Paula Brady

As a physician myself, I was impressed with both Dr. Brady's clinical knowledge and competence as well as her empathetic bedside manner. If there was a setback, she would break the news in a sensitive and empathetic way, but at the same time come up with solutions to address the set-back. I did not have Dr. Brady do the egg retrieval because of a conflict in my work schedule, but she did do the egg transfer. I was extremely nervous about the transfer because I ended up with only 1 genetically normal embryo after PGS screening, but I was impressed with how carefully and smoothly she preformed the transfer. The embryo ended up implanting, and I am now in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy!

I would advise patients in general to ask their IVF doctor about their chances for success with each cycle given their individual circumstances. We did not discuss this in too much detail, and I did not think to push for more information on my chances of success because I was so focused on just starting treatment. I was 38yo when I did the egg retrieval. 12 eggs were retrieved, 7 fertilized, 3 embryos made it to day 5 and only 1 embryo was genetically normal after screening. I was surprised and disappointed that this was considered a good result for my age. I was expecting and hoping to have at least 2-3 good embryos. Every doctor wants to paint the most optimistic picture possible so I think it's important to ask about the worst outcomes too so you can prepare yourself and not be overly disappointed.

Gonadal F (225 IU), Menopur (225 IU) and Ovidrel were used for egg retrieval. To prepare for the transfer I took estradiol 2mg BID and progesterone IM injections nightly. I continued the estradiol and progesterone injections until the 10th week of pregnancy.

Monitoring appointments were scheduled for a specific time, but they were flexible at the same time. So if I needed an earlier appointment, they would easily accommodate that. I would typically get there at 7am, and my wait would be no more than 10-20min.

PGS $2,500, Cyropreservation (annual) $1,200, Anesthesia $500, Igenomix PGS fee $750. The rest was covered under insurance and required $50 copay for each clinic visit.

We only had one good embryo, so we did not have any other choices. But Dr. Brady said that she would still prefer eSET in my case any way.

I wish I could rate her on a scale having numbers way greater than 10. She is above any scale that can measure her professionalism, dedication, commitment, concern, care and love for her patients. She studies her patients in depth and personalize the treatment based on each individual as she does not consider her patients as a number but as a human, who needs special care and attention. She would never ignore even the slightest of issues you are facing while going through the treatment. Throughout the process, I emailed her quite frequently on very basic issues and she would always address them in a polite way and often, I would receive a call from her personally addressing the issue. She makes the patients very comfortable, for example, I was having pain of injections and she resolved it in a very effective way. She takes the patient along on what is best for the patient professionally and she guides the patient on each and every issue although I know that most clinics and doctors never go in such details. We saw many fertility doctors for the last eleven years and went through many fertility treatments and emotional traumas and for most of the doctors, I was just a number and in time of failure, it was quite casual for them. However, Dr. Brady addresses very minute details like daily scans and readings quite seriously and would discuss with us. She is a very knowledgeable doctor and knows her work very well and then take her patients along that plan.

I would advise to trust Dr. Brady as she knows her work, being competent and knowledgeable and follow her each and every instruction very religiously, including timings and all other dos and dont's.

She used ICSI and embryos were frozen as I suffered from hyper stimulation during the retrieval phase. Hence, transfer was done after one and a half month. Besides, she followed a very regular monitoring regime throughout the process.

The doctor transferred single embryo as she advised it to be safe for us and we had no issue with that.

Dr Brady is a confident doctor who immediately put us at ease. She is compassionate, clear and a great communicator. Her bedside manner is wonderful and always makes sure we are comfortable with next steps before pursuing a treatment plan. She is optimistic but realistic which works well for my specific needs.

Understand that you are receiving care at a clinic and not a private practice

Work up bloodwork to check AMH,FSH levels and AFC since there was concern for DOR. Once that was determined IUI with trigger was suggested Cycle pushed off several times due to hormonal imbalances Semen analysis MF diagnosis Oral medication trigger IUI resulted in negative Semen analysis One more IUI recommended before moving on resulted in negative Recommendation IVF/ICSI Estrogen patch luteal priming 250 gonal F 225 menopur Trigger Retrieved 4 eggs (no surprise at all that was predicted) 3 fertilized, one made it do day 6 blast Sent for PGS testing and is genetically normal Banking before transferring

My insurance covered monitoring appointments and blood work as well as IUI All IVF expenses were Out of pocket Retrieval medications genetic testing total of 20K

Dr Brady strongly believes in single embryo transfer and made that clear in our initial IVF consultation

Compared to my difficult experience at CCRM with another Dr who was more interested in his own ego than me as a patient. Pauls was a breathe of fresh air. From the moment we met her on zoom (due to the pandemic) we knew we wanted to work with her. I completely trusted her calm and professional personality. She wanted to do tests on us first before stating any fertility treatments, which I liked and she found some problems with my partners sperm. Nobody else had run these kind of tests before. She always responded to emails quickly. She just seems like she genuinely cares and she wants to find out why it's not working. To unpick the puzzle. Rather than just push me into a round of IVF. I never felt like I was being used for my money there.

Be ready to get pregnant!

After discussion we decided it was best to pursue a fresh donor. So we used their internal donor service at Columbia, which is awesome and they found me a donor. She used progesterone nightly and estrogen in preparation and we had a positive result from the first transfer.

I agree with eSET

Again, I only saw her once and she responded to very few emails. It is very difficult to accurately rate someone with whom I had minimal contact. All follow-ups were handled by her team who were exceptional and the reason I stayed with Columbia Fertility.

If you want to have more direct interaction with her, you should voice this early on. This way if she cannot oblige, you know from the onset and can make an informed decision.

Only for co-pays and for blood work that was sent to the wrong lab.

I absolutely adore Dr. Brady. She is so thorough and thoughtful, always considering what more we can do to achieve a healthy pregnancy. She treats me as an intellectual equal and answers all my questions without ever rushing me or making me feel like my questions are silly. She was new to the clinic after my first round of IUI and I am so grateful to have switched to her care. I feel like she is fully invested in my case and always up to date on the latest research. Of all the doctors I have seen at the clinic, she is the most warm and personable. I seriously can't say enough about her. She is absolutely the best.

Ask all the fertility questions you have ever had! She will answer all of them!

With my first round of IUI, the Clomid caused ovarian cysts that took a while to go away. After that she switched me to Letrozole and I had no problem with it. When I began IVF, she monitored my follicles closely and raised the dose of Gonal-f and Menopur as she felt necessary. Considering my low reserve, I had a good egg yield during that cycle so she kept my doses the same during the next one. After my first round of IVF, I waited to do a frozen transfer and it didn't take so after the second round, we did a fresh transfer. All along Dr. Brady has been recommending that we do genetic testing of the embryos but we declined because of cost. In my first pregnancy, we had heard a heartbeat at 7 weeks and everything was proceeding normally. Then, when I went in for my last appointment with the clinic, Dr. Brady discovered at that time that the baby's heart had stopped beating. In disbelief, I asked the next day if she could check again and she invited me in and even had another doctor take a look. She recommended a D&C and testing of the contents of conception. The results of the testing showed that the baby had trisomy 9. I was grateful to know this as it helped bring closure to the loss. After that, Dr. Brady proceeded with additional testing (including additional blood panels and an endometrial biopsy) to make sure we cover all our bases before doing another transfer. I just lost my second pregnancy very suddenly at 6 weeks and when I informed Dr. Brady, she asked me to bring in the tissue I had passed so she could send it off for testing. She wants to schedule a meeting with my husband and I next week to discuss additional genetic testing and how we can try to prevent additional miscarriages.

Monitoring is super easy and fast. Monitoring occurs from 7am until 9:30am, 7 days a week. I am particularly grateful for the early hours because it takes at least 45 minutes to get from the clinic to my school (I am a teacher) and I can still make it to work on time if I go in at 7am. Since everyone at the clinic is always so pleasant and friendly, it's not a bad way to start the day. They really make it painless to have to get up a little earlier to go to a monitoring appointment before work.

Each procedure has been different so it's difficult to say what each cost has been. Also, my insurance covers some parts of treatment. So far, we have spent around $5,000 total.

Dr. Brady has been adamant about transferring one embryo at a time for the health and safety of both me and my future child. At this point, I only have 2 frozen embryos left and one didn't make it to the blastocyst stage until day 7 which apparently means it's of lesser quality. Dr. Brady previously mentioned transferring those last 2 together so I am going to follow up with her about that the next time I see her.

We didn’t know what to expect when we first decided to go to the fertility center. But honestly it all went so smooth and hustle free. I had no confusion I knew what to do next every step of the way. This was probably the most non-overwhelming doctor experience I ever had. After several months we had a successful IVF in the first try :) Every doctor we worked with was incredible but our favorite by far was Dr Brady. We are definitely coming back for baby #2 :) Dr Brady was incredibly knowledgeable, professional, supportive, compassionate, never judging and always sweet. She was always in touch and her entire team was on top of everything. We were always updated the same day after our appointment. I didn't have to follow up or explain anything to anyone. It felt like everything was done for us.

Dr Paula is fantastic but regardless of the doctor it is still lengthy and emotionally draining procedure. Just be patient it won't happen over night.

Everybody is different and after several IUIs and continuously monitoring my ovulation we learnt some things about my body which helped us to address when we arrived to the final step IVF.

Our insurance covered 95% of everything. We only had to pay some small fees here and there.

I agree with the hospital's policy, multiple embryo transfer may cause complications. One healthy baby at a time.

Dr. Brady was the kind of doctor that worked so hard for the positive outcome that she would change her own schedule around to make sure she was there for each milestone. She would reply to emails so quickly it blew my mind away! She was an absolute joy to work with and I would definitely go see her again for my second child.

Go see her NOW!

After our first cycle, we were a bit disappointed for getting only 2 healthy embryos. I didn’t understand why as I was in my mid 30s and started with 27 eggs (a really good number I thought). Also, the temptation to just get on with it and try to do a transfer was there. Dr. Brady pushes us to 1) so another cycle to get more embryos. 2) put me on birth control to better sync up my eggs. We got a much better result the second time- 5 healthy frozen embryos. Now we are pregnant but also will likely not have to go through the shots again to complete our family!

My care was covered by insurance. I paid very little OOP.

Infertility is devastating, and the treatments are no joke- it's an incredibly difficult experience. That being said, the patience, compassion, and extremely high-quality care I received from Dr. Brady made it all bearable. The intense nature of infertility treatments is relentless at times (and the hormones don't help!), but Dr. Brady was always quick to respond to my panicked emails and thoughtfully considered protocol changes when needed. She is also incredibly data-driven, which I really appreciated- I always felt like I was getting personalized care that was tailored to my specific needs.

Have trust and be patient- it's almost impossible when you're in the thick of it, but the woman knows her s&*t!

I started with 3 or 4 clomid cycles which all failed, then moved on to 2 egg retrievals. The first retrieval failed (no embryos were frozen) and the second resulted in three 3-day frozen embryos. My first transfer failed but second was successful!

Most of my costs were covered by insurance.

She left the decision of transferring one vs two embryos up to me.

Dr Brady is compassionate and realistic. She didn’t sugarcoat things and was straight forward. She takes time to explain difficult concepts and transparent in her approach as well as expectations. You definitely walk away informed and with agenda for next time

Luckily our cost were minimal since I went on my husband’s insurance as a secondary. Medications were covered by organizations (livestrong & heartbeat) due to my oncology diagnosis. Sherry helped facilitate that.

She was super informative during the consultation. She had a great bedside manner. I didn't like that there was no follow up from her after each on of my IUI's. No firther review as I only sat with her once, and she only did one out of three IUI's.

She is super informative, but you will not see her during visits.

First round of IUI I was given clomid and ovedril. Second and third IUI's was given letrozole and ovedril, as the clomid had thinned my uterus.

Each IUI ran about $700

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From day one, Dr Brady made me feel comfortable and took the time to answer all my questions. She provided my husband and I with all the details needed regarding the IVF process and also coordinated with my thyroid doctor to provide the best treatment plan.

Dr Brady never made me feel that my questions are too much so please ask away so you are well informed of the process and what you can expect.

Egg extraction with PGS testing on the final embryos prior to freezing. We also went with a natural cycle for the transfer as she wanted to help lessen the strain on my thyroid.

Early morning monitoring appointments worked well in this office. It was never a long wait to be seen by the doctor or the lab.

We planned to transfer one egg based on my age (coincidentally I only had one normal egg to use).

She is very knowledgeable and compassionate. She hears my concerns and makes me feel comfortable by explaining the plan and why she has chosen that specific plan for my partner and me. Though we haven’t see. Her for many cycles, she has proven that she is invested in our future pregnancy.

I would advise to trust her but at the same time, not be afraid to ask questions. She can be short because she is confident and knows what she’s doing, but you may require further explanation and details. She has never made me feel that my questions are too much.

She diagnosed me with PCOS and the analyzed my husband to ensure there were no male factors. There weren’t so we are proceeding with treating my PCOS. She started me on a low dose of letrezole to get me to ovulate and the first cycle went as planned but did not result in a pregnancy. We are now trying again.

I have my copay at each visit and the rest gets billed to insurance. So far, I have not seen a bill except from the labs.

This is not applicable to me

She is very smart. She has a calming manner that right away relaxes you. She can be straightforward and tell you what you need to hear. She mentioned losing weight would be helpful. Dr. Brady goes through every detail with you. When you leave a visit you feel like all your questions were answered. She didnt give us false hope but she was encouraging. She has a lot of patience. I had a million questions and she never made me feel like I was taking too much of her time.

She isn't the most warm but she does care.

She first sent us to do s lot of testing to rule out any other diagnoses. She recommended we try letrozole over clomid because I have pcos.

I cannot say enough good things about Dr. Brady. I will be starting the IVF process with her soon and she has been wonderful about answering my questions and making sure I know what to expect before we start. During a break from treatment, I experienced a spontaneous pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage and she was very supportive while I grieved.

Make your appointment as soon as possible she is wonderful.

She has really good bedside manners. She is always supportive and will give you complete time and will listen to all your concerns and provides you with adequate responses. She is always very patient and lets you take the time to decide on the course of the treatment and adjust to the changes.

Just be open with her and open to discuss your concerns with her.

Given my age, Dr. Paula Brady decided to go for a single embryo transfer as it is safer.

Being under Dr. Brady’ care was like dealing with trusted family. Always professional, and very caring; which was so refreshing given the circumstances. I am sincerely thankful for her, for her knowledge, and for taking such great care of me & my family.

She’s more than just a great physician. She’s very caring, and personable. So let her know exactly how you’re feeling at any given moment.

Dr Brady made me feel comfortable, and took time to answer all my questions. She made a plan specific to me, and talked me through what to expect, and answered my emails quickly, as did her nurse. She took time to update me during testing visits when I saw her.

Egg freezing, with adjustments to doses and adding an additional medication before starting, after what she saw in my first cycle.

Covered by insurance/my job

Dr. Brady is a great balance of smart/factual with empathetic and understanding. I felt that our plan was mapped out in detail and rarely were we left with questions/not understanding how everything worked in terms of process.

Ask as many questions as you like- Dr. Brady and her team were quick to respond with understandable information, from everything from process to financials.

With Dr. Brady, I felt heard. She showed a lot of care and attention, and shared my sadness with a negative outcome. I felt like she was on top of my care, and replied quickly to my emails, and made sure the team followed through with plans.

4 cycles of clomid with ovidril and IUI. She increased my clomid dose during treatment.

Copays only

Dr. Brady has been amazing! She is knowledgeable, patient and compassionate. She would explain my situations and treatment plans in detail. She is very responsive and would answer any questions my husband and I had. She and her team made us feel comfortable and supported throughout the whole process. I highly recommend Dr. Brady and her team. We will definitely go back to her for our next one!

Feel free to ask any questions or express any concerns to Dr. Brady so you can minimize concerns and surprises

We didn't do multiple embryo transfer because Dr. Brady recommended not to. I understood her concerns but to be honest I would really like to do multiple embryo transfer for my next pregnancy given what we had experienced this time. (nothing negative at all, just want to increase our chances)

I started my IVF journey at RMA New York and after 8 months I decided to leave RMA. At RMA all they wanted to do was to make money out of ER and ET cycles. I am a physician myself, at RMA New York, contrary to good practice, there was essentially no thought process behind anything they did, the advice was not tailored to the specific needs of my case but merely a standard procedure and response was provided to all issues. After multiple failures at RMA, we decided to transfer to Dr. Brady and that was our best decision. Dr. Brady is not only very knowledgeable but also very engaged and caring. She explained everything very clearly and practice data based medicine. She is focused on achieving the best outcome not just performing procedures, for example she will stop cycles if your hormones are not in the correct range. After our first transfer failed, Dr Brady recommended a few diagnostic procedures to increase our chance of pregnancy for the next IVF cycle. The IVF journey is very emotionally taxing and having a knowledgable, engaged and caring physician is what you need. I highly recommend Dr. Brady.

You are in good hands!! I would recommend Dr Brady without any reservation.

All I can say is that she will never do procedure after procedure to just make money. Where a transfer fails, she is one of the few doctors who will pause after a failed transfer to identify the reasons for the failure! She will do anything to increase your chance of getting pregnant. Dr Brady knows IVF is a very difficult journey and does her best to maximize your chances.

Not much, she never ordered any unnecessary procedures or tests.

Dr. Brady does not recommend multiple embryo transfer but if you want to do multiple transfer she will discuss the pros and cons with you. She never pushes you to do something you don't want to do.

Dr Brady has an excellent bedside manner, and seemed committed to my process and experience. She responded to my questions quickly (usually by email which is more convenient for me due to work). I always felt well taken care of.

Mostly covered by insurance; I just paid copays

Dr. Brady is an excellent physician. She would always explain her reasoning for suggesting a particular course of action, but left room for me to do my own research and come back with questions and ideas. We emailed each other often during off hours and I felt like she was genuinely rooting for our fertility success even though she couldn't pin point what was wrong.

Don't be afraid to ask lots of questions. Dr. Brady knows what's trending in the field and is often willing to push the envelope and try new tactics.

My first transfer protocol was standard: menopur, follistim, ganirellix, progesterone, etc. I transferred one embryo but it did not implant. For the next round we decided to try a modified natural cycle: femara, ovidrel, progesterone. I transferred 2 embryos which resulted in a chemical pregnancy. We conducted a few diagnostic tests after this failure but nothing was amiss, so we proceeded with another modified natural cycle and transferred 2 embryos which resulted in my current singleton pregnancy. I am currently 11 weeks.

I never received cost breakdowns from the clinic unless I asked. The first and only time I'd see the price of a procedure or medication was on my insurance bill.

We started off with a single embryo transfer for the first transfer. After that I was beginning to feel defeated and asked to transfer 2 at a time. Dr. Brady understood and strongly warned me to consider the health risks, but ultimately let me make the call. After my second failure, I asked to transfer 3 embryos but Dr. Brady said it wouldnt be allowed due to my young age and risk for all 3 implanting, so we went ahead with 2.