Stephen R. Lincoln, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Medical Director of Infertility
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GIVF’s medical director, Dr. Steve Lincoln, describes the special attributes of GIVF’s services and personalized patient care.

Sunita Kulshrestha, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
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Dr. Kulshrestha discusses GIVF’s broad range of services, scientific excellence and attention to individual patients.

Rhonda Hearns-Stokes, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
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Dr. Hearns-Stokes describes GIVF’s world renowned donor egg IVF program.

Maureen Hanton, B.S., R.N., M.P.A.
Director of Nursing
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Maureen Hanton talks about what IVF patients can expect when they come to Genetics & IVF Institute, the technical experience and passion of the staff and the personal rewards of her work.

Jennifer Machovina, R.N., B.S.N
Donor Egg IVF Program Coordinator
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Jennifer Machovina, discusses GIVF’s outstanding donor egg IVF program: why people come from around the world to use it, what is unique about it, why it offers an excellent way to have a family and how the process works once you become a patient.

Liz Pilatuna
Egg Donor Coordinator
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Liz Pilatuna works closely with the women who are GIVF’s Egg Donors. She discusses why donors choose to donate, her relationship with them, and what separates GIVF’s program from others.

Phyllis Martin, LPC
Group Facilitator

Licensed Professional Counselor Phyllis Martin specializes in counseling patients who are experiencing infertility. She has focused on fertility and family building issues in her work for over 10 years and currently facilitates fertility support groups in addition to maintaining a private practice.

View Clip - Drawing on her long personal experience working with patients, Phyllis Martin explains why donor egg IVF is an excellent way to build a family.
View Clip - Over coming issues of biology and genetics when choosing donor egg IVF.
View Clip - Counseling options available at Genetics & IVF Institute and GIVF’s ‘whole person’ approach to fertility treatment.
View Clip - The decision making process used by two couples as they chose donor egg IVF to build their family and explores questions about bonding that commonly arise.
View Clip - Emotions experienced by couples as they move into using donor egg IVF.
View Clip - Exploring the donor search process and explaining that couples often begin by looking for their donor ‘twin’ but as the looking stage evolves, finding an exact match often becomes less important.
View Clip - The donor egg IVF ‘leap’ and how couples determine that donor egg IVF is a good option for their family. She also addresses issues of disclosure and other questions often raised by prospective donor egg IVF families.
View Clip - Resolving Issues of disclosure.

GIVF Egg Donor

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Meet a GIVF Egg Donor. She discusses her life, family, career and interests.

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A GIVF egg donor talks about what it is like to be an egg donor at GIVF.

GIVF Egg Donor
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A GIVF egg donor discusses her experiences, the process and the reasons she has chosen to donate.

Harvey J. Stern, M.D., Ph.D
Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Program Director
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Dr. Stern talks about family balancing and the two technologies (MicroSort sperm separation and PGD) that are available at Genetics & IVF Institute to make it possible to greatly increase the odds of having a child of the desired gender.

Gary L. Harton, BS, TS(ABB)
PGD Scientific Director
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GIVF’s Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Scientific Director, Gary Harton discusses the significance of PGD. He explains the technique, when it is useful and what it reveals about the tested embryo. GIVF has offered this important test for over 13 years and was one of the very first laboratories in the world to make it available.

David Karabinus, Ph.D., HCLD
MicroSort® Scientific Director
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Dr. Karabinus discusses the MicroSort gender selection clinical trial. He explains how MicroSort works, success rates to date and why couples choose MicroSort. MicroSort is used for prevention of genetic disease and for family balancing. It is a pre conception method of sperm separation.

Jennifer Merrill Thompson
Family Balancing Mother and Author

Family balancing mom, Jennifer Merrill Thompson discusses the great joy her daughter has brought to her and to her family. She also explores her reasons for using family balancing and how fortunate she feels to have had this option available to her just as she was longing for a girl to complete her family.
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Family Balancing Technology.

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Writing a book about family balancing.

Shelby Duffer, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
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The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends that all women, regardless of age, have prenatal testing in the first trimester of their pregnancy. Board certified genetic counselor, Shelby Duffer, explains how this early pre natal test, called the first trimester screen, can benefit patients.