This resource includes information about physicians, complementary care providers, surrogacy, egg donation and sperm donation agencies, adoption agencies, lawyers, pharmacists and other professionals committed to assisting you.
The Surrogacy Experience (TSE) is a gestational surrogacy and egg donation agency founded on the personal experience of Blair Sullivan Cuje, who believes all intended parents, gestational carriers and egg donors deserve a level of care and respect that goes beyond comparison.
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Her vision and leadership are the heart of TSE and her personal experience serves as the foundation of the agency’s approach. The Surrogacy Experience combines the talents of experienced professionals for the support, financial stability, legal expertise and medical resources required to move through the surrogacy process from decision to delivery.
Bob Bamman, L.C.S.W.
Bob Bamman L.C.S.W.
19 West 34th Street Penthouse Floor New York, New York 10128
Bob Bamman, LCSW, is a clinical social worker and a longstanding professional member of the American Fertility Association-Mental Health Group. In that capacity he has helped develop the national phone coaching group program and has facilitated workshops and coaching groups addressing the emotional challenges of infertility, assisted/donor reproduction, and adoption.
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Specialized clinical training includes infertility/adoption training at the Karen Horney Institute, the Center for Family Connections (Cambridge), and the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. A veteran of the infertility experience and an adoptive parent, Bob maintains a private practice located in mid-Manhattan working with couples, men, and women experiencing family building challenges. Bob also provides adoption consultation services and New York State mandated pre-adoption Homestudy services.
Doctor Kolb received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of California, Irvine, after which, he completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University and a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at the University of Southern California, receiving board certification in both fields.
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He currently holds the position of Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, and is a physician specializing in the care of complex fertility problems at HRC Fertility where he serves as its medical director. Under his guidance, he has helped improve HRC’s donor pregnancy rate to over 70% per embryo transfer in 2010.
He is internationally known for his expertise in complex reproductive matters and is one of the largest providers of egg donation and surrogacy in the United States with patients traveling from over 20 countries in 2010 alone. His practice is known for helping to develop and implementing cutting edge technologies in the genetic screening of embryos, the development of new laboratory technologies and the development of highly efficient treatment protocols. Dr. Kolb and his co-authors recently published the largest clinically relevant IVF study. He is in demand to share his expertise internationally and has given over 100 talks in 5 continents. What impresses us most is Doctor Kolb's passion for treating each patient personally throughout their entire course of treatment. In addition to his high success rates, patients are impressed with his warm beside manner, compassion and his dedication.
Brian R. Kaplan, M.D. - Chicago
Fertility Centers of Illinois
River North Center, 900 N. Kingsbury, Suite RW6 Chicago, Illinois 60610
Dr. Kaplan completed both his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a two-year fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in Chicago. He has numerous published articles and has presented topics, nationally and internationally in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).
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He has been honored every year since 1999 by Castle Connelly on the list of "Best Doctors" in Chicago and America. Dr Kaplan's expertise and passion is in IVF, Preimplantation Genetic Screening, Egg Donation, Gestational Surrogacy and Egg Freezing in the global market place. Dr. Kaplan has one of the largest and most successful practices worldwide, including a large international patient base.
Brian R. Kaplan, M.D. - Highland Park
Fertility Centers of Illinois
767 Park Avenue West, Suite 190 Highland Park, Illinois 60035
Dr. Kaplan completed both his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a two-year fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in Chicago. He has numerous published articles and has presented topics, nationally and internationally in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).
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He has been honored every year since 1999 by Castle Connelly on the list of "Best Doctors" in Chicago and America. Dr Kaplan's expertise and passion is in IVF, Preimplantation Genetic Screening, Egg Donation, Gestational Surrogacy and Egg Freezing in the global market place. Dr. Kaplan has one of the largest and most successful practices worldwide, including a large international patient base.
