Vishvanath C. Karande, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Dr. Karande is the President, Medical Director, and Director of the IVF Program. After completing his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, he did a Fellowship in the sub-specialty of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the prestigious Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dr. Karande is Board Certified in the specialty of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as the subspecialty of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

In addition to the above credentials, as Director of the IVF Program, Dr. Karande has been involved in thousands of IVF cycles with pregnancy rates comparable to the best programs nationwide. His major interest is in the reduction of high-order multiple pregnancies which is the biggest problem facing the specialty. This is being successfully accomplished by limiting the number of embryos being transferred to two in younger patients without compromising pregnancy rates.

He is also an accomplished laparoscopic surgeon and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Gynecological Endoscopy.

Dr. Karande has published extensively in several peer reviewed Journals. His research interests include improving pregnancy in patients with diminished ovarian reserve, embryo transfer technique, and tubal catheterization for treating blocked fallopian tubes.

Sigal Klipstein, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Dr. Klipstein is a graduate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. She holds fellowships in both infertility and medical ethics. After completing a year at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, she continued her studies with a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston. She completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Boston IVF and Harvard as well as a fellowship in Medical Ethics at Harvard University. Her research interests include: preimplantation genetic diagnosis, pregnancy in women over 40 years of age, egg donation, surrogacy, and reproductive ethics. She has lectured on the ethics of infertility, stem cell research, cloning, and preimplantation genetic diagnosis to medical students, physicians, and community groups. Dr. Klipstein is widely published, having written numerous articles in both medical and ethics journals. She has also authored several book chapters and presented at numerous medical conferences. She is fluent in Spanish.

Robert Brannigan, MD

Dr. Brannigan completed his residency in Urology at Northwestern University Medical School followed by a fellowship in Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. During his fellowship, Dr. Brannigan trained with Dr. Larry Lipshultz, a world-renowned leader in the field of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Brannigan is also Director of the Andrology Laboratory at Northwestern, which conducts state-of-the-art testing to assist in the evaluation of male factor infertility.

Dr. Brannigan is an expert in the evaluation and treatment of male factor infertility, sperm procurement techniques, microsurgical varicocele ligation, management of testicular failure and hypogonadism, sperm cryopreservation / banking, evaluation and treatment of ejaculatory disorders, and general urology.

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