Genetics & IVF Institute

Life Begins at the
Genetics & IVF Institute

Genetics & IVF Institute, Inc., founded in 1984, was the first outpatient IVF center in the United States. Since then, we have grown into an international family of companies providing compassionate and comprehensive reproductive technology services and products to patients and physicians worldwide.

Our Products & Services

Since 1984, Genetics and IVF Institute has offered a unique combination of fertility expertise and reproductive genetic capabilities.  Our services help build healthy, happy families around the world.

Donor Sperm

Donor Sperm

Fairfax Cryobank is one of the world's largest sperm banks, providing high-quality donor sperm since 1986 and now selling to patients and clinics in more than 50 countries. We perform the most extensive genetic and infectious disease testing of all sperm banks. Fewer than 1% of applicants make it through our screening process to become sperm donors. With one of the largest inventories of cryopreserved reproductive specimens in the world, we have extensive expertise both in freezing sperm and in storing and safely transporting frozen sperm, eggs and embryos across the United States and around the world.

Donor Egg

Donor Egg

Fairfax EggBank and GIVF have provided patients with donor eggs since 1988. Today, our extensive network of IVF clinic partners provides us with the ability to recruit and retrieve donors nationwide. While we accept fewer than 1% of applicants into our egg donor program, our donor database offers one of the largest and most diverse selection of immediately available frozen donor eggs in the United States.

Fertility Treatment

Fertility Treatment

As the first outpatient IVF clinic in the United States, we have been pioneers in the industry since 1984. Our reproductive clinic and lab in Fairfax, VA, utilizes a personalized and comprehensive approach to fertility evaluation and treatment services. We offer a full range of assisted reproductive treatments, including IUI, IVF, Donor Egg IVF, LGBTQ+ Family Building, and Fertility Preservation.

Diagnostic Labs

Diagnostics Lab

Fairfax Diagnostics provides advanced preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) using state-of-the-art Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for chromosomal abnormalities, also known as aneuploidy screening (PGT-A), and custom-designed probes for monogenic genetic diseases (PGT-M). Fairfax Diagnostics is one of the few labs in the world that can use PGT-M to test for both linked markers and genetic mutations. A leader in PGT since 1993, Fairfax Diagnostics has performed thousands of PGT cycles, helping families around the world have healthy babies. Our diagnostics lab also offers Molecular Infectious Disease Detection, COVID testing, Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnostics and Endocrinology.

Surrogacy Services

Surrogacy Services

Fairfax Surrogacy is a full-service surrogacy agency helping intended parents around the world find a surrogate to carry their baby. Fairfax Surrogacy conducts a comprehensive and high-quality screening process that allows us to more quickly match intended parents with carefully screened surrogates. Our high standards for surrogates help us ensure a healthy, safe outcome for all involved.

Genetics Services with GIVF

Genetics Services

We offer a comprehensive range of genetic services to guide hopeful parents through the often-intimidating concerns of potential birth defects, hereditary diseases, genetic disorders, genetic causes of pregnancy losses and recurrent miscarriages. Our genetics specialists assist patients with genetic counseling and testing before conception, during IVF treatments, and throughout their family planning journey.

Sperm Sorting

Sperm Sorting

MicroSort, developed by GIVF in 1995, is a scientifically proven preconception process that improves the chances that a baby conceived using In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) or Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) will be of the parents' desired sex. Using a proprietary sperm separation method based on the difference in the amount of genetic material in sperm, we can produce a sample containing significantly increased percentages of sperm that carry the desired (X or Y) chromosome. MicroSort is currently available in six countries.

China Fertility

China Fertility & Genetics

GIVF, in partnership with the prestigious Fudan University Ob/Gyn Hospital (the Red House Hospital), founded the Shanghai Ji Ai Genetics & IVF Institute in 1998 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Ji Ai is now one of the largest fertility programs in China, providing assisted reproductive and prenatal genetics care to patients from across China and around the world. Shanghai Ji Ai has achieved more than 35,000 births.