Phillip Romanski

I switched to Dr. Romanski after having a one off visit with him while seeing another doctor at the clinic. I switched to him because of his calm demeanor and how clearly and patiently he explains things. That was the best decision I could have made. I'm truly amazed at how much time Dr. Romanski gave me. Whenever I requested a call, he would take the time to talk with me sometimes for quite a long time sorting through the complicated decisions I had to make with such exquisite patience, care, and knowledge. He was also willing to veer off of normal protocols in order to individualize my care plan such as planning for a day 3 transfer of my embryos because of my age and the possibility of the embryos surviving better in utero than in the lab if we had waited until day 5. He was open to my suggestions from my own research and absolutely never made me feel silly even though I ask A LOT of questions and often have to go back over the same questions again for reassurance.

Know that you are in good hands with Dr. Romanski. He doesn't have a very outgoing personality, so I can imagine to some he might be hard to read at first, but he's actually very warm and caring.

I came to Dr. Romanski at a time when I had already had unsuccessful IVFs with my own eggs and had decided to use donor embryos. I have endometriosis so in order to reduce inflammation in my body, I did a course of Lupron Depot for 2 months before doing the first donor embryo transfer. We did a medicated FET cycle, so 4 weeks after the second Lupron shot, I started on estrogen and then progesterone injections. The embryos were stored at another Shady Grove facility in Maryland, so I traveled there for the transfer. That one unfortunately didn't take. At that point, I began to consider having a laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis in hopes of having a better chance with my one remaining donor embryo. Dr. Romanski was very patient in helping me sort through that decision. I decided to go ahead with the surgery, but before doing so I wanted to take one more shot at IVF with my own eggs (since surgery for endo can potentially reduce egg count). We tried a cycle (with a moderate dose of Gonal and Menopur), but I only had one follicle and so we decided to do an IUI rather than a retrieval. I did not get pregnant, so I went ahead with surgery for endo (with Dr. Peter Sticco who I also highly highly recommend!). After surgery, I again did two months of Lupron Depot this time adding Letrozole. I had previously heard about this protocol from another doctor and Dr. Romanski was open to trying it. We again did a medicated FET cycle, so four weeks after the second Lupron shot, we started estrogen and then progesterone injections. I did the second donor embryo transfer and it worked!!

My insurance luckily covered most costs.

It wasn't a question for me since I did my transfers with PGT tested donor embryos, it made sense to to do single embryo transfers. When I tried doing a retrieval for my own eggs with Dr. Romanski, we had discussed that he was open to either doing a day 2 or 3 transfer with multiple untested embryos (which makes sense for someone who is 42 years old and more likely to have only one if any normal embryos from one retrieval) or to waiting until day 5 so we could test the embryos. Dr. Romanski is willing to individualize care.

I can’t say enough positive things about Dr. Romanski and his team! During one of the most difficult times in my life, he was kind, knowledgeable, and supportive. We really received personalized care. Good news or bad, a phone call from Dr. Romanski was always a positive.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions, even if they feel silly.

We had male factor but decided to do an IUI. The day of procedure, we found out the seamen we had was really low…our odds had dropped to 5%. He was honest but gave me the chance to make the decision to proceed. After that, we went straight to IVF. I had to stim for like 17 days, so there was a lot of monitoring. We considered a fresh transfer, but my progesterone had started to rise. We did a frozen transfer, and so far so good!

A lot of this was covered by insurance, but I had co pays. The meds were a few hundred. The deposit for the IVF was 3k.

I think doing a single transfer made the most sense given my medical history. We had a concern (rational or not) of multiples.

We went to see Dr. Romanski as we were looking to start a family. I'm in my mid 30's with a history of PCOS and irregular cycles. He did some testing and recommened a plan of action in order to improve our chances. We got pregnant after the 1st attempt by following his recommendations. Once we got a positive test, we called him and he offered to monitor the early weeks of pregnancy (usually OBGyns see you after the 9th week). I had some concerning symptoms during the first few weeks and he was always willing to see us right away and make sure that the baby was ok.

Dr. Romanski cares for his patients. Would recommend with my eyes closed.

He ran some genetic testing as well as a general bloodwork for the both of us. He also checked my ovaries to determine my egg reserve. He prescribed ovasitol in order to regularize my cycles and improve egg quality. He also prescribed prenatal vitamins.

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Dr Romanski has a calming, reassuring bedside manner and was patient with all my questions. He goes above and beyond, making sure all my personal health risk factors were evaluated before starting my cycle. Dr Romanski calibrated my injections on a daily basis, and prompted a trigger which was so perfectly timed that all my eggs retrieved were mature! The team at SGF NY also took amazing care of me during my first (and hopefully last) egg retrieval cycle. I cannot recommend Dr Romanski and SGF NY enough.

Expect someone who is pretty chill and methodical

Dr Romanski lowered my Gonal F since my ovaries were reacting well. I was at 7000+ pg/ml for E2 when I triggered and had 29 eggs retrieved.

$5000 after insurance for treatment $1200 for medications after insurance