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| Women & Infants to Open New Center for Reproduction and Infertility |
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06/01/10
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In late June, Women & Infants’ Center for Reproduction and Infertility will move to a new facility that is three times the size of the current facility, offering additional exam rooms, consult rooms, and ultrasound rooms. The new Center is located at 90 Plain Street, Providence.
Community Open House
“One of the highlights of our new Center will be a state-of-the-art embryology laboratory, designed to complement the patient-oriented integrative care services that we offer, such as massage therapy and acupuncture,” said Sandra A. Carson, MD, director of the Center for Reproduction and Infertility, and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
The new Center will also feature a patient education center where patients can review educational materials and videos, have access to websites, and take part in virtual and technical training about their treatment.
“For a woman coping with infertility, hormone problems, menstrual pain and irregularity, partnering with the right provider – in a setting that makes her feel cared for and comfortable – is vital,” continued Dr. Carson. “Our physicians have nearly 200 years of combined experience caring for women hoping to become pregnant. Our goal is to begin treatment quickly and achieve success with plans designed personally for each patient, as an individual.”
Women & Infants’ Center for Reproduction and Infertility is the largest fertility program in Providence and a critical resource for thousands of couples from around the region hoping to have a baby. The Center’s medical professionals are internationally recognized for their unparalleled experience in all areas of reproductive medicine. The entire IVF cycle is performed in Providence, and the frozen embryos are also stored here.
The Center offers a full range of testing and treatment services for infertility. A comprehensive approach for both male and female infertility patients is provided through a team of reproductive endocrinologists, nurses, social workers, and other providers, working along with specialists in male infertility, as needed. Specialized genetic services and consultation are also available.
To help women who may still wish to have children explore options before, during or after cancer treatment, the Center offers a Fertility Preservation Program for adult and pediatric patients, working in collaboration with Women & Infants’ Program in Women’s Oncology and Breast Health Center and Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s Division of Oncology.
The Center staff also work with community-based gynecologists to provide a wide variety of reproductive endocrinology services, including excess hair growth, hormone therapy after menopause, pelvic pain, polycystic ovarian disease, repeated miscarriages, severe endometriosis, early menopause, and premature ovarian failure. Services for the treatment of sexual problems is provided in coordination with Women & Infants’ Center for Sexuality, Intimacy and Fertility.
In addition to an affiliation with the Alpert Medical School, Women & Infants’ Center for Reproduction and Infertility is also affiliated with Tufts Medical Center. Reproductive endocrinology specialists see patients at Women & Infants’ sites in Providence, East Greenwich, South Kingstown, and Woonsocket, RI; Fall River, Foxboro, Swansea, and Wareham, MA; and at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. For information, please call (401) 453-7500 or visit womenandinfants.org/infertility.
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, is one of the nation’s leading specialty hospitals for women and newborns. The primary teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics, as well as a number of specialized programs in women’s medicine, Women & Infants is the seventh largest obstetrical service in the country with more than 9,000 deliveries per year. In 2009, Women & Infants opened the country’s largest, single-family room neonatal intensive care unit.
New England’s premier hospital for women and newborns, Women & Infants and Brown offer fellowship programs in gynecologic oncology, urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, neonatal-perinatal medicine, pediatric and perinatal pathology, gynecologic pathology and cytopathology, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility, as well as the nation’s only fellowship program in obstetric medicine.
Women & Infants has been designated as a Breast Center of Excellence from the American College of Radiography; a Center for In Vitro Maturation Excellence by SAGE In Vitro Fertilization; a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence by the National Institutes of Health; and a Neonatal Resource Services Center of Excellence. It is one of the largest and most prestigious research facilities in high risk and normal obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics in the nation, and is a member of the National Cancer Institute’s Gynecologic Oncology Group. |
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