We are always looking at ways to increase access to care. We almost always provide several treatment options for our patients. Dr. Sauer and his colleagues perform approximately 500 assisted reproduction cycles a year, with a success rate well above the national average. They also perform approximately 200 egg donation cycles each year, making it one of the largest such programs in the country. Among the reproduction options offered are embryo adoption and embryo banking, which permit open choice of donor egg and donor sperm.
Clinical research is an important part of the division's mission.
Trials are currently underway using immature oocyte retrieval, in which immature eggs are extracted from the ovary and matured in vitro, a process that eliminates the need for fertility drugs. Also under study is laparoscopic tubal ligation reversal, a procedure that would enable patients to avoid hospitalization for this procedure, and thus reduce costs. Sloane Hospital offers an accredited fellowship program in Reproductive Endocrinology. The fellow and staff, in collaboration with scientists at the Center for Reproductive Sciences and other divisions of Columbia University, are pursuing research in genetics, infertility drugs, endocrinology, and other areas of reproductive medicine. Dr. Mark V. Sauer graduated from Washington University of St. Louis and the University of Illinois School of Medicine.