At a glance
CDC 2022- Transfers using a carrier
- 25% U.S. 4.7%
- Carrier transfers / yr
- ≈702 estimated
- Rank by carrier volume
- #1 of 450
- Services
- CarrierDonor eggEgg freezing
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Spanish
- Medical director
- John G. Wilcox, MD
- SART · Lab
- Member · Verified
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HRC Fertility (HRC)
Reproductive endocrinology & IVF · Pasadena, CA
HRC Fertility reported to the CDC as 2 programs; its 15 locations are listed here as one clinic. The counts on this page add the programs together; each location’s doctors are listed below.
HRC Fertility (HRC) is a fertility practice registered with the CDC in Pasadena, California. This profile lists 15 offices, in California from San Diego to San Francisco and in Las Vegas, Nevada. IVF laboratories are at the Pasadena, Encino, Newport Beach, Beverly Hills and Silicon Valley Area offices. In CDC reporting year 2022, about 26% of its embryo transfers used a gestational carrier, an estimated 666 of 2,591.
For surrogacy intended parents
These figures add up the 2 programs HRC reported to the CDC separately: Pasadena and Zouves Fertility 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)
Pasadena
Dark: Pasadena · Light: U.S. average
Zouves Fertility Center
Dark: Zouves Fertility Center · Light: U.S. average
Three-year trend, share of transfers using a carrier
| Patient age | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena | ||||
| <35 | 25% | 18% | 16% | 3% |
| 35-37 | 28% | 14% | 19% | 4% |
| 38-40 | 30% | 23% | 21% | 5% |
| >40 | 52% | 42% | 43% | 10% |
| All ages | 34% | 25% | 26% | 5% |
| Zouves Fertility Center | ||||
| <35 | 3% | 17% | 3% | 3% |
| 35-37 | 15% | 17% | 32% | 4% |
| 38-40 | 22% | 15% | 17% | 5% |
| >40 | 32% | 17% | 19% | 10% |
| All ages | 21% | 17% | 18% | 5% |
| All ages, programs combined | 33% | 24% | 25% | 5% |
Total transfers (all egg sources, the CDC's denominator): 2020: 2,777 · 2021: 2,838 · 2022: 2,788
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)
Pasadena
606 transfers
Zouves Fertility Center
50 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 | Pasadena | Zouves Fertility Center | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| <35 | 5% | 5% | 2% |
| 35-37 | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| 38-40 | 6% | 4% | 5% |
| >40 | 25% | 20% | 21% |
Egg freezing services: Yes
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Locations & doctors
Showing all 15 locations. Select a location to see its address, whether it has its own lab, and the doctors who practice there.
Reproductive endocrinologists
Alison Peck, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1932271582
Robert Boostanfar, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Other · NPI 1336119353
John Wilcox, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Spanish · NPI 1023088689
Bradford Kolb, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English · NPI 1407826423
John Norian, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1295873677
Katherine McDaniel, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English, Spanish · NPI 1467972471
Rachel Mandelbaum, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English, Spanish · NPI 1376063487
Botros Rizk, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Arabic, French, Other · NPI 1851346183
Molly Quinn, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Spanish · NPI 1710286919
Atoosa Ghofranian, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1003376815
Howard Li, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1003472929
Mabel Lee, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1801384813
Sharrón Manuel, MD, PhD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1831534429
Melody Rasouli, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English, Spanish, Farsi · NPI 1194284471
Anupama Rambhatla, MD, FACOG
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1679960157
Richard Paulson, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English · NPI 1851442792
Aileen Portugal, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1821559113
Marisa Gigg, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist - Board Certified OB/GYN
English · NPI 1952861395
Natalia Llarena, MD
Board Certified OB/GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist
English · NPI 1083005300
Lisa Becht, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Spanish · NPI 1306089057
Arian Khorshid, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English, Farsi · NPI 1023571007
Jacqueline Maher, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1942576772
Roy Handelsman, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English, Hebrew · NPI 1275028961
Katherine VanHise, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English · NPI 1457846149
Christo Zouves, MD
Canadian Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
English · NPI 1356408140
Daniel Potter, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Spanish · NPI 1043280605
Shahin Ghadir, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Spanish, Farsi · NPI 1518023126
Kay Waud, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Other · NPI 1144454166
Mickey Coffler, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Hebrew, Other · NPI 1205870482
Esther Chung, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist
English, Spanish, Korean · NPI 1962908855
Michael Wittenberger, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English · NPI 1639250004
Irene Woo, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Mandarin, Cantonese · NPI 1104141217
Sahar Wertheimer, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English, Farsi, Hebrew · NPI 1730593674
Lawrence Werlin, MD
Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
English · NPI 1104988476
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 California →Questions about HRC
Does HRC Fertility do gestational carrier cycles, and how many?
Yes; about one transfer in four uses a gestational carrier. The CDC's figures give an estimated 666 transfers with a gestational carrier in 2022, 660 in 2021 and 884 in 2020, out of 2,591 embryo transfers in 2022. That is about 26%; across all U.S. clinics the figure is about 5%.
Which HRC offices have an IVF lab?
Pasadena (55 S. Lake Ave, 9th Floor), Encino (15503 Ventura Blvd #200), Newport Beach (20360 SW Birch Street, Suite # 200), Beverly Hills (9777 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 600) and Silicon Valley Area (1241 East Hillsdale Blvd. Ste 100, Foster City).
What are HRC's results with donor eggs?
HRC reported 606 transfers in donor egg cycles for 2022. With frozen embryos from donor eggs, 47% of transfers led to a live birth (U.S.: 45%); with donated embryos, 53% (U.S.: 42%).
Is HRC Fertility-Pasadena in the CDC's report the same clinic?
Yes. HRC Fertility-Pasadena is the name under which the CDC registers the program, in Pasadena, California. This page lists it as HRC Fertility, and the figures shown here are the ones the CDC reports under the registered name.
Do HRC's doctors speak languages other than English?
Yes. According to their biographies on the clinic's website, Spanish is spoken by Rachel Mandelbaum, Melody Rasouli, John G. Wilcox, Lisa Becht, Alison C. Peck, John M. Norian, Molly Quinn, Daniel A. Potter, Shahin Ghadir, Esther H. Chung and Katherine E. McDaniel. Farsi is spoken by Melody Rasouli, Arian Khorshid, Shahin Ghadir, Sahar Wertheimer and Robert Boostanfar, and Hebrew by Alison C. Peck, Roy Handelsman, Mickey S. Coffler and Sahar Wertheimer. Irene Woo speaks Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese; Esther H. Chung, Korean; Botros Rizk, French, Arabic and Coptic; Kay Waud, Swedish; and Mickey S. Coffler, Romanian.
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 HRC Fertility-Pasadena (clinic ID 477) and Zouves Fertility Center (clinic ID 359), 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.
- HRC Fertility 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 HRC Fertility unless stated.
- Informational only, not medical advice; clinics are not ranked by success rate.
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