer and one year storage (embryo storage $500/yr afterward). Some of this they were able to put through my insurance (ultrasounds, etc) so I paid a little less than the full $5000 out of pocket. $1200 embryo biopsy (up to 8 embryos, more billed individually, less and it carries over to next cycle) ~$2000 PGS testing at third-party lab (up to 8 embryos, more billed individually, less and it carries over to next cycle) $500 ICSI fertilization

He educated me on the trade-offs, but does not push SET when the mother would be capable of carrying twins safely. The decision to transfer one or two embryos is left up to the patient.

We left his office always feeling informed of what was going on and what will happen next. He explained things so well. He made our office visit feel great, it didn't feel like, " oh another visit". His attitude always help us feel at ease.

Relax, ask questions. He is always welcoming questions.

Prepping for retrieval, my Gonal shot was the only thing Dr Amols increased. It all worked out just the way he said would happen in each visit.

I only had to pay $5800 for IVF.

Dr. Amols only does 2 frozen embryo transfer to give a better chance of pregnancy.

Dr Amols has a personal connection to infertility and has built his own family using IVF. I feel like he has a balance between caution and taking aggressive approaches to ensure the desired result. He's got a funny personality and his own quirks that make him genuine and 100% his own person. If you listen to his podcast you'll hear what I mean.

call asap, he books up months in advance!

I'm DOR, and he used a microdose lupron flare of 20 units morning and night, 150 menopur and 300 gonal F. Retrieval #1 we got 8 eggs, 7 mature, 5 blasts, 3 PGS normal.

He works hard to provide lower cost, high quality care. Prices are published on their website

We PGS tested, so he recommended that we only transfer 1 embryo

He is very compassionate and caring, he sincerely wants you to get the best results and outcome. Sometimes I did leave feeling somewhat confused, however I could typically ask my questions through the online portal later and they would be answered.

Be prepared that you will be seeing a variety of people. Dr Amols is there for consultations and surgeries, but Iui is typically done by his nurse practitioner and ultrasounds by a tech.

When I first came to the clinic I didn’t have a diagnosis yet despite being at a previous clinic. He diagnosed me with PCOS and started out with just letrozole and timed intercourse. After that didn’t work, I did an SHG which determined some sort of block, so had a hysteroscopy to clear out endometrial tissue. I still wasn’t pregnant after that so we did an iui with letrozole and trigger shot followed by another iui the next cycle with letrozole, gonal-f, and trigger. No success yet.

I was blessed when first starting out to have tricare, which covered most of my office visits and ultrasounds. He also knew a loop hole to get a ton of medications needed for the iui and potentially ivf process at a discounted price. Iui cost me around 300 plus a co pay or two for a couple of the visits. Now it will be more with different insurance.

As explained in my prior write up, Dr. Amols has definite strengths showing in the kindness, compassion, empathy, and communication quadrants. The only quadrant of characteristic I could say he may struggle with is jumping straight to IVF as the only option. I noticed he brought it up multiple times throughout our conversations with him, appearing to base his recommendations on my husbands very low sperm count. We were hoping to hear a few more details on options for increasing sperm count prior to moving straight into IVF. I know that Dr. Amols main focus is of course, helping couples conceive and produce live births, I trust he is passionate and determined in his quest to facilitate this, and I think he could have throttled that conversation back just a tad for us as we were are little overwhelmed by the thought of IVF for those reasons most people are... "how many embryos could I produce and will I be able to carry all my babies?, will this even work?, what is the true cost?, can we afford this realistically?, will we feel severe financial pain mingled with the joy of bringing a child into the world (nobody wants that)?" Other than that somewhat quick conclusion he gave us initially, all other accounts of first and subsequent meetings with Dr. Amols, having him discuss female and male infertility factors, what does the process look like and other items, have been excellent. I sure hope this helps!

Let him speak and ask you questions and you may find he answers yours along the way and do not withhold any personal questions or curiosities as he is an excellent communicator and will breakdown the information for you. Make sure you are on time and do not miss your appointments if at all possible as Dr. Amols is a popular and in demand doctor here and it may take time for a reschedule.

Well...Dr. Amols took my blood work from my gynecological office that was done for the pre-fertility treatment first appointment and said my eggs were literally perfect. He looked over the semen-analysis my husband had and said all the sperm looked great except that there are far too few of them! He ordered me to come in for a sonohysterography and had his NP take care of that, it revealed a polyp that he will be removing from my uterus in one week (May 2nd) and then I should be good to go for discussions on when to begin IVF treatment. We also had one more semen analysis done just to be sure the one he originally looked over wasnt what Dr. Amols called 'a bad day' and alas, the second SA resulted in low sperm count. Dr. Amols has suggested that this is a difficult obstacle to overcome through any other treatments and outside of IVF there are not may sound and empirically proven efforts, which was his rationale for suggesting IVF in the first place. He was sensitive to our financial situation and said we should not fuss over doing HSG tests if we are going to proceed with IVF as a response to the low sperm counts. He did a trans vaginal ultrasound and said other than the polyp, my uterus and ovaries are in excellent condition, showing us my follicles and all.

$200 for the initial visit (keep in mind we are cash paying). $99 for the semen analysis. $400 for the sonohsterography. $1800 for the polypectomy.

He has been open about this and said he promotes multiple embryo transfer if his patients are comfortable with it and check out as able to carry twins. His reasons were clear, if a couple has been waiting years to conceive and can have two live births at once, how much more delightful is that result. Of course he said, there are more details that are discussed in terms of ensuring the uterus can handle two babies as well as the woman's overall health assumed to be well enough for that.