Michael Grossman

Dr Grossman has generally been very patient with me (I am a "difficult" patient who questions everything) and all of my questions throughout this ordeal. It is really important to let him know how you want him to work for you; we made it very clear that we are evidence-based people with no room for questionable forms of treatment (like the use of Prednisone during stim cycles, which is their default, even if no immune issues are present). He is otherwise very pleasant, easy to speak to, and welcomes all questions.

Go in with all the questions you have already prepared. He'll take his time to speak with you and answer questions honestly and clearly.

Through all of my cycles at CNY I have contacted him via portal several times to check in, to get second opinions, and sometimes, to let him know I'm not comfortable with something. His responses were never cookie cutter, and there have been times that his recommendations have contradicted those of the nursing staff. He was respectful of my decision to dump all the "woo" that Dr Kiltz and his nursing staff were pushing.

#1 antagonist cycle; can't recall doses, 2 lead follicles after 3 days of stims (nurses started me too late in the cycle), converted to IUI, failed. Can't recall med doses. #2 estrogen prime, antagonist, started stims CD2 with 450 Follistim/150 menopur, Cetrotide with dual lupron/lower dose HCG trigger-->12 eggs, 4 mature, none made it to day 3. ICSI used. #3 estrogen prime, antagonist, with 450 Follistim/150 menopur, Cetrotide, stimmed longer than last cycle, full HCG trigger-->10 eggs, 4 mature, 4 others left to mature, one 3-day embryo cryopreserved. Used ICSI.

The nurse I worked with (you can pick the nurse you want to do your monitoring with) was very pleasant and optimistic, seemed attuned to details, but the nurses do typically follow a set of guidelines that they apply to everyone, so you need to be careful. Don't be afraid to ask the doctor for a second opinion. The NP there is nice but seems overconfident and misinterpreted previous genetic workup and I left convinced that my infertility was due to a fragile x premutation (I spoke with a genetics counselor who explained I don't have a premutation, and my infertility is likely unrelated). Not all communication well. There is a lab tech/phlebotomist who has an edgy attitude.

Very cookie cutter. There were times that I felt I was doing DIY IVF because I had to self advocate frequently. Communication is hit or miss. I recently had an experience when a nurse told me about a test result over portal and suggested a medication. The nurse didn't call me and when I called the office shortly after receiving the message, she had left for the day and I had to speak with some random nurse who never worked with me. The nurse manager tried to create excuses like nurses don't want to play phone tag or leave voice mails. I messaged my RE about my decision to seek further confirmatory testing and he was highly supportive of my decision and actually told me I did the right thing. This incident left me highly distrustful of the general nursing staff.

Each IVF is $3900, monitoring is around $850. IUI monitoring was around $750 or so, the IUI itself was approximately +/-$300. Follow up visits with the doctor were $75. Monitoring for an FET was between $750-850.

It was dependent on preference. Since I only have one embryo stored, I don't have the luxury of having such options.

Dr Grossman explained each step as we went through the transfers and egg retrieval. He was very good at showing us what was going on the screen and helping us understand what was happening. He was wonderful at making me feel like I wasn't just a number. He made a hard time just a little easier by being upbeat and positive about the results.

He not the typical doctor. He's very good at what he does and he's very good at explaining what to expect. He makes you feel comfortable with the plan before moving forward and he helps weigh all the options.

Dr Grossman and all the nurses at CNY really care about everyone and making sure your in the right place mentally and physically. Everyone knows who you are and calls you by name, they ask how your doing and feeling. They take an interest in your life outside of the fertility.

Even though having blood drawn sucks, I like that they take blood each visit to make sure your progesterone and estrogen are where they need to be. Before they did the transfers I started intralipids and had an HCG wash and I really think all that stuff helped. And it did work I was pregnant until 17 weeks and we lost the baby because my water broke early. If I had to go back I wouldn't change a thing. All the medicine and doses worked like they should have and it was all worth it. I'm patiently waiting to be able to try again.

All of the nurses are awesome! They made it more bearable. My veins are very small and are hard to get for blood work or IV's. Ann usually did my blood work and after 2 or 3 times she's got really good and remembered that my veins sit close to top of my skin and after that she never missed again! And kimmi usually did my IV for the intralipids and she hardly ever missed. And if they did and they weren't comfortable trying again they would ask someone else to look. They really make me feel like I'm a really person not just a science experiment. After everything we've been through they really make it easier to handle. They are the best at what they do and I couldn't ask for better nurses

I don't think there is anything they need to change the girls at the front desk are welcoming. My husband had one suggestion. The room for samples isn't very sound proof, he said it's hard to get comfortable when you can hear everything going on around you.

For my medications I paid about 250-250$ a month. Intralipids were 56$ every two weeks, endometrin were 15$ for 3 boxes, progesterone in oil were 15$ for 2 vials, the HCG wash was 15$ for one vial, the LDN was was 50$ for a 3 months supply. During the egg retrieval the gonal -f was $15 per pen and I used 3 or 4 total, the metopur was 15$ for 4 boxes, and cetratid was 15$ for 4 boxes. After it was done all of the medicine I had left I donates to the doctors office to give to peope who don't have as good of insurance as we do and can't afford to buy them.

The choice was left up to me and my husband. The first two transfers we did 2 each time and they failed or I had an ectopic pregnancy. The last transfer we did we chose to do one embryo and it was successful. I think it makes a different some people (me included) can't handle more than one embryo at a time.

Dr Grossman is an excellent Dr. I wouldn’t change him for anyone. He is thorough and very attentive to my needs. He is knowledgeable in every aspect of fertility and very warm with great bedside manner.

Be open, ask a lot of questions big or small. Dr Grossman will answer every one of them.

Dr Grossman is very empathetic and naturally caring. He was very responsive to my questions and needs. He even called me to check on me and to make sure I was okay during treatment.

I used 300 Gonal & 20 low dose hcg for 9 days, Cetrotide for 6 days & double lupron dose 12 hours apart. I retrieved 22 eggs and did not develope ohss as Dr Grossman recommended. I was in no pain and healed super fast. My doses never had to be adjusted, they were perfect for me.

Nicole was an awesome nurse! She was very friendly and welcoming to all of my questions and concerns. She was on top of everything and very knowledgeable.

CNY Albany’s strengths are its Dr.’s and awesome nursing team and staff. They are very welcoming and eager to help. Someone is always available to answer any questions or concerns 24 hours per day. I received personalized care and felt very happy with everything so far. I can’t really think of any weaknesses at all to be honest. My experience with them was and still is amazing. Not to mention how affordable they are.

So far I have a payment plan which is $3900 for the ivf, $650 for outside monitoring, plus $250 for finance charges over 2 years for financing. I had $40 co pays & $50 for hcg wash. I will be adding intralipids for my current transfer cycle so that will cost $100 to administer. Medication was approx $2500 so far. My ultrasounds have been $77 and labwork about $100 each visit.

Depending on your age and specific fertility issues Dr. Grossman will recommend how many embryos is best for each individual patient.

He sounded passionate about keto and how he lives his life with keto. He talked a lot, but mostly about himself. He did explain things to us really well and drew diagrams while explaining when we asked questions. . I just don’t like that I was set for an IUI plan on first consult when I need to have a lap and my partner needs to see a urologist. If it was up to CNY and I wasn’t smart, I would just proceed with the steps for the IUI while waiting for lap and urologist, where they could potentially find Endo and Vericole.

Do research, talk to people and get all your diagnostic tests done before proceeding with the treatment they set you up for.

I felt like I was just a standard protocol. Not as an individual. He gave us instructions and meds for an IUI but we have other tests pending results that would change the course of the plan and it’s like we’re in a standstill now and have no idea what we should be doing while waiting for these tests. I do not want to do an IUI if my Lap finds Endo and needs to be removed. Also it’s almost impossible to reach anyone by phone and get any kind of direction.

LDN, Clomid, Z-pack, Prednisone, IUI, and timed intercourse after also.

They all need to get on the same page. 3 different ones called me in one day for 3 different prescriptions. Called and had lab results faxed Over, Called 2 days later and couldn’t be found.

Advocate to be treated as an indivudual for yourself. Ask questions and be persistent. I think the Staff mean well, but are just too busy because of being over booked. Don’t waste money until you’ve had all diagnostic tests done

We were told the consult was free burly got a bill from insurance today that stayed it was charged $400 for the visit.

Single!

At CNY you only see your doctor for the big procedures but he is always very responsive and thorough to email questions throughout the process and will always come in to the room if available while in for regular monitoring appointments. My confidence level when working with Dr. Grossman went up so much from my previous experience. I felt much more educated throghout the process by him and much more at ease.

He believes in evidence based medicine so some of the diet recommendations, or other changes that can be made that have loose correlations he will more or less tell you it can’t hurt, but may not recommend directly. You do have to be your own advocate but he is always supportive and will have in depth discussions about alternative treatments or add ons.

Dr. Grossman although very dry, he is warm, light hearted but also unbelievably caring. He explains everything very clearly and in plain terms without sugar coating things but in a manner that is not harsh or cold. You can genuinely feel that he wants you to succeed and is just as heartbroken as you are if things do not go as planned.

My protocol with Dr. Grossman was very different from my previous clinic including the use of Prednisone to reduce inflammation, Prograf, Lovenox, Endometrin, Estrace, LDN and Intralipids the week before transfer, the day before transfer and weekly once I got a positive beta until 12 weeks (but we only made it to 10). I feel that the lipids was a big help with the success of this cycle and the higher dosage of Endometrin from the beginning. There are other meds that I know I didn’t list but it’s a lot!!

You are not assigned a nurse off the bat but once you click with someone you can request to see them for all visits. There were a few times I had to see other nurses, but there was only ever one nurse that I felt was in a rush but she was still very nice and thorough. I can’t say enough good things about Rebecca. Her compassion, her sense of humor, her attitude helped me so much through out the process. She is extremely knowledgeable and very clear about all options but also if she doesn’t know she will find out and while you are there. She takes her time and you never feel rushed. When I was in for my 10 week scan and she had to tell me there was no heartbeat she was my rock as my husband wasn’t there for that appointment. She called and texted with my husband and I over the next few days and helped us with the decision to have a D&C and continued to follow up until the procedure and after. She is amazing my husband and I LOVE her!!!

There are times when you will be on hold for a long time to speak with a nurse with questions during normal business hours. The on call nurses call back very quickly after hours and my experience with them has always been fantastic. I recommend joining their support group on FB as well as their regular FB page to learn about other patients, their protocols, etc so that you can ask your nurses and doctor about additional treatment options etc. Make sure you download the patient portal app on your phone as that is generally the easiest way to communicate with the office and upload needed documents etc.

Including the 3 rounds of shared cycle Donor Egg retrieval/fertilization’s and 2 FET we have paid around $30k excluding medications for my FET.

Dr. Grossman has been pretty strong on recommending eSET because we did PGS testing with our donor egg embryos. We never asked to transfer more as the risk of twins is a little worrisome for myself and my husband financially.

As a patient I wanted more straight forward answers, less 'what do you think' type of responses. I do not know for certain if my cycle would have been different at a different clinic or not but some things have still been unanswered. I will say I felt more like a patient than a paycheck compared to another doctor we've seen. I felt like Dr.Grossman cared about my outcome and that means alot.

Though you are the patient, you will have to be your own advocate, your own nurse and researcher.

Dr. Grossman is very knowledgeable and polite but very quick. He is in and out and that's it. He does an okay job at explaining things but not to mh expectations.

My stim cycle was pretty typical. Gonal F 150 Menopur 75 Cetrotide FET 1: Prednisone 10mg, Endometrin, Prenatal, Estrace, Progesterone in oil, Intralipids, hcg wash, Prograf FET2: Prednisone 20mg, Estrace 2x, Endometrin 2x, Prenatal, Progesterone in oil, Lovenox, Neupogen, Intralipids, Plaquenil, Prograf.

The nursing staff on the phone can be a mess.you feel as thought you NEVER talk to the same person. HOWEVER once you are there in the office the staff are AMAZING.. PHENOMENAL actually. Kristen has been through this herself and never lets you feel like you're alone. She held my hand the entire time I was there on multiple occasions.

I loved the clinic, once I arrived. This clinic has a TON of travel patients so they are most definitely BUSY. I will say this being my first round of IVF I really didn't know what to expect and because I've only gone to this clinic for the full process I can not compare to how ivf is done elsewhere. But with my experience with this clinic, I had to be in charge of my own medicine more than I wanted to. When starting a cycle I never spoke with the same nurse on the phone, some times one nurse would tell me something and then another would upload something different into my portal. If I weren't paying attention and seen their mistake would that have ruined my cycle? I don't know, but I didn't like having this happen more than once. When you arrive at the clinic you are the queen and I mean that. They are SO over the top nice to you. They make you feel comfortable in an uncomfortable situation. They take REALLY good care of you and I LOVED it. The communication is wonderful once inside the clinic and I wouldn't change a single thing about my experience with the nursing staff upon arrival. They have a healing art spa and although I opted out of using it, it is BEAUTIFUL! I think every patient looking at this clinic needs to know they are BUSY and I mean BUSY. They will not remember your name until your second or third time visiting them in office because they see so many people. Things may be different if you monitor there but I stayed local to monitor so I was asked multiple times about myself (job, kids, where I'm from) and although it seems like no big deal when you're paying thousands of dollars for the treatments you kind of expect your doctor to remember your face. Aside from those few issues, this clinic is clean, well put together and has an amazing staff. They are affordable and because of that, they are a little too busy and understaffed for the number of people requesting their help.

I did not monitor at this clinic. It is in a different state and I found it easier being a traveling patient to stay local for all ultrasounds and blood work.

My Egg Retrieval, ICSI, and Fesh transfer were $4,050. Medicine obviously varies but somewhere close to $3,500 Monitoring (all ultrasounds, blood work including my two FET cycles as well) $3,200 FET are $250 for the first year, I've had two FET $500 Then you have the costs of traveling if you decide to travel to this clinic. We drove the first time which still costs us around $800, the first flight and stay were $1,500 and the third (we stayed a bit longer this time around) $1,900. So far without a healthy pregnancy, 2 negative pregnancy tests and 1 miscarriage we have spent roughly $15,500 so far.

Thus far we have only had our consultation in person. He was very thorough going over all our documentation and listening to what we wanted and supporting our decisions by saying he would do the same thing. I like that he wasn't pushing PGS testing (a lot of doctors do) but we wanted to do it because of prior miscarriages and he said yes in your case I think that is a smart idea because that is the main reason we are doing IVF.

Relax, he is easy going and knows what he is talking about and will listen to you as much as he shares with you.

Although this is an extremely busy office the doctor took over an hour with us to discuss our case and look at all our paperwork. Although they generally give everyone the same protocol, he was not pushy about any of it and told us he would do what we want. He took the time to answer all our questions and listen to us and he even made jokes to help lighten the mood.

We haven't yet started our protocol as we have had a setback healthwise and are reevaluating our plan and may switch to RIVF instead.

I've only had communication via the portal with the nursing staff and everyone has been super responsive to all my questions and concerns.

Since CNY as a whole is so busy because of what they offer you really need to be proactive and advocate for yourself. The best way to communicate is the portal, however you are unable to have an ongoing conversation, it always has to be a new message which I find annoying. Calling them you will likely be on hold a lot and the phones go down more than you would expect. Another strength that most clinics don't have is the option for accupuncture or massage upstairs on the days of retrieval or transfer to help your body, make sure you ask about that as they don't always offer it proactively.

We are still evaluating, we have some insurance coverage for IVF so we plan to use that first, but the PGS testing will be out of pocket and run around $3000.

Dr grossman is a fun guy, made me feel comfortable right off the bat. Sat us down and explained it all from top to bottom and explained what he thought the best course of action would be for us. Explained everything so well, we didn’t have questions. When I had an ectopic pregnancy, he came in the room with the nurse, held my hand and explained it wasn’t my fault. He advised he would perform surgery and explained the whole process. He was extremely compassionate and didn’t make me feel like I was just another patient. I felt like he really cared and was there for us. I honestly do not have anything negative to say about him.

Go into the appointment open minded. And ready for lots of info.

Dr grossman took the time to sit with us and explain absolutely everything. Options, rate of success for everything, all treatment protocols, etc. we had an ectopic pregnancy and dr grossman was extremely compassionate and explained why it happened and how he was going to remove it. He was a complete gentleman the whole process and answered all of our questions in an appropriate, compassionate manner.

Since I was unexplained infertility he suggested we start with iui with letrozole. We did 3 cycles that were unsuccessful so he added gonal f injection which resulted in a positive pregnancy, but ended up being ectopic. We tried 3 more the same way and he then switched us to ivf with immune protocol.

Niccole and the other nurses were absolutely amazing!! Responded ASAP to my portal questions, called me to follow up after ectopic surgery, stayed in contact with embryo development.

I personally have nothing negative to say, I think everything about CNY was perfect. The atmosphere, the nurses, drs and other services were fantastic. I did accupuncture there 2x, multiple visits for lipid infusions, plus all my monitoring was done there. They were all patient, compassionate and extremely cooperative with my schedule.

My insurance didn’t cover ivf however the iui and monitoring was covered. CNY has payment plans to assist with costs which was amazing and they are very affordable

Dr grossman and the nurses suggested for us 1 embryo to transfer. He stated due to my age, a positive pregnancy test prior and no medical history that it “should” take. And it did :)

Dr. Grossman is knowledgeable, approachable, and patient. He will always answer any questions and explain things thoroughly. As a patient, most interactions are with the nursing staff. But on retrieval and transfer days, Dr. G has been great - I felt very at ease, especially given my complicated history.

Write your questions down and don’t be afraid to ask. And ask again if needed. Always need to be your own advocate, especially under such emotionally and physically stressful circumstances that come with IVF.

Dr. Grossman if friendly and approachable. He is always will to answer questions and patient. During treatment, a majority of visits/interactions are with the nursing staff vs. doctor. Usually only see the doctor for retrieval, transfer, etc.

IUI with letrozole x4. IUI with injectables - follistim and menopur x3. Overstimulated with IUI #7 and converted to IVF. Retrieval resulted in 7 fertilized embryos with 4 frozen and day 3. First frozen transfer was successful, but resulted in a miscarriage at 16 weeks.

The nursing staff is amazing. Everyone that I have encountered through countless visits have been great. I tend to see the same nurse as much as I can - I like the consistency and having someone that is most familiar with my particular situation.

I don’t have many complaints about my experience to date. I will day that the clinic seems to be getting busier - and I hope that it does not have a negative impact of overall level of service and care.

CNY is known for making IVF affordable. My IUI treatments were covered under insurance, I paid my co-pays for every visit, along with any costs for medications. For IVF, total cost was $3,900 plus medications. Within a year of your retrieval, any additional transfers are $250 (first is covered under the $3,900).

He is compassionate, understanding, humorous and wonderful Dr. who is doing everything within his power to make me and my fiancé’s dream to come true of becoming parents. He has excellent communication skills and top notch bedside manner. Through my disappointments he never made me feel or think that any of it was my fault I couldn’t ask for a better Doctor.

He is awesome and takes your input into consideration and will implement them if possible you will never walk away thinking I’m confused he will answer any questions you may have no matter how crazy you may think it is.

From the moment I met him he was very caring and understanding to what I was going through and explained to me what the protocol would be and how we should proceed. We were successful on my first FET it ended in miscarriage due to trisomy 22. He was very sympathetic to my loss when he gave me the options on how to proceed with the passing of my son at 9 weeks and which was the safest for me at that stage of my pregnancy. He encouraged me to try again when I felt I was ready to transfer again. He has answered all my questions no matter how crazy they may have been and eased any fears I had when I started this IVF journey. He has a wonderful sense of humor and I was treated as a human being and not a number. I would recommend him to anyone that asked.

Menopur 75iu, Follistim AQ 150iu, Cetrotide 0.25mg,estrace 2mg twice per day, progesterone in oil 1ml per day, Endometrin 100mg twice per day. I became pregnant on my first FET but ended in miscarriage due to trisomy 22 at 9 weeks.

I have request Jackie for all my transfers my hcg washes, my intralipids and she was also present for my retrieval. There aren’t enough words to express how great and compassionate she is and how she was there for me during my loss.

I have no complaints at all about this clinic I was seen in a timely manner never had a long wait and was contacted by staff to give me my results whenever I had bloodwork done if any meds needed adjust or to tell me my hcg levels. This clinic has an awesome team.

IVF$3900 not including medication or monitoring. FET$250 x 3, HCG wash $50 X3 Once Weekly intralipids till pregnancy test $100 x 7 or more

His approach was to transfer one embryo however, I elected to transfer 2 at each transfer and he did inform me of the risks.

The morning of my day 5 fresh transfer my fiance and I had our hearts set on transferring 2 embros. At this time we didn't know the grading of the embros nor did we know how many made it to Blastocytes. When Dr.Groosman entered the room he asked if I was covered and for permission to enter, he came in and introduced himself and shook my hand and my fiance's. He asked how I was feeling and if I was warm and comfortable. He asked if we had any questions for him, both my fiance and I were kinda at a loss for words even tho we had discussed our thoughts over and over. He asked our thoughts on how many embros we wanted to transfer, we both at the same time said 2. We then asked him how many made it to the blastocyte stage. He asked his nurse to go grab the picture of the 2 that made it to Blastocytes and we're close to hatching. He then said that he looked over my history and had seen that I had been counciled by the nurse we had seen since day one, he then asked our permission to go over the risks of transferring 2- and made sure we understand that having multiples can be risky for both Mom and baby's. He then showed us the picture of the two embros that he felt we're our best chance, but told us it was our choice. He also discussed the other 4 embros and how he felt allow them to grow to day 6 and then freeze. Once we all agreed, and the transfer started, he made sure to tell me what he was doing, before doing it, and if I had any questions to please ask. When he told the nurse it was time to have the embroologist bring the embros in, he said that he thinks we made a great choice and he hopes to make our dream of parents come true. He said that at the end of the day, all that matters to him is that he helps me to become Pregnant. The man has the patience of a saint, I would soal heartly recommend him and have to anyone.

To make sure you listen to his advice, as he truly is the best as what he does. And to ask as many questions, he has all the correct answers

One thing that truly touched my heart as well as my fiance's is Dr. Grossman said right before our transfer " You guys are in great hands, at the end of the day all that matters to me is that I'm able to make your dream of becoming parents come true" That will forever be with me, and brings tears to my eyes just typing this.

We were only male factor. So I was on a pretty standard protocol. My stimming cycle was: 225 mg GONAL-F 75 mg Menopur 0.25 mg Cetrotide 0.08 mg leuprolide for trigger- 2 times 12 hours apart. He also recommend I do acupuncture before and after transfer and if I had the ability to take the next day or two off of work to relax.

Rebecca was a godsend, she did our original consultation and made sure we understand why our best shot at becoming parents was IVF. We formed a pleasant relationship after a few visits and she made sure she was only a phone call or email away. She responded asap and even left me message with tests I could have done via my PCP. I have told other women going to CNY to request her.

If you can afford it and live close to the office, I would suggest to do your monitoring with them. If there is anything you don't understand, to ask questions, as all the nurses are always more then willing to help and explain. I would tell them to order your medication sooner rather than later, once the medication is ordered it's out of cnys hands and the shipping process can be quite stressful. There's a few different brands of the stimming meds they use and if one is extremely expensive, as if they can recommend an equivalent

The cost of medication was completely separate. The cost of IVF and freezing of remaining embros for one year was $3900 The cost of monitoring at CNY was $850

He knew we were educated on the risk, even tho he went over it with us again. He felt we were making the right choice

As previously mentioned, Dr. Grossman was great. We felt well cared for and were given time and attention to our needs and questions. We felt we could ask anything and received compassionate but realistic responses. The only downside was that after our consultation and procedures, we have not met with him for almost a year. The nurses have handled everything from then on.

Come with all of you questions! There’s nothing you can’t ask.

Dr. Grossman treated us with compassion and took the time to make sure all of our questions were answered and that we were comfortable.

As part of the routine diagnostic testing, I also underwent an HSG procedure to confirm my remaining tube was open. We tried a few natural cycles next. I had previously used clomid with many terrible Side effects so next we moved to letrozole. I used letrozole with timed intercourse and IUIs for several cycles. We’re now moving into injectable IUI cycles

They are AMAZING. Every time I meet a new nurse I add them to my list of favorites, but I’ve realized they’re all my favorite!

I love that CNY combines both eastern and western medicine. They provide so much support and opportunities for patients outside of the routine medical care. Although the office is constantly busy with patients, I never feel rushed and I always feel important to the staff.

Most costs have been covered by my insurance. I only pay the copay. However, NO COST is covered in relation to IVF treatment. As I move closer and closer to IVF, the financial burden makes me feel like this may not be an option.

Dr. Grossman explains everything really well. He also makes you feel comfortable. He always gives you a chance to ask any questions you have. Only weakness to me is he talks in a manner that he sounds like he is the host of a television show.

Don't be afraid to ask questions or have him explain things to you.

They were very personable and everyone at the clinic made you feel like they were their only patient.

My protocol was made up of menopur 75iu, Gonal-f 225iu, cetrotide, and double lupron trigger for egg retrieval. I also took theralogix supplements ovavite and ovasitol as a prenatal and egg quality purposes. For transfer I stayed on theralogix vitamins and added: baby aspirin, LDN, estradiol, prednisone, progesterone, pio injections. My first transfer ended in a chemical. This second transfer I am taking the same medications but we added in plaquenil and I am doing Dr. Kiltz extreme keto diet

The nursing staff calls and communicates your protocol to you and answers any questions you may have. A nurse is always available 24/7 to talk to you. They are organized and the best when you are with them in person.

Clinics strengths are they are organized, communicate well, and the actual ombeonce of the clinic is relaxing and comfortable. A weakness of theirs is they have a lot of patients so occasionally things can get messed up. However, they are always able to fix things right away.

I did not monitor at CNY. I live in Michigan so I did local monitoring at a fertility clinic close to my home.

Egg Retrieval $4050 (includes $150 local monitoring fee) Transfer $250 Embryo glue $100 Hcg wash $50 (without medication) Intralipid infusion $100 2 30min acupuncture/massage sessions $70 Free nutritional information Free yoga classes

They strongly recommend one embryo however they will make you aware of the risk if doing multiple. Depending on your situation they do allow for multiple embryo transfers.

Dr. Grossman was very up front and truthful. He told me we're in this process together and that we will get a successful pregnancy. He is very caring and has a funny sense of humor. He def. Lightens the stressful situation. Even though I only saw him a couple of times through my cycles he was always avail to answer and questions and was always very friendly in the halls.

He is their to help you achieve your goals of a baby. Be upfront on your history and be honest on what you want and don't want.

He was very personable. Went over my history thoroughly discussed options and made a plan TOGETHER! he always wanted to make sure we we're 100% on board with any treatments.

First cycle was a clomid cycle. Follicles did not grow like they should of so they canceled the cycle. Next cycle we started on injectables bravelle and menopur. Started at low dose adventually got to 300/300 follicles grew we triggered with hcg. Ended in a chemical preg. Cycle 3 started with 300/300 triggered with hcg ended with chemical. Had a talk with Dr. Grossman to see what we could do he added lovenox and hcg boosters to the next cycle. Dx of reoccurring pregnancy loss. Cycle 3 300/300 foliicule grew triggered with hcg did lovenox and hcg boosters ended with a life birth of b/g twins @34wks Fast forward 8 yrs. Cycle 4 injectables follistim/ menopur ended in a chemical ( they we're steering away from hcg boosters as they say they don't help.). Cycle 5 &6 chemical pregnancy cycle 7 I pushed to ha e lovenox and hcg boosters added as that's the only way I had a successful pregnancy. Dr. Grossman agreed and added it to cycle. Currently pregnant with twins again.

Greta Joost is amazing. I had her for my first 2007-2009 cycles with cny very personable, caring always willing to go above and beyond. When I started my 2017 cycles Greta had moved to a travel coordinator. Was super sad but went with the next best nurse. Had some head butting with that nurse. Spoke with Greta as we are friends and she told me she was in the office 3 days a week doing travel pt. Stuff but would gladly scan me and get me pregnant on our last cycle as we just could not afford the out of pocket injectable meds anymore. First appt. Back with Greta I asked her if she could look up my last cycle that I did with her that was successful. That I wanted to do the same as that one. We looked at it discussed our plan of action set it in stone and went about our cycle. Currently pregnant with b/b twins. I wouldn't be if it was not for Greta going above and beyond and listening and willing to do what we did before when we were successful. I owe my children to her. The other nurse that I dealt with was Eileen Clark! Another AMAZING nurse. Was my.main blood draw nurse. In and out no problem hardly new she poked me with a needle. Had her through my 2007-2009 cycles. She moved to a telephone nurse for my 2017-2018 cycles but again she went above and beyond and would come down to do my blood draws. She always was smiling and had a great sense of humor. Greta and Eileen are the best team of nurses ever. And my husband and I are forever greatful they work for cny and that they were willing to go above and beyond for us. We owe our children's lives to them. I feel if we did not have these two as our A team we would be empty handed sad and miserable. Keep up the awesome work ladies, as you are the best in our eyes!

Everyone is friendly except the 2 reception girls they never smile. Look miserable like they don't want to be their to work. The clinic is a very peaceful environment when you walk in you wouldn't think it's a Drs office. It def. Helps to relieve some stress.

Dr Grossman has always been caring and open with us. He has been very professional and answered all our questions. During all my procedures he answered any questions and took great care of us. The only suggestion I have for Dr. Grossman is he is not always very firm with his suggestions although I understand some situations do not always have a clear cut answer

Just ask as many questions as possible

Dr Grossman has been open with us through every step of our journey. He has been available to communicate what was going on and to answer questions and help us make decisions about our future

For IVF my protocol was Gonal F 300 iu once daily, hcg-lh 10 iu once daily and prenatal. On day 5 he added Cetrotide .25 mg in the AM and on day 9 was Lupron (trigger) 4 mg. My retieval was day 11. I had 19 eggs collected, 14 fertilized and 5 made it to day 5 for freezing. No fresh transfer. For FET both times my protocol was Estrace 2 mg (twice daily vaginally), Prednisone 5 mg, aspirin 81 mg and prenatal 2 weeks before transfer. One week before transfer started progesterone in oil 50 mg injection. Also cleocin for 3 days. 5 days before transfer added Endometrin 100 mg (vaginally twice daily). Day before transfer added Prograf .5 mg twice daily. Also did weekly intralipid IV and acupuncture before and after transfer. Discontinued Prograf day of positive pregnancy test. Outcome was positive pregnancy test both times.

The nursing staff treated us like family and communicated all information with us regularly.

CNY is a great place and we are lucky to have them. The staff is great and their methods work. Only suggestion we have is with follow up. Unless we were proactive CNY did not follow up to keep up on our path. We have had 2 successful transfers although we have also had 2 losses. CNY has been supportive and we know they will help us achieve our goal of creating a family.

We spent about $10,000 for IVF including medications. For our FET it was about $3,000.

After a successful single FET we followed the same protocol for our second transfer.

Dr. Grossman is very soft spoken and calm. He made my husband and I feel welcome at the clinic and made sure he answered all of our questions. He had a great sense of humor which made our conversation more light hearted, especially for such a stressful and confusing issue.

Be open about concerns you have and don’t be afraid to ask questions about different options.

Dr. Grossman sat down with my husband and I to discuss why my first cycle likely failed. He went through all of the options we can explore to try to have a child with my own eggs. He gave us hope that it was possible to use them and that he’d be willing to try as many times as we are. He also answered all of my questions about my first cycle in detail without belittling me or making them seem silly. Additionally, he went over the pros and cons of using different dosages of medicine the next time around.

We are using lower dosages of IVF drugs than we did in our first round. I’m using HGH and 1mg of estrace for a month of estrogen priming then lower stims than previously.

Mary is very friendly and made me feel comfortable about explaining all the medicine I will be on. She helped go over all of the medicine I’m currently taking for estrogen priming. She’s very positive and upbeat and gave me hope that she’s worked with other patients with my condition and they’ve had success.

Strengths: calm and welcoming environment. They help address issues efficiently and the nurses go above and beyond to be helpful. Weakness: sometimes challenging to get an appointment for monitoring at an ideal time

$4-6,000

Not at that point yet

We were recommended through my sister in law to request Dr Grossman when setting up our consultation. My niece is a CNY baby and Dr Grossman helped them 7 years ago. We had our initial consultation with Dr Grossman. He explained everything from pre testing to statistics to different protocols we could try. He answered any questions that we had to the best that he could. He had a very positive optimistic way of getting his points across. Dr Grossman also performed my laparoscopy. He explained in detail a week before the procedure and asked if we had any questions. The day of surgery he stopped in before to check up on me and spoke to my husband after to update him on the findings. We met with him a few weeks later where he checked incisions and again was more than willing to answer any questions we had. He is always good with returning emails in a timely manner.

One piece of advice I would give is if you’re asking him a question to ask it where it puts his wife in the situation and what they would do for certain situations.

Dr Grossman has a great bedside manner, but is also able to tell you exactly what you need to hear. He listens to what you have to say as well as supplying his knowledge in a professional manner.

We went right into injections. After 2 unsuccessful iui’s we did a laparoscopy.

You can tell that the nurses love working at CNY and love what they do. They are very kind, caring and patient. If one can’t get your blood they will call another nurse in who might have a better chance. They are very timely at responding to emails and making phone calls.

CNY is wonderful. Dr Kiltz makes sure his facilities run smoothly. He is always looking to hear what his patients have to say to improve his locations. Dr Kiltz is mora than willing to give you his number and will respond with a text or call if you have any concerns or questions. He puts on great chats on Facebook when he shares important information on diet or different protocols to taken for different procedures. I would highly recommend CNY to anyone going through this journey!

I have a copay each time I’m seen

At our initial consult my husband and I went in knowing what we were looking for and wanted. Dr. Grossman provided the details and risks of the whole IVF process and thoroughly answered any questions we had. Our goal was to achieve our plan and he more than helped us with that!

Be honest about what you are looking for in the long run as a patient. He wont beat around the bush and will fully answer any questions you may have as well as help you achieve your goals.

Dr. Grossman was straight forward from day one. My husband and I went in with a plan and he was more than helpful. He explained the low down on every procedure and cared about what we wanted.

I was on injections before my egg retrieval to help prepare my eggs fpr the procedure. For transfer I was put on progesterone injections and estrogen inserts.

While most of them were amazing, some were more organized and knew what they were explaining more than others. I had one that didn't seem really happy with what she was doing. I choose Rebecca as my primary nurse because she wanted to help me. She made me feel like a human and not just another patient. She was organized, and always knew the next step.

Their treatment is a huge strength for them. Their nurses were overall nice. Their clinic was very relaxing. The financial team was a weakness. Although I love the fact they do payment plans and help you achieve your goals quicker than most and they're cheaper than most, I wasn't fully aware of all the costs they forgot to tell me about. I knew about the cost of IVF procedure and the embryo testing. I wasn't told about the $850 for monitoring since I wanted to do that at a clinic closer to me, but that got skipped over somehow. I wasnt told about the labs fees that had to be paid upfront ($1,200) for my 8 embryos to be tested. I also wasn't told I had to pay a feel on transfer day and got charged for each appointment after I found out I was pregnant. The financial team made it seem like that was all included. I'm just glad some of these got added to my payment plan.

IVF was roughly $4,000. Testing the embryos was $750 from cny and another $1,200 from the lab that I wasn't told about until my results were held from me until I could pay the unexpected fee. It was $850 for monitoring before my egg retrieval. There is a $250 fee on transfer day. And they charge for each appointment and ultrasound done once you find out you're pregnant. However I didnt find that last part out until I recieved my bill. The only thing that helped when I wasn't told about the extra fees were the fact I was able to add them to my payment plan. Everything except the lab fee from testing my embryos.

It was strongly recommended to transfer one embryo due to the fact my risk of twins would be high if I transferred two. I had 8 Grade A embryos out of 32. I only had 8 tested. My husband and I made the decision to transfer two embryos so we had a higher chance of one of them implanting. Now we are blessed and expecting twins in April and couldn't be happier!

He was knowledgeable and straight forward for the most part. You could tell sometimes that he doesn’t want to discourage you from trying even if he doesn’t have a clumps of hope lol. That some times could be a down fall. I like it straight forward and sometimes I didn’t always get that. They’d rather make you feel good about the situation at times. “We’ve seen it all here” which is good, but what’s my chance of conceiving.

He doesn’t have to be super friendly to get the job done. He is good at what he does if he’s not super smiley it’s ok.

Can’t as a whole were amazing. From the receptionist to the nurses to the drs. I always felt like a person. I’ve always told everyone, I’ve never felt like just another patient.

I really can’t remeber all of that. I actually tried to block it all out.

They were absolutely amazing and worked as a team. If one couldn’t find my overy, she would call the next one in. They were never moody, never judge mental. They were always on call for any questions. Showed me where on my butt to stick the needle. I think one even drew an X on my butt to make sure I knew exactly where. I can’t wrote enough good stuff about them.

Their waiting room is sooo calming, just wish I knew sooner that the lady w the massage chair offered FREE massages, she just set up there lol. They are just amazing people, all of the staff. They never make you feel less then. From the moment you walk in. The only thing I wished that the main Dr., Dr. Kilts was at the Albany clinic. Wish we could clone him. On the plus side Dr. kilts will call you from his home phone, even if you just need to talk or vent. But it would have been nice to meet him or have him as my dr without driving to buffalo.

I feel like if you have the embryos, always start with 2 a good one and maybe a poor one.

He was really acertive, confident and cheerful. Was always ready to listen and work with us as a team. He's calming tone was very refreshing. He was sincere and had a plan for the entire treatment. I really appreciated his mannerisms and way of making me feel comfortable. He was trying to work with us and not to his benefit.

Pay close attention to him...He's a fast right to the point talker

He was compassionate, straight forward and listened to my concerns and answer all of my questions. He really was not there to just make money...He was literally trying to help us conceive. He put our desires first.

He always told me I just had lazy ovaries...but that he could work with that. We had talked about lui without injectables and he offer others like lui with injectable or ivf. We decided to go with ivf and he was with us every step of the way. Started us with injectable from day one of my cycle and suppositories.

All nurses were professional and knowledgeable...they were always smiling and helpful. Attended to everyone of my needs and concerns.

Calming environment, on point with schedule, always neat and clean. Made me feel welcome and at home. Atmosphere was excellent. All staff was helpful, restrooms always clean, utensils well sterilized and rooms well equipped and clean.

All monitoring was done in time and fast.

It was exactly what was discussed...and payment options were given. I'm so happy with the financial team for keeping everything broken up so I was able to understand

He was more toward single because of risks of multiples but never pushed us to make a decision based on his opinion. He basically advised what he thought would be best

Dr. Grossman is highly experienced and clearly an excellent RE. What I feel he lacks, however is warmth. It feels like he gives you the facts without really weighing in on and/or discussing your decision making. Dr. Grossman is extremely gentle with procedures. His personality is calm overall, but he is quick witted and brief in his interactions. He speaks quickly so you really have to pay attention to what he says or you might miss something.

Before going into the intake, have a list of questions prepared for him as this will likely be the only time you sit down with him. Use the patient portal to communicate with him as he is usually quick to respond to your questions if you message him. You will also be able to schedule phone calls with him.

The clinic itself is very busy and most staff seem to forget how harrowing the experience of infertility is for people. I wasn't aware that my initial intake would be my only real in person meeting with the RE. Procedures are not explained in detail. You have to be a squeaky wheel in order to get answers from staff.

For 5 days: Gonal F 225 IU once daily, Menopur 75 IUonce daily, Z Pak --take 2 tablets by mouth the first day, then 1 tablet by mouth daily until all the medication is gone, Prednisone 5 mg--1 tablet by mouth twice daily, Prenatal Vitamin one qd--take one by mouth daily. Day 6-9: Added Cetrotide .25 mg. Day 10: Stopped all injectables and took Lupron 0.8 mg and Ovidrel 250 mcg. Day 11: Just took Prednisone and prenatal vitamins. I had the retrieval two days later. They retrieved 17 eggs total. They ICSIed 15 eggs and 3 survived to day 6 and day 7. We refused PGS testing but we consented to assisted hatching. The following month, we decided to put all three embryos in during the transfer.

As mentioned earlier, the staff need to remember that infertility is a tough thing for couples to face. Also, they need to not assume that we have googled everything and understand the IUI or IVF processes in their entirety. It would have been nice to have a sit down with someone who would explain the procedures before they were performed, as normally occurs in the medical field. Some of the nurses expressed compassion while others struggled to do so. When I called, I felt I was being a nuisance and often felt rushed off the phone. At times, I would have to call repeatedly to get a call back. They do make an effort however to follow up when you are monitored locally, to ensure you are on track.

The clinic itself is gorgeous! Top of the line equipment and services. They have a beautiful aesthetic with a full spa located upstairs where you can book acupuncture and massages. The lobby is warm and inviting with nice furniture, a beautiful fireplace, and dim lighting. It is clear that Dr. Kiltz, the head of the practice, poured his heart and soul into creating these clinics. I wonder how he would feel if he discovered how they are treating clients. If you are looking for affordable IVF, then CNY is the most affordable out there. Just be prepared to be treated as a number and not as an individual. A strength of the clinic is that you never wait long to be seen. Make sure to advocate for yourself if you come here for treatment.

I didn't monitor at CNY, I monitored locally. For the most part, the local monitoring went smoothly. There was some glitches with CNY not getting results quickly enough--I believe that happened twice. Once, the local clinic that monitored didn't accurately count my follicles, so CNY scheduled an ultrasound at their clinic before my failed IUI. CNY didn't always post my lab results to my portal.

It is $3900 for IVF with ICSI including 1 year storage of embryos and a year of FET. Meds via my own insurance company's specialty pharmacy--just paid co pays. If monitoring is done at CNY, it is an additional $875. If you go locally to your OBGYN, your insurance company pays for it. My insurance company pays for unlimited IUIs. Co pays at CNY are usually $50.

He didn't weigh in other than saying that three was the maximum that I could transfer due to my age.

Dr.Grossman is very down to earth and makes you feel comfortable in a stressful situation. His calm demeanor helps keep your stress levels down as well. I am very happy with having my procedures done by him.

Not just for dr. Grossman but write down questions as you think of them that way when you meet with him you can make sure to get all the information you need. Even if you think it is a silly question he is very understanding and will answer any and all questions you have.

He is very respectful and understanding of the process and helps to make you feel comfortable in an otherwise stressful situation.

After several iuis we decided to move on to IVF. I used gonal f, menopur, lupron, cetrotide and baby aspirin. I have a mutation gene MTHFR and therefore take baby aspirin and methyl folate to help with that. After first retrieval didn't create that many embryos I started taking coq10 to try and help with my egg quality. I have also tried intralipids in case of an immune disorder.

Everyone is very kind and only wants the best out of each situation for you.

I believe this clinic is very helpful. They have seminars for questions, and are also one of the most affordable care I have researched in the area. They have a healing arts center in the same building where you can have acupuncture or massages and also yoga for healing. I think they are very well rounded and don't have any complaints other than the fact that I was not informed of an embryo that made it to freeze prior to my next appointment. It was a shock but a happy one.

$4725 for IVF including monitoring, anesthesia, egg retrieval, icsi, freezing for a year and frozen transfers during that year.

When I first met with Dr Grossman before pursuing IVF he was very friendly and knowledgeable, and had actually reviewed my records thoroughly ahead of our appointment (something very few doctors have done in my experience!). He had a great bedside manner, was patient at answering all my questions, and was good at quickly tailoring the level of detail and attitude with which he explained things to a level appropriate for my prior knowledge, so that he was able to educate me about the process while not seeming condescending. Through retrieval and transfer he was realistic and did not sugar coat facts/chances, yet seemed optimistic and made me feel hopeful.

Ask lots of questions!

After my first meeting with Dr. Grossman I felt an immense sense of relief and hope. He had thoroughly read my records transferred from another doctor ahead of time and understood why I wanted to get started with IVF and not spend any more time on IUIs or repeat any tests that were not necessary. While I mainly saw the nurses during monitoring, Dr. Grossman was kind, patient and reassuring at retrieval and transfer. The nursing staff were amazing at answering my questions and clarifications both in person and through the patient portal and let me weigh in on preferences so that I felt I was helping make treatment decisions that worked for me (such as timing of when to adjust thyroid medication, or whether to wait a cycle after retrieval or begin BCP right away in preparation for FET).

Short stimulation phase with no suppression beforehand, antagonist protocol, Lupron trigger - selected to reduce OHSS risks as I was a first time IVF patient under 35 with unexplained infertility and no history of not responding well to medications. ICSI to improve chances due to using donor sperm (seemed ICSI was the practice's standard whenever possible). Freeze-all due to elevated progesterone at retrieval. 12 eggs retrieved, 9 fertilized, 6 made it to day 5 blasts and were frozen. FET protocol with PIO and baby aspirin continuing through 10w and progesterone suppositories to 12w. Had positive beta after first FET (eSET due to my age, good embryo quality and my low tolerance for risk of multiples) resulting in current ongoing singleton pregnancy (12w).

Nursing staff were great at promptly responding to my questions through the patient portal and following up with the doctor if needed. When I saw them in person at monitoring visits, I saw a lot of different nurses but they were all very professional. Nearly all of them were excellent at blood draws and at doing transvaginal ultrasounds with as little discomfort as possible. I also had to repeat my SHG and HSG, and it was much less painful with CNY than at the previous doctor I had used. Nurses were great at getting me in and out quickly at before-work appointments, yet were patient and understanding on the days I did have questions and took the time to demonstrate things such as injection technique. Occasionally I would have to ask a question of a second nurse at the next visit or through the portal when an initial nurse had said they would follow up with me. The fact that there were so many different nursing staff seemed to mean that there was not the best possible coordination, but nothing important ever was forgotten or lost for me (I felt my care was actually better organized than at a different doctor's practice when I had had an assigned nurse coordinator). It was difficult to reach staff promptly by phone at the location where I was treated, so they advised me to use the patient portal whenever possible - for the most part this was fine but there were a few times I would have liked to be able to reach someone on the phone more easily. When I needed to speak to the on-call nurse after hours I was able to reach her immediately though and she was very reassuring and scheduled me an appointment the next day for some unexplained bleeding.

There is a lot of marketing of this practice as being integrative and spa-like. I was initially very reluctant to go to this practice because I was afraid that they would push complementary and alternative medication/treatments on me that had little evidence for efficacy. They did give me a copy of founder Dr. Kiltz's book which in my opinion has a load of dangerous nonsense mixed in with medical information. However, none of the doctors or staff ever pushed me to try anything that I didn't feel was "real" medicine (like acupuncture, massage, etc.). If you're like me- very skeptical of "alternative" treatments and prefer that your doctor stick to established medical science - I can assure you that at least the Albany location was great and I always felt that my doctors and the nursing staff were well-informed and choosing good evidence-based treatment options. The practice has a spa/wellness center above it and I was worried about this almost being a conflict of interest for the staff but my worries seemed unfounded. The clinic has very nice up-to-date equipment including new ultrasound machines, and appears clean and professional. The waiting room has a more home-like atmosphere than any other doctor I have been to. They also provided nice touches such as wipes and pads for your use in cleaning up after monitoring ultrasounds, and a warm robe at retrieval and transfer (spa-like characteristics I can get behind!). While it was sometimes hard to reach staff by phone, their use of the online portal compensated well and it was easy to review your own test results and ask questions. There was about a month's wait scheduling an initial appointment but once treatment had started they were on the ball with fitting you in and I was often able to schedule monitoring early enough to not miss work. They did not "batch" IVF patients like I have seen other practices do, so I felt confident that timing of procedures was appropriate and tailored to how I was responding. I was ultimately much more satisfied with the communication and tailored treatment from CNY than I was with a different provider where I had pursued IUI.

I was lucky enough to have full insurance coverage for nearly all IVF costs with only $20 copays for certain visits at the time I pursued treatment with Dr. Grossman. I believe I spent about $800 on donor sperm, and about $1000 for testing/consult before my insurance coverage began, to repeat HSG, SHG, and some monitored non-treatment cycle bloodwork.