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At a glance

CDC 2022
Transfers using a carrier
10% U.S. 4.7%
Carrier transfers / yr
≈144 estimated
Rank by carrier volume
#12 of 450
Services
CarrierDonor eggEgg freezing
Medical director
Mark P. Leondires, MD
SART · Lab
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Contact

761 Main Ave, Suite 200
Norwalk, CT 06851
(203) 750-7400Clinic website
#12 by gestational carrier volume · CDC 2022CT

Illume Fertility

Reproductive endocrinology & IVF · Norwalk, CT

Illume Fertility 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.

Illume Fertility is a fertility practice based in Norwalk, Connecticut, where its IVF laboratory is. It has four offices in Connecticut (Norwalk, Stamford, Danbury and Trumbull) and one in Harrison, New York. In CDC reporting year 2022, an estimated 144 of its 1,382 embryo transfers used a gestational carrier, about 10%.

Gestational carrier cycles

For surrogacy intended parents

10%
of transfers used a gestational carrier · U.S. 5%
≈144
carrier transfers per year, estimated from the CDC carrier share of ~1,382 total transfers
#12
of 450 U.S. clinics by carrier volume, not success rate

Share of transfers using a carrier, by patient age (2022)

Dark: Illume Fertility · Light: U.S. average

<35
6%vs 3%
35-37
11%vs 4%
38-40
12%vs 5%
>40
20%vs 10%

Three-year trend, share of transfers using a carrier

Patient age202020212022U.S. 2022
<3510%9%6%3%
35-3713%12%11%4%
38-4014%14%12%5%
>4030%33%20%10%
All ages15%15%10%5%

Total transfers (all egg sources, the CDC's denominator): 2020: 1,039 · 2021: 1,387 · 2022: 1,382

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.

Donor egg cycles

For egg donation intended parents

Live births per transfer, donor egg cycles (2022)

Frozen embryo transfer, donor eggs (fresh or banked)
67%
U.S. 45%
Donated embryos
1–4 transfers; rate suppressed by the CDC
U.S. 42%
Fresh donor eggs, fresh embryo transfer
1–4 transfers; rate suppressed by the CDC
U.S. 52%
Frozen (banked) donor eggs, fresh embryo transfer
fewer than 20 transfers; the CDC reports no rate
U.S. 45%

190 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 ageIllume FertilityU.S. 2022
<352%2%
35-376%3%
38-404%5%
>4020%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

NPI Registry and the clinic's website. Listing is factual and public. Physicians may request a correction or removal at any time.

Surrogacy law in Connecticut

The Connecticut Parentage Act (2022) writes the whole journey into statute — compensated gestational surrogacy expressly authorized, parentage by operation of law, and a Probate Court judgment the court must issue on a compliant petition. The requirement to know first: a Connecticut-resident party.

Surrogacy in Connecticut →

Nearby: New York · Massachusetts · Rhode Island

Questions about Illume Fertility

Does Illume Fertility do gestational carrier cycles, and how many?

Yes, at about twice the share seen across U.S. clinics. The CDC's figures give an estimated 144 transfers with a gestational carrier in 2022, 208 in 2021 and 155 in 2020, out of 1,382 embryo transfers in 2022. That is about 10%, against about 5% across all U.S. clinics; in 2020 and 2021 the share was about 15%.

Which Illume Fertility office has the IVF lab?

Norwalk (761 Main Ave, Suite 200). According to the clinic's website, the surgical suite and the embryology lab are at that office.

What are Illume Fertility's results with donor eggs?

Illume Fertility reported 190 transfers in donor egg cycles for 2022. With frozen embryos from donor eggs, 67% of transfers led to a live birth (U.S.: 45%).

Do any Illume Fertility doctors speak a language other than English?

Yes, Spanish. According to their biographies on the clinic's website, Laura Meyer and Alexander M. Kucherov speak Spanish.

Sources

  1. CDC ART Success Rates: Clinic Services & Profiles (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset ix4g-rt8v
  2. CDC ART Success Rates: Patient & Cycle Characteristics (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset wrev-kwxu
  3. CDC ART Success Rates: Success Rates (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset cchw-gdwa
  4. CDC ART Success Rates: Summary (2022) — CDC National ART Surveillance System (NASS), 2022 reporting year, dataset 9tjt-seye
  5. NPPES NPI Registry — CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System — physician roster
  • CDC National ART Surveillance System clinic datasets for Illume Fertility (clinic ID 273), reporting years 2020–2022.
  • NPPES NPI Registry, physicians with taxonomy 207VE0102X at the clinic's addresses.
  • Illume 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 Surrogacy is an independent agency; this listing does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by Illume Fertility unless stated.
  • Informational only, not medical advice; clinics are not ranked by success rate.
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