reating families is of the utmost importance to Dr. Paul C. Magarelli M.D., Ph.D., medical director of Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Center (RMFC). RMFC is a medical specialty practice with locations in Colorado & New Mexcio that treats infertility and all aspects of hormonal pathology in woman. RMFC prides itself in providing “High Tech with a Personal Touch”. Infertile couples can receive state of the art In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) services in a caring, compassionate environment. Recently, RMFC has been designated as CAP certified with Distinction, a label rarely given to an In Vitro Fertilization laboratory.

r. Magarelli is unique in his qualifications to help couples create a family. He is Southern Colorado and New Mexico’s only Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist & Infertility Treatment Specialist. He also has a doctorate degree in Nutritional Biochemistry and Animal Physiology, specializing in reproduction. He has been trained at Duke University and UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has created a team of professionals that is unique to Southern Colorado, i.e., it is the only program with an on-site Ph.D./HCLD certified Embryologist, Master’s level Nurses, and financial specialists with double masters degree’s (soon to be Ph.D.). This unique collection of specialists ensures personal, professional, cost-efficient, certified care both medically, financially, and scientifically. Dr. Magarelli opened his practice in 1998 in Colorado Springs and has been serving infertility couples in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Dr. Magarelli recently opened an office in Albuquerque, NM in order to more conveniently serve the many couples that were traveling the 6 hour drive to get help with their infertility. His goal: cost effective, compassionate, competent IVF care for the average wage earner.

ne way RMFC is unique in its dedication to helping couples create a family is a free seminar series for patients entitled “ In Search of the Stork”. Dr. Magarelli donates 2 to 3 hours of his time each month to talk with couples about infertility; how to get diagnosed, treatment options, and alternative methods to enhance reproductive outcomes.

ecently, Dr. Magarelli and Dr. Cridennda (certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine 1996 and Licensed Acupuncturist) won the Practicing Physicians Award from the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society for their research on the impact of Acupuncture on IVF pregnancies. The results were astonishing, there were over 15 % more pregnancies and 23% more births in IVF patients that were treated with acupuncture:

taffing, credentials, board certification, experience, compassion and competence all contribute to making RMFC the choice for high tech infertility care, however RMFC did not stop there. Financing infertility care is probably the second most important factor why couples feel they can not create a family (the first reason is usually they don’t know what is wrong with them and how to fix it!).

To answer the first concern, Dr. Magarelli uses a very simple four question list for patients to have completed BEFORE they are treated:

• Do you have sperm?
• Do you have eggs?
• Can the sperm and egg meet, i.e., are your fallopian tubes open?
• Is there a safe place for the baby to grow, i.e., is the uterus normal?

y answering these questions couples can be assured that any treatment they choose will be based on sound scientific and medical logic. After the questions are answered, the next most compelling impediment is cost of the procedure. RMFC is the first medical specialty practice in the Southwest to offer a shared-risk program to help couples get high tech infertility care. The program is called “Planning-4-Pregnancy ™”. With this program, couples can take advantage of the fact that IVF works, but not 100% of the time, and that in all IVF programs the likelihood of a success on the first try is < 50%, so that the vast majority of U.S. couples require 2.2 tries at IVF for them to have a baby. RMFC’s P4P program allows for up to 4 complete IVF cycles to achieve a child at a cost that is less than the cost of 2 tries. It reduces the cost of IVF for some patients to below $ 4800 per IVF treatment cycle (the national average cost for each IVF cycle is over $11,000/cycle). In addition, Dr. Magarelli understood that even at these reduced fees, some patients may need financing. RMFC is the only IVF program in Colorado or New Mexico that provides financing for IVF services.

Services Offered:

Diagnostic Services:

• Ultrasound tracking of ovarian follicle development
• Specialized hormone analysis

General Infertility Treatment:

• Ultrasound tracking of ovulation, with or without the use of various ovulation induction methods
• Washed intrauterine insemination (IUI), used in combination with the above therapies
• Sperm preparation/enhancement for IUI
• Donor insemination

Assisted Reproductive Technologies:

• In vitro fertilization with embryo transfer to the uterus (IVF-ET)
• Gamete Intra-Fallopian tube Transfer (GIFT)
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
• Donor-oocyte program
• Gestational Carrier program
• Testicular Biopsy program
• Blastocyst Transfer
• Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)

r. Magarelli and the staff at RMFC create what they believe is the right environment for infertility couples to understand their infertility, treat it in a compassionate way and provide these services as cost-effectively as possible. Good Luck! For more educational information RMFC can be contacted at:

Toll Free: (877) 475-BABY(2229)

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