At a glance
CDC 2022- Transfers using a carrier
- 5% U.S. 4.7%
- Carrier transfers / yr
- ≈64 estimated
- Rank by carrier volume
- #31 of 450
- Services
- CarrierDonor eggEgg freezing
- Medical director
- Mary Ellen Pavone, MD
- SART · Lab
- Member · Verified
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Reproductive endocrinology & IVF · Chicago, IL
Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine reports to the CDC as one program covering 4 locations. The figures on this page are program-wide; each location's doctors are listed below.
Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine is a fertility practice in Chicago, Illinois, with four offices: Chicago, Geneva, Highland Park and Oakbrook Terrace. In CDC reporting year 2022, an estimated 64 of its 1,416 embryo transfers used a gestational carrier, about 4.5%.
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Share of transfers using a carrier, by patient age (2022)
Dark: Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine · Light: U.S. average
Three-year trend, share of transfers using a carrier
| Patient age | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <35 | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| 35-37 | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| 38-40 | 3% | 3% | 6% | 5% |
| >40 | 4% | 5% | 7% | 10% |
| All ages | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% |
Total transfers (all egg sources, the CDC's denominator): 2020: 1,343 · 2021: 1,526 · 2022: 1,416
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)
106 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 | Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine | U.S. 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| <35 | 1% | 2% |
| 35-37 | 2% | 3% |
| 38-40 | 4% | 5% |
| >40 | 15% | 21% |
Egg freezing services: Yes
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Locations & doctors
Showing all 4 locations. Select a location to see its address, whether it has its own lab, and the doctors who practice there.
Reproductive endocrinologists
Lia Bernardi, MD
Associate Professor
NPI 1467784579
Serdar Bulun, MD
Professor (with tenure)
German, Other · NPI 1750340113
Parker Bussies
Fellow
NPI 1255960654
Eve Feinberg, MD
Professor
NPI 1306907423
Kara Goldman, MD
Associate Professor
NPI 1184870818
Alexandra Herweck, MD, MPH
Fellow
NPI 1609453257
Tarun Jain, MD
Professor
Hindi · NPI 1932156809
Emily Jungheim, MD
Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Professor
NPI 1073530572
Helen Kim, MD
Associate Professor
NPI 1861431850
Allison Komorowski, MD
Assistant Professor
NPI 1962932186
Mary Ellen Pavone, MD
Professor
Other · NPI 1326192428
Jessica Walter, MD
Assistant Professor
Spanish · NPI 1467870261
Elnur Babayev, MD
Assistant Professor
Other · NPI 1184012759
Christina Boots, MD
Associate Professor
NPI 1760712863
Ecem Esencan, MD
Fellow
NPI 1841856184
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 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 Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine
Does Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine do gestational carrier cycles, and how many?
Yes. The CDC's figures give an estimated 64 transfers with a gestational carrier in 2022, 53 in 2021 and 42 in 2020, a number that has grown each year. In 2022 it was about 4.5% of the clinic's 1,416 embryo transfers, close to the share across all U.S. clinics, about 5%.
What are the clinic's results with donor eggs?
The clinic reported 106 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 fresh embryos from frozen donor eggs, 41% (U.S.: 45%).
Is Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine the same clinic as Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine?
Yes. The clinic is listed here under the name its website uses today; the CDC registers the program, in Chicago, as Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine. The website also writes the name as NM Fertility and Reproductive Medicine.
Do any of the clinic's doctors speak languages other than English?
Yes. According to their biographies on the clinic's website, Elnur Babayev speaks Turkish, Serdar Bulun speaks German and Turkish, Tarun Jain speaks Hindi, Mary Ellen Pavone speaks Italian and Jessica Walter speaks Spanish. This page lists 15 doctors in all.
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 Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine (clinic ID 390), reporting years 2020–2022.
- NPPES NPI Registry, physicians with taxonomy 207VE0102X at the clinic's addresses.
- Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine 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 Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility & Reproductive Medicine unless stated.
- Informational only, not medical advice; clinics are not ranked by success rate.
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