IVF Program expands infertility services to Sarasota

Tampa, FL (April 8, 2008) – The University of South Florida IVF and Reproductive Endocrinology Program has opened an office in Sarasota. USF IVF – Sarasota offers individualized, patient-centered infertility and reproductive endocrine care. The scope of treatment encompasses in vitro fertilization, donor egg and other third-party reproductive options, intrauterine insemination, advanced reproductive surgery, a growing fertility preservation program and expertise in preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

Program Director Shayne Plosker, MD, sees patients weekly at 1931 South Tuttle Ave., where USF IVF – Sarasota is open Monday through Fridays for patient consultations, ultrasound monitoring and blood drawing for patients in treatment.

Dr. Shayne Plosker

USF works with patients to maximize coverage of infertility treatment.

Dr. Plosker is an associate professor and director of the Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Division at the USF College of Medicine. He received his MD degree from The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, where he completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology. His fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Plosker has published peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on optimizing embryo transfer technique, improving outcomes in intrauterine insemination, polycystic ovary syndrome and early pregnancy loss.

USF IVF is a member of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. For more information, please call (941) 361-6889 or go to www.usfivf.com.

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USF Health is a partnership of the University of South Florida’s colleges of medicine, nursing, and public health; the schools of basic biomedical sciences and physical therapy & rehabilitation sciences; and the USF Physicians Group. It is a partnership dedicated to the promise of creating a new model of health and health care. One of the nation’s top 63 public research universities as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, USF received more than $310 million in research contracts and grants last year.

News release Anne DeLotto Baier, USF Health Communications