The Experienced Staff of Fertility Center of San Antonio
With more than 25-employees on staff, it is no surprise that these highly trained professionals have dedicated more than 10 and 20-years to helping their patients become parents at Fertility Center of San Antonio!
Dr. Martin (21-years),
Dr. Pool (20-years),
Dr. Neal (10-years),
Cheryl, RN (20-years),
Elena, RN (15-years),
Darleen(18-years),
Sandra(15-years),
Ginny(15-years),
Tammy(10-years),
Veronica(10-years),
Irene(9-years),
Donna, Susan and Denise (8-years each)
The practice's most popular procedures are in bold.
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Artificial Insemination
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
$950 and up Physician's Approach:
Dr. Martin and Neal have performed several thousand insemination cycles. Ideal Candidate:
Sperm allergy, low sperm count or poor sperm motility
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Egg Donation
Approx Cost with this Doctor:
$3000 Physician's Approach:
We are accepting egg donor applicants! Earn up to $3000 by becoming an egg donor. Ideal Candidate:
Healthy women with no genetic deseases
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Embryo Freezing / Egg Freezing
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Fertility Center Laboraroy is under the direction of Dr. Thomas B Pool. Dr. Pool is board certified as a High-Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director by the American Board of Bioanalysis with subspecialty proficiency in embryology and andrology. Dr. Pool's research interests include improving culture media, media supplements and the embryo culture environment for assisted reproduction, and PGD. He is often called to consult with the in vitro technology industry.
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Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Fertility Center of San Antonio had the first ICSI pregnancy in the Southwest. Ideal Candidate:
Low sperm count, damaged or missing vas deferens, had an irreversible vasectomy
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In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Patients seeking experience and success go to Fertility Center of San Antonio because they have performed IVF for more than 20-years and they had the first ICSI pregnancy in the southwest. Ideal Candidate:
Ovulation problems or blocked Fallopian tubes
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Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
$950 and up Physician's Approach:
Fertility Center of San Antonio was one of the first office-based infertility treatment centers in the region.
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Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation Reversal
Years Performed: 3 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
$3000surgeon fee Physician's Approach:
Tubal Reversal Surgery is performed at the hospital under anesthesia. The surgeon's fee is $3000.
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In some male cases, sperm can be collected by TESE (testicular biopsy). Consultation, examination, medical records and testing are necessary.
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Sterilization Reversal
Years Performed: 3 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
$3000 Physician's Approach:
Tubal Reversal Surgery, Surgeon's Fee is $3000 Ideal Candidate:
Women with tied tubes
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TESE (Sperm Recovery)
Years Performed: 7 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Testicular sperm extraction has been offered to our male factor patients in our office since March 2001 with high success.
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Testicular Biopsy
Years Performed: 7 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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TESE is a testicular biopsy we have performed in our office since 2001. Men with vasectomy or other male factor conditions may be candidates for this procedure. Ideal Candidate:
Obstruction to sperm transport system
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Tubal Ligation Reversal
Years Performed: 3 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
$3000 Physician's Approach:
The surgeon's fee for a tubal reversal is $3000. Ideal Candidate:
Women with tied tubes
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* The national average fees do not include cost of anesthetics or surgical facility. Be sure to ask your doctor about additonal fees. Costs will vary from city to city throughout the United States.
Associated with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Associated with the American Fertility Association
Fertility Center of San Antonio....helping patients become parents for more than 20-years.
More than 3500 babies born to the Fertility Center of San Antonio IVF/FET program.
Several thousand babies born to the IUI program.
We offer monthly payment plans administered by Capital One and CareCredit!
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Over 20-years experience treating infertility in San Antonio! Payment plans by Capital One and CareCredit. Multi-cycle discount packages and refund plans available. In-house egg donors and access to shared-donor program. Acupucture available. Se habla Esp
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 founded 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 supervised several thousand cycles of Assisted Reproduction (IVF, GIFT, GIFT), and several thousand cycles of induction of ovulation with intrauterine insemination. The Fertility Center of San Antonio was one of the first programs in the country to be office-based, and has had many first events, including the first ICSI pregnancy in the Southwest.
Top Benefits:
Experience: Fertility Center of San Antonio has more than 20-years experience diagnosing and treating reproductive disorders in San Antonio, Texas.
Success: Fertility Center of San Antonio has a long history of published success rates by DHHS Center's for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART).
Fertility Center of San Antonio offers several financial options to include payment plans by Capital One and CareCredit, discount package plans and refund plans. Active duty military discounts are also available.
Accreditations: Fertility Center of San Antonio is accredited by College of American Pathologists (CAP), Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). Fertility Center of San Antoni is registered with the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and permitted by the Texas Board of Medical Examiners as an office-based facility.
In-house egg donors and shared-donor programs are offered at Fertility Center of San Antonio. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is offered by Fertility Center Laboratory.
Some of our most asked about procedures:In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Tubal Ligation Reversal, Egg Donation, Artificial Insemination, ICSI (Microfertilization).