At a glance
CDC 2022- Transfers using a carrier
- 6% U.S. 4.7%
- Carrier transfers / yr
- ≈25 estimated
- Rank by carrier volume
- #85 of 450
- Services
- CarrierDonor eggEgg freezing
- Medical director
- Joel G. Brasch, MD
- SART · Lab
- Member · Verified
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Chicago IVF
Reproductive endocrinology & IVF · Skokie, IL
Chicago IVF reports to the CDC as one program covering 5 locations. The figures on this page are program-wide; each location's doctors are listed below.
Chicago IVF is a fertility practice whose program the CDC registers in Skokie, Illinois. This page lists five offices: Downers Grove, Orland Park and St. Charles in Illinois, and Munster and Valparaiso in Indiana; its IVF laboratory is at Downers Grove. In CDC reporting year 2022 the practice reported 707 cycles, and an estimated 25 of its 403 embryo transfers used a gestational carrier, about 6.2%.
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Share of transfers using a carrier, by patient age (2022)
Dark: Chicago IVF · Light: U.S. average
Three-year trend, share of transfers using a carrier
| Patient age | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <35 | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| 35-37 | 3% | 4% | 9% | 4% |
| 38-40 | 0% | 1% | 5% | 5% |
| >40 | 6% | 11% | 16% | 10% |
| All ages | 2% | 3% | 6% | 5% |
Total transfers (all egg sources, the CDC's denominator): 2020: 352 · 2021: 412 · 2022: 403
Volume estimate = the CDC's reported all-ages share of transfers that used a gestational carrier × the program's total transfers (the transfer count the CDC uses as that share's denominator). Where the CDC suppressed the all-ages share, the age-group shares are used instead and the tile says so.
For egg donation intended parents
Live births per transfer, donor egg cycles (2022)
45 transfers
Nearly all donor-egg transfers today are frozen embryo transfers — the embryo is frozen for genetic testing or scheduling whether the eggs were fresh or banked — so that is the figure to compare.
Share of cycles using donor eggs or embryos, by patient age
| Patient age | Chicago IVF | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| <35 | 3% | 2% |
| 35-37 | 7% | 3% |
| 38-40 | 8% | 5% |
| >40 | 19% | 21% |
Egg freezing services: Yes
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Locations & doctors
Showing all 5 locations. Select a location to see its address, whether it has its own lab, and the doctors who practice there.
Reproductive endocrinologists
Joel Brasch, MD
Medical Director
NPI 1760597140
Natalie Schultz, MD
NPI 1558426700
NPI Registry and the clinic's website. Listing is factual and public. Physicians may request a correction or removal at any time.
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Surrogacy law in Illinois
Under a compliant agreement, Illinois parentage vests at birth through certifications rather than a court case — and since December 12, 2025 an express pre-birth order is available on request.
Surrogacy in Illinois →Questions about Chicago IVF
Does Chicago IVF do gestational carrier cycles, and how many?
Yes, and the estimate has grown each year. The CDC's figures give an estimated 25 transfers with a gestational carrier in 2022, up from 13 in 2021 and 6 in 2020, out of 403 embryo transfers in 2022. That is about 6.2%, a little above the share across all U.S. clinics, which is about 5%.
Which Chicago IVF office has the IVF laboratory?
Downers Grove (4333 Main Street), which the clinic's website lists as its surgery center, available by appointment only. The other four offices on this page are Orland Park and St. Charles in Illinois, and Munster and Valparaiso in Indiana.
What are Chicago IVF's results with donor eggs?
Chicago IVF reported 45 transfers in donor egg cycles for 2022. With frozen embryos from donor eggs, 44% of transfers led to a live birth (U.S.: 45%).
Does Chicago IVF have an office in Skokie?
Not one that this page lists. The CDC registers the program at 5225 Old Orchard Road in Skokie, an address the clinic's website describes as its corporate office, its central business office, available by appointment only, and does not include among its fertility clinics. The five offices listed here are the four clinics and the surgery center the website presents.
Sources
- CDC ART Success Rates: Clinic Services & Profiles (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset ix4g-rt8v
- CDC ART Success Rates: Patient & Cycle Characteristics (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset wrev-kwxu
- CDC ART Success Rates: Success Rates (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset cchw-gdwa
- CDC ART Success Rates: Summary (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset 9tjt-seye
- NPPES NPI Registry — CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System — physician roster
- CDC National ART Surveillance System clinic datasets for Chicago IVF (clinic ID 323), reporting years 2020–2022.
- NPPES NPI Registry, physicians with taxonomy 207VE0102X at the clinic's addresses.
- Chicago IVF website.
- Reporting year 2022 is the most recent published by the CDC.
- CDC datasets are published with a lag of several years, and the field has since seen many mergers, acquisitions and renamings. We update each clinic’s current name, network and offices from its own website as best we can, but details may be out of date (the CDC-registered name appears in the citation above). Clinics may request corrections at any time.
- The gestational carrier volume is an estimate from the CDC’s own figures for the reporting year shown — an indication of scale, not a current or exact count.
- Ivy journey counts are Ivy Surrogacy's own records.
- Ivy Surrogacy is an independent agency; this listing does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by Chicago IVF unless stated.
- Informational only, not medical advice; clinics are not ranked by success rate.
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