Mark Kan

I think Dr. Kan is really really great at explaining his approach and answering questions. He is friendly, warm, and articulate. He takes the time to make sure you’re comfortable and I’ve never felt rushed in my appointments with him. My only complaint is that he completely shut me down when I asked questions during the ultrasound to confirm that I was having a chemical pregnancy. I still haven’t gotten any answers or a new plan for moving forward since then. It’s my second loss in a row with no living children, so it was a very big deal for me and it seemed like he either didn’t care or didn’t have any ideas for what to do next. Neither is very reassuring.

Go into your consultation with questions prepared. He’s thorough, so it’s easy to forget what you wanted to ask about in the moment. If you have ideas about the kind of treatment you want/need, feel free to bring them up. He’s open minded and honest about whether he thinks your thoughts are realistic/helpful.

For my first IUI, Dr. Kan prescribed 5mg letrozole (because it doesn’t raise estrogen levels and I have a history of blood clots while on estrogen containing birth control) and a trigger shot. I had one follicle definitely ready when we triggered and two more borderline. We triggered 24 hours before insemination. He also prescribed two 200mg progesterone pills vaginally (one in the morning and one at night) starting 3DPIUI.

My IUI cost about $1000 with medication. The tests probably cost about $250 or so.

Pretty sure he preferred single embryo transfer, but I haven’t discussed IVF at length with him.

I felt like Dr. Kan certainly knew what he was doing. I think when you work with fertility patients all day long you forget that the person who comes in to see you might not understand what is going on. That was my biggest frustration - it wasn't until the end of the treatment that he really knew or asked what my goals were. He seemed a little frustrated the time I called him outside of clinic hours. I didn't feel like he cared about my personal outcome.

You will have to be your own advocate. Make sure they know what your goals are and that you feel comfortable with the process. You may have to do a bit of research on your own to fully understand the process, as they won't explain it to you. Don't expect a warm-fuzzy experience.

I was working with Dr. Kan for egg retrieval, not trying to conceive. He put me on Menopur after I got my period and then I switched to Gonal F, which was a planned switch. I do not remember what my trigger medication was. Before I took the trigger medication (I think I had grown 2 eggs), we had a conversation regarding my goals and decided to cancel the cycle.

$9500 for egg retrieval, $5k for medications - he refunded egg retrieval monies after that was cancelled (less appointment fees)

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Dr. Kan sets expectations and suggestions without over selling treatments to his patients. He provides his suggestions but also options. He listens to my concerns before suggesting a treatment. For instance, I had 1 tube blocked and told him I am terrified to go under any surgery. Dr. Kan provided 3 options to do laparoscopy surgery to unblock my tube, go straight to IVF or try getting pregnant with 1 tube. He explained the pregnancy probability of all procedures and his recommendations. Even though I did not go with his 1st recommendation, I felt that he listened to me and did not oversell any of the treatments. I decided to try to get pregnant with 1 tube but after 3 sessions of failed fertility treatments, I decided to do laparoscopy and unblocked my tube this month. Dr Kan also tries to work around my schedule as much as he can. For instance, I travel a lot for work and he will find solutions to help time treatments and appointments around my schedule. He comes in on the weekends if need be because timing is so important.

One piece of advice is to come prepared knowing of your menstrual cycle, history, male fertility history and how long you've been trying. Come with questions and make sure to have it written down otherwise you will forget to ask about it. Be patient and have a positive mindset.

I had a HSG completed with my OBGYN and knew before hand that I had 1 tube blocked. Dr. Kan suggested doing laparoscopy to see if there are any polyps or scar tissues that need to be removed but also provided other options such as IVF or try to conceive with 1 tube during our 1st consultation. Even though laparoscopy was originally suggested, I decided to try to get pregnant with 1 tube which Dr. Kan respected my decision. Dr. Kan did not oversell and listened to my concerns of why I didn’t want to go through surgery. After our first consultation Dr. Kan wanted both of us to take a blood test, genetics test and my husband to take semen test. I was low on Vitamin D3 so Dr. Kan suggested for me take that daily. My husband’s semen count is not optimal and was advised to take proxceed to help with the count. The Vitamin D3 helped for me and proxceed helped for my husband. Our very 1st fertility treatment was doing chlomid and IUI combo. My lining was not optimal for the 1st treatment so the 2nd treatment we included estrodial to help with my lining and the same chlomid and IUI combo. The estrodial helped my lining but my husband’s semen count was not optimal. The 3rd time around we decided to move away from chlomid since it is a strong drug and I’ve taken a chlomid session with my OBGYN before Dr. Kan. He suggested doing follistem with IUI combo and estrodial with my lining. The 3rd session did not work. Dr. Kan suggested that we can do laparoscopy to remove any polyps and unblock my tubes so it can help with conceiving and if we need to go through IVF later. I decided to do laparoscopy and hysteroscopy and found out that I had a polyp and stage 1 endometritis which he removed and unblocked my tube. Two weeks passed by and I am about to take chlomid with IUI and estrodial for this month’s treatment. Dr. Kan asked if I want to increase my treatment to do a chlomid and follistem combo but I have to travel and decided to just do chlomid. I am currently on this cycle so fingers crossed.

The facility for IVF is not within our network. All of our visits and surgery was through insurance. IVF is estimated to be approx. $12-$15K. We will look into IVF within the next few months if our current strategy will not work.

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Dr. Kan is highly skilled and I felt I could trust him with my fertility. He was kind and funny and professional. I like that it is just him in the practice because you really develop a relationship with him, and he does everything for you. I could tell he is highly respected in the medical community by the way other doctors spoke of him.

Trust him!

I first froze my eggs with Dr. Kan when I was single. It was a typical treatment course - FSH injections to stimulate follicles, HCG to stimulate ovulation, and then oocyte aspiration to retrieve the eggs, with ultrasound monitoring throughout to determine timing - when the eggs were big enough but not too big. Then, later, with my husband, Dr. Kan wanted to save my frozen eggs as a backup. We did 3 IUI's, first with clomid, then with Clomid and FSH injections, they were unsuccessful. We did 2 full rounds of IVF and got pregnant with twins on our second round. Both rounds we did FSH injections, ultrasound monitoring, HCG, egg retrieval, and fresh embryo transfers. The first round there only 3 embryos that developed well, so we put in 3 at day 3. It was unsuccessful. The second round, which was successful, I did birth control pills to prepare for the cycle and acupuncture. We had 5 well-developing embryos, so we put in 2 at day 5. Both implanted and thrived, and I had fraternal twin girls!

The IUI cycles were around 1500-3000, less without the FSH injection costs. The egg retrieval with everything was $10000, the first IVF was around $15,000, the second $13,000

We felt Dr. Kan was straight forward and gave us all the facts on what we faced and helped us feel we were in the right clinic with the right doctor. From the beginning he informed us that IVF was probably the route we would need to take with all the infertility factors we had. Although we tried a few IUI cycles, he had prepared us that the chances weren't high that we would have success with this. We did have success getting pregnant with our first round of IVF with fresh embryos but unfortunately we lost our identical twins far into the pregnancy. After this tragedy, Dr. Kan helped us move forward, giving us recommendations on local perinatologists to see us through the next pregnancy. 6 months later, we had success once again with Dr. Kan using frozen embryos from that original IVF round. We now have healthy fraternal twin girls.

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Dr Mark Kan was amazing! He was always kind and very knowledgeable. He always took the time to explain my treatments and would always answer questions over the phone if I did not have an appointment to see him that day. He did forget a few little details every once in a while but quickly remembered as soon as I mentioned anything.

Fertility treatments are expensive so you want to make sure you are going to a doctor that makes you feel comfortable and allows you to ask questions. All of which Dr Kan did very well.

Bilateral Fallopian tube removal due to damage from endometriosis. Egg retrieval, genetic testing of the embryos, FET of genetically normal embryos. One embryo transfer at a time for the first two attempts and two embryos transferred for our last attempt.

Usually consisted of an ultrasound performed by the doctor.

IVF + 3 rounds of FET around 30,000

Prefers to transfer a single embryo unless other factors are present, multiple failed attempts, advanced age, poor embryo quality...

Dr. Man is great, he has walked us through every step and even with our first IUI not getting the results we wanted we will be continuing treatment with him. Many doctors treat you like a number but he always is very personable and makes sure you are comfortable and informed with what is happening. He thoroughly explains what is occurring and the possible courses of action which was much appreciated.

Set an appointment as soon as you can, he is a busy doctor and slots fill up fast.

Our insurance does not cover fertility treatments so the cost of the iui was $975. Most bloodwork for us was covered as well as genetic testing but medications and iui was paid out of pocket.

He was great. He was very comprehensive and thorough. I always appreciated how I never waited long to be seen and always got my questions answered. I always felt like I was in the driver’s seat in how and what I wanted to take place. I have recommended him to 3 friends

Be ready with questions. Know what you like to have answered.

We did iuis and eventually ivf. Ivf was with gonal, menopur, and another shot.

I don’t remember, but prices are set (not bundled or guaranteed)

He is pretty conservative

Never remembered our case when we would go in to appointment and would have to retell him our info. Went to implantation and he saw us in the waiting room and walked by us and don't think he knew who we were.

Menopur and follotism. This was my third cycle and my worst. Didn't produce many follicles only was able to retrieve 3 and two were fertilized. Only one to send off for testing. Miraculously the one ended up being normal and healthy. He wanted to stop the cycle bc one side was dominating for follicles but we insisted to move forward.

Around $16,000 plus genetic testing and meds

I absolutely love this dr. He was a godsend after three failed iuis with a prior dr who I never saw. So lucky to have had him help us!

Just go for the consult and after talking to him and seeing his office and office staffyou'll know he's the right guy.

Gah it's been so long and lifeboat crazy right now. I know he was very up front but very calm too. I was on a ton of medicine and he adjusted it during the cycle. He recommended us not to do two embryo transfer because I was a high risk for pcos. So wrongly transferred one embryo and ended up up with identical twins. So so exciting!

Dr Kan is amazing! He is very knowledgeable and treats my husband and I as if we are his only patients every visit we have. He is always on time. He explains everything and takes the time to answer all of our questions. We are so thankful for him and his clinic.

Trust him. He is very smart and keeps up to date with current research.

Dr.Kan is very knowledgeable however, I think they don't have appropriate medical record information tracking system. He would forget sometimes about my past history or what was currently going on with my cycle.

You want to check his success results on SART and CDC...they haven't been publishing their results...why??? It was my first IVF cycle and never checked these sites to compare doctors

Dr. Kan was thorough, communicated clearly and made us feel confident in his care. We came to him knowing we were going to use a gestational carrier, but he carefully reviewed our history first which we appreciated. He was honest with us about our issues/odds without making us feel hopeless. We’ve seen several doctors and he has the best demeanor of all - he comes across as emphatic but still maintains his authority as your doctor.

Dr Kan is wonderful. We found his office and the communication with them to be less than ideal, but we were doing all monitoring remotely so I think that made things a lot more difficult.

We did a standard FET prep for a GC with BC, estrogen priming and progesterone support.

Dr Kan was only willing to do a single embryo transfer to GC, but we never wanted to do transfer more than one.

Dr kan was extremely empathetic towards my husband and I, always took the time to talk to me when I called with questions I forgot about during my visit and very gentle when giving me not so good news. I really appreciated how he handles himself during my time with him and would definitely go back to see him.

Write down all your questions

I wasn’t producing any follicles at the time so he wanted to try chlomid to see if that helped. It didn’t and my IUI was Cancelled.

I do not remember but I do remember that it was expensive and we didn’t get anywhere. Which looking back o Leah someone had explained to me better that each ultrasound was costing me money when I didn’t have follicles.