Mark Johnson

Dr. Johnson has been an amazing doctor throughout this entire process! I am so happy we chose him as our doctor. Great bedside manner and compassionate care for his patients. He is well educated and explained everything ever step of the way and was there to answer any question that I had.

You will be in good hands with Dr. Johnson. He takes the time to get to know you and your situation and develops a plan that is appropriate for your treatment. He is thorough and knows his stuff. Don't be afraid to ask questions if you have them. Him and his nursing staff are great.

For us we had male factor infertility, so he prescribed me low dosages of the medications. I was grateful for this as it not only saved me money but I didn't have any bad experiences or reactions with any of the mediations.

I'm lucky that my supervisors were flexible with me and my schedule. They allowed me to come in later so I could schedule my monitoring for first thing in the morning. I felt that it ran pretty smoothly never felt like there was a huge line or wait. I did notice on the day of retrieval and transfer there were many women waiting in the lobby. This was due to everyone's cycle being scheduled together.

SIRM is a little bit newer to the Las Vegas area and they try to offer low cost services compared to other offices in the area.

Single embryo transfer for safer positive outcomes.

Dr. Johnson is a great doctor. He cares deeply about his patients family planning goals and does everything he can to help his patients. He explains test results thoroughly and offers recommendations for next steps, working with the couple to achieve their goals.

Best fertility doctor in Tucson!

We started with timed intercourse. This consisted of ovidrel trigger shots. After another miscarriage, we decided to pursue IVF. We did our retrieval, then did an ERA test to check the best timing of the transfer before doing an FET to rule out any potential chromosomal issues with the embryo. Our IVF cycle included: Menopur, Follistim, Cetrotide, Omnitrope, and Leuprolide (maybe one or two other meds). Our FET cycle included: Progesterone in oil and suppositories and Estradiol.

Monitoring appointments tended to be in the mornings with little wait times. Usually you go in and you're the only patient in the waiting room and quickly go to the exam room.

Approximately $20-23k per IVF cycle

It was recommended to transfer a single embryo, which is all we wanted to do.

It's honestly too early to tell. He did my ERA and a failed transfer. Due to Covid-19 and me saving up funds for next transfer I haven't seen him since my failed transfer. I wish I would have had one doctor my whole journey but that just wasnt in the cards.

I dont have any advice in regards to him specifically but I can say in general, have your questions written down because when you're actually there you want to get all your questions answered.

Again, he only saw me after I already had my egg retrieval and two transfers. By the time I saw him I had already decided I wanted an ERS. He performed it and results were pre-receptive. He then did a transfer for me and was very thorough with cleaning cervix and exiquiting the transfer.

For egg retrieval, ERA, 3 transfer, and medication we spent roughly $24,000.00 so far, out of pocket due to not having fertility insurance.

I have been transfering two embryos for all three transfers because I have untested eggs.

Although Dr. Johnson really seemed like he cared and was super patient & kind, he came off like he did not understand what he was doing in every communication. I hate to this say this, but it is true. He ordered lab work then said he didn't understand the results and I should seek primary care. I did an ERA biopsy with him and he didn't get all of the measurements in the first US, had to go back in. I even felt the nurse was a bit embarrassed by his manner. He might truly be amazing at his job, but he puts you at ill ease as he always seemed a bit unsure, nervouse, clumsy a bit with his speech, demeanour & performance. This may not effect his ability to provide results, I'm just not sure. But being "veterans" at this and looking for direction, support, comfort, finality, we didn't feel we could get it with him sorry to say.

"Interview" multiple doctors and choose the one that feels the best fit for you, whether that's Dr. Johnson or someone else. Just because we didn't feel it was quite right doesn't mean he won't be the right choice for you.

Estrace, Delestrogen, PIO - ERA

Around $2000 for Blood Draws, Ultrasounds, Meds, ERA, & Labs

DR Johnson is an amazing doctor! While we haven't had our miracle rainbow baby yet I wouldn't go back and not be a patient of DR Johnson's. Not only did we see him at every appointment but he took an interest in us as people not just patients.

You will leave happy that you chose him!

Cycle 1 - 5mg Letrozole IUI - cycle was cancelled due to slow growing follicles. Ovulated on my own resulting in a chemical. Cycle 2 - 100mg Clomid IUI - BFN Cycle 3 - 100mg Clomid IUI - Responded well to clomid previous cycle but not at all on this one so it was cancelled

Dr. Johnson is extremely welcoming and compassionate. We never feel like a number and always like someone he truly cares about. Our first consultation he spent almost two and a half hours with us explaining every single detail of the treatments and our file. He then asked if we had time for a quick ultrasound so he could get a better look at my follicles. He always asks if we’re comfortable and says we can slow the process down if we need/want to. Our second appointment, I was scheduled for a sonohystogram near the same time as a PESA for my husband so we wouldn’t be waiting for each other. Two days before the appointment my husbands scheduled time got moved up 4 1/2 hours (to 630 am) and Dr. Johnson came in earlier than he was scheduled that day so we weren’t waiting for each other. He was so incredibly nice about it. (I mean what doctor would do that?!) Dr. Johnson has a great sense of humor and laughs/jokes with us often; which I could see some people having a problem with, but I love it. It’s already a serious enough process that it’s nice to not feel so stressed during the appointments.

Don’t be turned off by the initial endearing ‘quirkiness’; he is extremely intelligent and has a heart of gold.

Dr. Johnson does ‘step’ billing as I call it, which I love. The IVF/retrieval portion is $8100, not including meds; transfer is $2900, not including meds; PESA is $850 with optional $450 anesthesia; PGT-A is $1850 plus $1450 for 8 embryos. You Pay each step when you get to it.

SIRM as a whole seems to push a single embryo transfer versus multiple, but seems that it would be determined by your age. They are willing to transfer two, but Dr Johnson wants us to meet with a high risk OB before doing so.

Dr. Johnson was so kind and caring, I would cry at every appointment and he took the time to listen. His approach was positive and warm, he didn't provide any false hope to us when things looked grim. He was accommodating with our schedules for monitoring and the IUIs we did with him.

He is very kind and compassionate, has a great bedside manner for such a difficult time.

We did one HSG to ensure my tubes were open due to the fact I have mild endometriosis, three IUI's with Dr. Johnson, and one timed intercourse, because I responded well to clomid and had plenty of follicles being produced. And my husbands semen analysis had good numbers too post wash. However we never got pregnant via IUI's/TI with Dr. Johnson.

Luckily all my IUI's were covered by my insurance all I had to pay for was meds think it was like $300 for Clomid and Ovidrel trigger.

Dr. Johnson is an excellent doctor. He is very warm and compassionate. However, I would be reluctant to refer friends to him for two reasons. 1) He neglected important blood work for me. He did not test my AMH level, which indicates ovarian reserve. I spent several months in his care never knowing that my ovarian reserve was low. I didn't find out until I moved states and switched doctors. 2) He seemed to understate our fertility diagnosis. On our first visit he told us "I see no reason why you won't walk out of here pregnant." Well, it's been two years of constant treatments, two different procedures for my husband, and we still aren't pregnant. I think if he's initial work-up had been more thorough we would have had a better understanding of our fertility situation.

Sometimes you may need to steer the conversation to the answers you need. I noticed that he dodges difficult questions with humor at times. For example I asked him why our IUI cycle had failed and he said "well it's dark in there and sperm can't see." This would have been a great opportunity to dig deeper into our sperm quality. He does seem willing to answer questions though, so I would simply recommend being very direct if you are looking for concrete answers.

We used clomid at half the standard starting dose for two of my cycles. (I believe it was 25 mg rather than 50mg, but I'm not certain) His rationale was that he wanted to be sure I didn't over stimulate, causing the cycle to be cancelled since he wouldn't perform the IUI if there were more than 2-3 mature follicles. The second round of clomid I only had 1 mature follicle and had cyst during my next baseline after that cycle failed. He switched me to femara and I had a better response and less side effects on that medication.

$500 for IUI procedure, $200-300 per ultrasound (two per cycle)

Dr. Johnson is kind and compassionate. He is very smart in an absent-minded professor sort of way. I understand that he and his wife also required IVF to conceive, so I believe that gives him a greater understanding of what his patients are going through.

He always runs behind schedule, sometimes significantly so, so plan accordingly

We started with Clomid only, then moved to Clomid plus IUI and added Follistim after two cycles. After six failed treatment cycles, IVF was recommended, but we chose not to move forward with IVF using my eggs because the only explanation Dr. Johnson ever gave for our unexplained infertility was that I must have "old eggs" and because the success rates for women in my age range doing IVF at his clinic were low.

I honestly don't remember precisely. I think our insurance paid for a portion of the first three IUIs and then we had to pay out of pocket 100% after that

I felt that this doctor took a personal interest in my case, calling me personally and addressing issues. However this doctor did not display a sense of urgency or timeliness about my treatments, so I eventually left this clinic.

Ask for a clear timeline and follow up if they are not making timely progress on your insurance or treatments.

The treatment strategies used were appropriate but they did not take a proactive role in managing our care.

The costs of care were approx said to be $17k for IVF.

We loved Dr. Johnson. He was warm and kind to us. He explained the procedures, and was honest about our chances of conceiving with the different types of fertility treatments. He completed every procedure that I had.

Come up with list of questions to ask.

Since our infertility was male factor, he strongly suggested only one embryo be transferred.

Dr. Johnson experienced infertility personally, so he gets it. He was thorough and compassionate, but also realistic. We felt informed and safe. We also liked that Dr. Johnson had us do genetic screening which was useful.

Be prepared to do the genetic screening- this is important to Dr. Johnson. He really wants a clear picture of your situation before proceeding.

We did a monitored cycle with femara, then a trigger shot for ovulation followed by IUI. We also discussed moving on to IVF next.

I think the total cost for one IUI cycle was about $1100