Welcome to the Stanford Fertility & Reproductive Medicine Center (SFRMC). All of us at SFRMC are committed to providing you, the patient, with the most advanced medical treatment available, offered in an empathetic and caring environment. We offer comprehensive, state-of-the-art services in the areas of Fertility and Reproductive Medicine with a personal and caring touch. Our goal is to develop a treatment plan that is mindful of the emotional and lifestyle needs of our patients.

Recent studies reveal that as many as 15% of couples in the U.S. are considered infertile — that is, they are unable to conceive a child after one year of unprotected intercourse. While infertility may have complicated, sometimes multiple physical causes, it can also exact an emotional toll. Couples having difficulty conceiving a child can now look to the Fertility & Reproductive Medicine Center at the Stanford University Medical Center for one of the nation’s most comprehensive and progressive treatment programs.

Our staff includes some of the country’s leading embryologists, reproductive endocrinologists, clinical nurses and technicians. We maintain strong associations with experts in other related specialties, enabling us to provide individualized, multidisciplinary care to each patient.

Assisted Hatching - Barry Behr, PhD, Director IVF Laboratory: Uses a laser to crack an embryo and release the inner cell mass - the source of embryonic stem cells.

Infertility and IVF - Lynn Westphal, MD, Director of Women’s Health at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, discusses possible causes of infertility and provides a glimpse into the process of In Vitro Fertilization.

Picking Good Eggs - Can a non-invasive test of a woman's eggs be used to predict in vitro fertilization success? See our study and video.