The staff of Advanced Reproductive Concepts would like our patients to know that we are dedicated to personalized and professional service. We understand how difficult facing infertility and the associated costs can be and strive to assist our patients in every way with all these issues. Thank you to all the wonderful patients who have placed their trust in us and have allowed us to assist in making their dreams of a family to come true. We love getting the pictures as your families grow and you are the ones that make this all worth while. We would like to address the comments that appear here from an educational standpoint since we know that many people are often feeling angry and disappointed when they come to us. If individuals choose to ventilate this anger publicly we feel we have a right to do our best to give accurate information about a practice to which we have dedicated our lives. Please remember there is a fine line between voicing your opinion and slander which can be very harmful. Dr. Jutras not only does an extensive first interview with you in order to establish your plan but he does a diagnostic ultrasound, all procedural ultrasounds, your retrieval and oversees or personally does the embryology here. He also does an extensive consultation prior to your embryo transfer which he also does himself. Dr. Jutras is both a Reproductive Endocrinologist and an Embryologist and sees every patient on their first visit with us, obtaining a detailed history on which to base his plan for their care. At the appropriate time he also does a diagnostic ultrasound for each patient as a part of his assessment for their fertility plan. After that has been done his plan is carried out by a nurse with extensive education and experience. In our case a masters degree in the science of nursing and a certification in Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility Nursing in addition to many years of experience as a nursing faculty, director of education for a large medical center and greater than 20 years of experience as an REI nursing. At various intervals Dr. Jutras does other procedures as dictated by patient need. He is updated on every patient visit and all changes to the patient's plan are made by him. Rest assured that he is always available. Unfortunately patients often come to us with preconceived notions and information from various sources and try as we may they appear to prefer that information to our expertise. In that case the battle is lost before we start and those patients often leave with those same misconceptions in spite of our efforts. The science we practice is by no means perfect but is backed by many years of study and we answer to many inspecting bodies which is as it should be. We expect to be held to high standards and we adhere to those standards. We would also like to assure our patients that we understand insurance benefits all too well. Our society has addressed this subject in great deal. It is often difficult for patients to understand the ins and outs of their policies and many misunderstand how their policies work. This misunderstanding often leads to anger and we understand how that can occur, but we do ask that patients not accuse us of things that are simply untrue and harmful. It is very serious to publicly defame people. We wish each and every patient well and regret that there are those that choose to make false accusations in a public arena. It would never be our intent to do that to anyone. We have assisted in creating many ""happy families"" over the years and appreciate their working with us in achieving their goals.
more