Pacific Fertility Center has consolidated into one location. Our smaller Laurel Street office closed on Aug 8, 2003. Dr. Chenette and his patients now enjoy magnificent views of the San Francisco Bay from our sun-filled headquarters, as well as easier parking – a welcome benefit for those navigating the city streets.

This move allows us to create the highest quality embryology and fertility program under one roof. In addition to improving both physician and patient access to resources such as clinical coordinators, nursing staff, fertility counseling, and laboratory/procedure facilities, the consolidation and expansion of our laboratories provides direct benefits to patient care.

The laboratory has increased its handling of embryos for PGD, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, using single-gene testing as well as aneuploidy testing. The latter is a significant development that can help those who experience multiple miscarriages. (See October’s issue coming up for a more detailed lab update). We have upgraded our frozen sperm and embryo facility and purchased 3 new state-of-the-art storage tanks. The new tanks replace more than 20 small tanks that represented the combined storage of our two laboratories. All our frozen specimens have been relocated to the new computer controlled tanks, which offer the most advanced and secure system available for tissue banking. Our continual attention to detail in the laboratory was recognized when once again PFC received the exceptional finding of “no deficiencies” from the College of American Pathologists-American Society for Reproductive Medicine (CAP-ASRM).

As always, your care comes first and it is our goal to make a seamless transition to a single practice location. Please do not hesitate to contact us should have any concerns regarding this transition. We’re excited about the changes here at PFC and look forward to the continued improvement of our center and our on-going role in your care.

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