Connecticut Fertility Clinic Builds One of Nation's Most Technologically Advanced IVF Labs
(PRWEB) December 09, 2014 -- Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut (RMACT), which is moving to a new location in Norwalk, CT in January 2015, will have one of the most technologically advanced embryology laboratories in the nation. The scientific backbone of any fertility practice is its embryology lab, and RMACT’s new embryology lab will give its fertility team access to the latest medical advancements in order to maximize IVF success rates.
An embryology lab, sometimes called an in vitro fertilization (IVF) lab, is where a fertility team conducts IVF procedures, embryo testing and cryopreservation. RMACT’s partners and embryology team designed their new lab, including the architectural plans and equipment selection. Each decision – from the workflow to paint selection to ventilation – was made based on the scientific activity and delicate handling of embryos and oocytes. The environment has the latest technical advances for air quality inside and outside incubators and minimizes the external factors, such as light and oxygen, which affect embryo health. Furthermore, each incubator will house individual patient’s embryos and there is ample room to maintain cryopreserved eggs and embryos. The lab is prepared for the increasing use of embryonic testing to screen embryos for chromosomal abnormalities prior to embryo transfer, a process called Comprehensive Chromosome Screening (SelectCCS).
“RMACT’s new IVF laboratory will be one of the most state-of-the-art nationwide,” offered Dr. Richard T. Scott, Jr., the offsite laboratory director and partner with RMACT. “Our new IVF lab continues our commitment to providing hopeful parents well-validated technologies and treatments like SelectCCS and single embryo transfer (SET), which has shown to provide uncompromised success rates with few complications.”
Dr. Scott is a leader in the infertility field, having won academic acclaim and professional awards from his peers, as well as providing his patients with top pregnancy rates. He is part of the embryology team that, along with the partners of RMACT, has passion for healthy pregnancies, one at a time.
Patients from 46 states and eight countries come to RMACT for its advanced fertility care. In its current lab, RMACT is forecasting 1,800 medically-advanced procedures and surgeries such as vaginal oocyte retrievals and IVF embryo transfers in 2014. The new lab will give these types of procedures an additional edge and chance for success starting in January 2015.
About Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut (RMACT)
RMACT specializes in the treatment of infertility, including assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as intrauterine insemination (IUI), in-vitro fertilization (IVF), and Comprehensive Chromosomal Screening (SelectCCS). RMACT, Fairfield County’s largest fertility clinic and egg donation center, is one of 11 leading In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) centers nationwide chosen by In Vitro Sciences to participate in its Centers of Excellence program. RMACT has offices in Norwalk, Danbury, Stamford and Trumbull, and an affiliate New York fertility clinics serving Putnam and Dutchess counties. RMACT also offers infertility treatment financing and support services, such as nutrition counseling, psychological counseling, acupuncture and yoga, through RMACT’s Integrated Fertility and Wellness Center.
The RMACT team includes lead physicians Drs. Mark P. Leondires, Spencer S. Richlin and Joshua M. Hurwitz, as well as fertility specialists Drs. Cynthia M. Murdock, and Shaun C. Williams. All five physicians are Board-Certified Reproductive Endocrinologists and are members of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) and the Fairfield County and Connecticut Medical Societies. Each has received numerous awards, and all five are Castle Connolly "Top Doctors." RMACT’s IVF laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and CLIA; other accreditations include the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). For more information visit http://www.RMACT.com or find us on Facebook.
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Tally Jacobs, Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut, http://www.rmact.com, +1 (203) 292-5343, [email protected]
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