The Clinic
You can be confident and assured you are receiving world class medical care from an English-speaking, professional and caring medical staff in a proven and fully therapeutic clinic.
My IVF Alternative works with Reprofit International Clinic of Reproductive Medicine in the Czech Republic.This is the very first clinic in the Czech Republic with a specialized egg donation program. The RI Clinic uses the latest technology and methods of assisted reproduction and offers a complete and complex diagnosis and treatment of fertility disorders. The English-speaking medical staff prides itself on looking at fertility problems globally, using all healing procedures available including psychological support, physical therapy, homeopathy and acupuncture.The medical staff is personal, kind and focused on individual attention, with the goal of reducing the emotional stress of couples trying to get pregnant. We work to achieve a successful treatment with minimal risk and maximum comfort. The medical team is led by Prof. L. Pilka MD, DrSc., founder of IVF in the Czech Republic. The leading specialist sof the clinic have significant knowledge and experience in reproductive medicine and have worked in clinics the Czech Republic and abroad.
The team of doctors, nurses, embryologists and counselors provide a full range of infertility counseling and treatment including "tailored" treatment (ovulation induction, IVF, ICSI, gamete donation) with the highest personal attitude and psychological support. The RI Clinic emphasizes a very professional and personal attitude towards patients to diminish emotional stress during the treatment.
In vitro fertilization has been performed since the end of the 70s, when the first "test tube" baby was born in Great Britain. Today women want to have children later than their parents' generation and this reduces their chances of natural conception.
Unlike some other countries with strict legislation, Czech law allows several days' cultivation and only the strongest and healthiest embryos can be selected for transfer. This rapidly increases the success of the treatment. The doctors can also freeze surplus embryos and test them for genetic diseases ( Germany and Italy, for instance, forbid such procedures). The RI Clinic also has an exclusive contract with Jerusalem University and prestigious Israeli clinic Haddas, founded by Americans. 10-20 Israeli couples have been coming to Reprofit each month for over 2 years now. As all procedures for these patients must be Kosher, many other Jewish patients from around the world have been taking advantage of this above standard service. Because of the contract with Israel, Reprofit has to follow very strict requirements (i.e. each donor's file is tens of pages long; besides height, weight, age, hair/eye color, blood type, hobbies etc., genetic testing is determining factor for donor's acceptance).
The RI Clinic has more than 300 young egg donors in their database tested by ASRM (American Society of Reproductive Medicine) criteria for gamete donation.The medical clinic has a very good success rate: 55% for non-donor IVF treatment, and 65% for egg donor IVF treatment. The medical team is committed to helping patients achieve their goal of having a baby and so are we.
Our Team - Reprofit
Prof. Ladislav Pilka, M.D., DrSc.
Scientific Director
Membership:
1990 - 1993 Head of Czech Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics
1990 - 1994 Head of Assisted Reproduction Department of Czech Society of Gynecology
1993 - Member of World collaborative report, Paris
1995 - Member of Central Ethic Committee of Ministry of Health Service of the Czech Republic
2003 - Honorary member of the Czech Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Significant Awards:
IFFS World Award for significant contribution in therapy of infertility and in reproductive medicine
World Primacy:
1982 - Member of a team that achieved the birth of the first child born after the application of assisted reproduction techniques in the Czech Republic and Eastern Europe
Stepan Machac, M.D., Ph.D.
IVF specialist, oocyte donation
Career:
1996 - 2004 OB/GYN Department of Palacky University Hospital Olomouc, IVF unit
2001 - 2006 Post gradual Ph.D. studies at Palacky University, Olomouc
2004 - 2006 UNICA, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Brno - IVF specialist
2006 to date Reprofit International
Foreign experience:
1993 - 1994 Ely, Cambridge, Great Britain
1996 Orense, Spain
Membership: Section of Assisted Reproduction of the Czech Medical Society, ESHRE
Marek Koudelka, M.D.
IVF specialist, managing director
Career:
1993 - 2000 OB/GYN Department of Masaryk University Hospital, Brno
2000 - 2005 Sanatorium Helios Brno, IVF specialist
2005 UNICA, Institute of Reproductive Medicine Brno, IVF specialist
2006 to date Reprofit Internetional
Foreign experience:
2004 Sydney IVF, Australia
Membership:
Section of Assisted Reproduction of the Czech Medical Society, ESHRE
David Rumpik, M.D.
IVF specialist, director of finance
Career:
1996 - 2000 OB/GYN Department of Masaryk University Hospital, Brno
2000 to date Clinic of Reproductive Medicine Zlin, director
2006 to date Reprofit Internetional, director of finance
Membership:
Section of Assisted Reproduction of the Czech Medical Society, ESHRE
Member of ACT (Assisted Conception Taskforce)
Alice Malenovska, RNDr.
Senior embryologist
Career:
1983 - 2004 OB/GYN Department, IVF unit, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, head embryologist since 1989
1994 - 2004 Sanatorium Helios Brno, head embryologist
2005 - 2006 UNICA Brno, embryologist
2006 to date Reprofit Internetional
Foreign experience:
2001 Sydney IVF, Australia
Membership: President of Association for Reproductive Embryology Section of Assisted Reproduction of The Czech Medical Society, ESHRE
MSc. Sylvie Hlavacova
Embryologist, PGD specialist
Career:
1996 - 1999 Faculty of Natural Science, Masaryk University Brno, Molecular and cellular diagnostics
1999 - 2003 Faculty of Natural Science, Masaryk University Brno, Molecular biology and genetics
1999 - 2006 Repromeda, IVF Clinic, embryologist, PGD specialist
2006 to date Reprofit Internetional
Membership:
Section of Assisted Reproduction of The Czech Medical Society, ESHRE