Just like the families it helps, the WVU Medicine Center for Reproductive Medicine (CRM) is growing. A new, expanded footprint will allow the CRM to not only meet the demands of its rapid growth but to also provide more in-depth care to its patients.
“This forward-looking expansion project is the culmination of years of work at WVU Medicine and will allow our department to lead efforts to assist developing young families in West Virginia and throughout the region,” Brian Casey, M.D., chair of the WVU Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, said.
“The primary driver of the expansion is improving the clinical care that WVU Medicine can provide to patients who are on this reproductive journey.”
The CRM, established in 2002, offers a wide range of customized, individual treatment options for many reproductive medical conditions. Services provided include fertility care for women and men, assisted reproductive procedures, laboratory services, genetic testing and counseling, nutrition services, social work, and grief support.
Over the last seven years, the CRM nearly doubled its total amount of completed patient visits and saw a 43 percent increase in laboratory visits. Having maximized its efficiency in its current space and with continued growth expected, the CRM launched its expansion to occupy all the floors of its current building. This doubled the CRM’s square footage and provided space for additional exam rooms, larger procedure rooms, expanded laboratory suites, and dedicated space for central registration, nursing, nutrition, and counseling.
“While we are a small clinic in West Virginia, we are excited to be able to offer a full spectrum of reproductive services,” Shon Rowan, M.D., vice chair of the WVU Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, said. “Patients no longer need to leave the state to receive quality in-depth infertility care and treatment.”
In addition to having specialists in urology, reproductive endocrinology, and polycystic ovarian syndrome, the CRM will also collaborate with other WVU Medicine specialty clinics to provide access to all types of care critical to their patient’s success.
Both the andrology and embryology laboratories will also see capability upgrades. Three of the five laboratory staff members are Ph.D.-trained in either reproductive physiology or cell biology. Three laboratory staff members are also andrologists, further bolstering the male fertility program.
Couples who visit the CRM to address fertility issues can expect a comprehensive evaluation before the development of a treatment plan. All necessary testing, treatment, and minimally invasive surgery is performed on site without the need to go elsewhere.
“We are so proud to be able to now broaden the great service we can provide patients struggling with reproductive difficulties to include new state-of-the-art facilities, male and female infertility workups and treatment, minimally invasive surgery, and access to world-class embryologists and andrologists in our CRM lab,” Dr. Casey said.
For more information on the WVU Medicine Center for Reproductive Medicine, visit WVUMedicine.org/CRM.
