At a glance
CDC 2022- Transfers using a carrier
- 5% U.S. 4.7%
- Carrier transfers / yr
- ≈115 estimated
- Rank by carrier volume
- #16 of 450
- Services
- CarrierDonor eggEgg freezing
- Medical director
- Jennifer E. Hirshfeld-Cytron, MD
- SART · Lab
- Member · Verified
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Reproductive endocrinology & IVF · Chicago, IL
Fertility Centers of Illinois reported to the CDC as 2 programs; its 9 locations are listed here as one clinic. The counts on this page add the programs together; each location’s doctors are listed below.
Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI), part of the US Fertility network, is a fertility practice in Chicago, Illinois. This profile lists nine offices: eight in Illinois, two of them in Chicago, and one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; its IVF laboratory is at the Chicago on Chestnut office. In CDC reporting year 2022, the two programs it reported to the CDC together had 2,412 embryo transfers, an estimated 115 of them with a gestational carrier, about 4.8%.
For surrogacy intended parents
These figures add up the 2 programs FCI reported to the CDC separately: River North IVF and Highland Park IVF Center. Shares by patient age and live-birth rates cannot be added up, because the CDC publishes them without the counts behind them, so they are shown for each program.
Share of transfers using a carrier, by patient age (2022)
River North IVF
Dark: River North IVF · Light: U.S. average
Highland Park IVF Center
Dark: Highland Park IVF Center · Light: U.S. average
Three-year trend, share of transfers using a carrier
| Patient age | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River North IVF | ||||
| <35 | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| 35-37 | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| 38-40 | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| >40 | 7% | 5% | 6% | 10% |
| All ages | 4% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Highland Park IVF Center | ||||
| <35 | 6% | 8% | 7% | 3% |
| 35-37 | 9% | 10% | 9% | 4% |
| 38-40 | 8% | 7% | 11% | 5% |
| >40 | 23% | 21% | 19% | 10% |
| All ages | 12% | 12% | 12% | 5% |
| All ages, programs combined | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Total transfers (all egg sources, the CDC's denominator): 2020: 2,360 · 2021: 2,747 · 2022: 2,412
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)
River North IVF
151 transfers
Highland Park IVF Center
84 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 | River North IVF | Highland Park IVF Center | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| <35 | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| 35-37 | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| 38-40 | 3% | 5% | 5% |
| >40 | 14% | 25% | 21% |
Egg freezing services: Yes
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Locations & doctors
Showing all 9 locations. Select a location to see its address, whether it has its own lab, and the doctors who practice there.
Reproductive endocrinologists
Edward Nguyen, MD, PhD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NPI 1871974576
Christopher Sipe, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Spanish · NPI 1184767725
Allison Rodgers, MD
Director of Ambulatory Surgery
NPI 1568664092
Annie Martini, DO
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NPI 1093120156
Channing Burks Chatmon, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NPI 1558626184
Elie Hobeika, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Arabic, French · NPI 1376898940
Jane Nani, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NPI 1528101144
Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NPI 1083932032
Karine Matevossian, DO
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NPI 1174054217
Megan Sax, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Spanish · NPI 1780117713
Meike Uhler, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NPI 1174666705
Samuel Ohlander, MD
Urologist
NPI 1043452287
Arlene Go, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist
Spanish, Tagalog · NPI 1548796311
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 in Illinois →Questions about FCI
Does Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) do gestational carrier cycles, and how many?
Yes. With its two CDC programs added together, the figures give an estimated 115 transfers with a gestational carrier in 2022, 135 in 2021 and 140 in 2020, out of 2,412 embryo transfers in 2022. That is about 4.8%, in line with the share across all U.S. clinics, about 5%. The two programs differ: an estimated 55 of 1,891 transfers at River North IVF (2.9%) and 60 of 521 at Highland Park IVF Center (about 12%).
Which FCI office has the IVF lab?
Chicago on Chestnut (361 W. Chestnut). The clinic's website places its IVF and embryology laboratory and a surgical center in Suite 100 there, under the name River North Center for Reproductive Health.
What are FCI's results with donor eggs?
FCI's two programs reported 235 transfers in donor egg cycles for 2022, and the CDC printed live-birth rates for each program separately. River North IVF: 47% with frozen embryos from donor eggs and 68% with fresh embryos from frozen donor eggs. Highland Park IVF Center: 49% with frozen embryos from donor eggs.
Why does this page add together two CDC programs for FCI?
The practice reported two programs to the CDC, Fertility Centers of Illinois-River North IVF and Fertility Centers of Illinois-Highland Park IVF Center, with the same physicians and offices. This page lists the practice as one clinic, under the name its website uses, and adds the two programs' counts together. The Highland Park office is no longer among the offices on the clinic's website.
Do any FCI doctors speak languages other than English?
Yes. According to their biographies on the clinic's website, Arlene A. Go speaks Spanish and Tagalog, Christopher Sipe and Megan Sax speak Spanish, and Elie Hobeika speaks English, French and Arabic.
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 Fertility Centers of Illinois-River North IVF (clinic ID 275) and Fertility Centers of Illinois-Highland Park IVF Center (clinic ID 63), reporting years 2020–2022. Counts on this page are the sum of these programs.
- NPPES NPI Registry, physicians with taxonomy 207VE0102X at the clinic's addresses.
- Fertility Centers of Illinois 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 Surrogacy is an independent agency; this listing does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by Fertility Centers of Illinois unless stated.
- Informational only, not medical advice; clinics are not ranked by success rate.
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