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Fertility Center of San Antonio
Joseph E. Martin, a native of Texas, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Zoology
in 1959 from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, and a M.D. degree in 1963
from the University of Texas in Galveston, Texas. He completed his internship at
Herman Hospital in Houston, Texas in 1964. He then served as a Captain in the
United States Air Force from 1964 to 1966, where he worked in Obstetrics and
Gynecology. Dr. Martin then completed a three-year specialty training program in
Obstetrics and Gynecology at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Martin joined the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio in 1969 as an Instructor, and subsequently as an Assistant
Professor in the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During that time, his sponsored
research involved study of the actions of hormones at the cellular level. Dr.
Martin entered the
private practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology in San Antonio in 1972. He is a
Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is certified by
the Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has served as Chairman of the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Methodist Hospital. Dr. Martin helped
form the Fertility Program at Methodist Hospital in 1986 and served as its
Medical Director until 1990.
Over 20-years ago, Dr. Martin formed the Fertility Center of San Antonio (a
private, office-based center with SART affiliation), and serves currently as the
Medical Director. Dr. Martin has personally attended thousands of cycles (IVF,
GIFT, GIFT), and several thousand cycles of induction of ovulation with
intrauterine insemination.
www.fertilitysa.com
Fertility Center of San Antonio
4499 Medical Drive, Suite 200
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(800) 708-1869
Local phone: (210) 692-0577
Fax: (210) 692-1210
Fertility and Infertility Specialist
Reproductive Medicine Associates of Texas (RMA-TX) belongs to a well known RMA
Network of IVF Centers throughout the United States. The network is
internationally
recognized for achieving high success rates for infertility treatment. RMA
attributes its success to a variety of factors including the experience and
dedication of our
physician and laboratory teams, individualized IVF protocols, laboratory
conditions and techniques, and breakthrough technologies. The RMA Network has
performed over 15000 cycles of In Vitro Fertilization, a record that makes us
one of the world’s largest and more experienced centers for infertility
treatments.
When it comes to IVF, the roles of the physicians and those of the embryologists
in the laboratory are distinctly different, yet equally important. The IVF
program at RMA is unique because our Laboratory Director of Assisted
Reproductive Technologies is both a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist
and board certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis as an embryologist,
andrologist, and high-complexity clinical laboratory director. These unusual
qualifications have allowed RMA to successfully integrate the clinical and
laboratory components of ART to achieve excellent results for our patients. Our
Medical Director, Dr. Francisco Arredondo is the only board certified Fertility
Specialist in the San Antonio Stone Oak area and has ample experience managing
all different fertility challenges
Patients aspiring to become a family while going through fertility treatment may
have a high emotional toll. This is usually related to the stress involved with
the decision
making to choose the best fertility treatment for their specific needs. The
uncertainty, the odds, the risks, the time involved, the interference with daily
activities, the possible impact in the financial and emotional credit cards may
be overwhelming.
www.rmatx.com
(210) FER-TILE / (210) 337-8453
19296 Stone Oak Parkway,
San Antonio,
Texas, 78258
Baptist Health System
Finding out that you’re going to become a parent for the first time can be a
joyous occasion. For couples who have struggled, sometimes for years to become
pregnant, the news is exhilarating. Twelve percent, or 7.3 million women in the
United States ages 15 to 44, have difficulty getting pregnant. In a third of
these cases, infertility is an issue involving the woman, another third of the
cases can be traced to an issue with the male, and in the remaining third, the
cause is unknown or a mixture of problems. About two-thirds of the couples who
are treated for infertility are able to conceive and have a baby.
To harvest the eggs, doctors commonly use an ultrasound-guided technique. A
laparoscopic method, which involves inserting a long, thin instrument with a
light and lens through the abdomen, may be used if a diagnostic assessment of
the pelvic organs is needed. However, ultrasound is faster, easier on the
patient, and as effective as laparoscopic retrieval.
The doctor inserts the ultrasound probe with an attached needle into the vagina.
Using the needle, the doctor punctures egg follicles and removes the fluid. The
fluid is inspected and immediately placed in a sterile, nutritive culture
material kept in an incubator.
Meanwhile, the male, if fertile, refrains from ejaculating for two or three days
and then collects semen through masturbation. If scar tissue or other conditions
block the
natural release of sperm, a sperm aspiration may be performed. Sometimes, the
man's sperm can be frozen ahead of time. If the male partner is unable to
produce viable sperm, donor sperm may be used.
Between 50,000 and 100,000 of the most mobile, healthy sperm are mixed with the
harvested eggs. The sperm may be treated to increase the chance of
fertilization. The culture dish is kept at normal body temperature inside an
incubator for two to three days. During that time, sperm are expected to
fertilize 60% to 80% of the eggs. Once fertilized, early cell division begins,
and embryos develop.
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The North Central Fertility Center
520 Madison Oak Dr.
San Antonio, Texas 78258
(210) 297-4000
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