Clinic
As Chairman and Medical Director of Sims IVF it is my task to ensure that we continue to achieve world class pregnancy results in our IVF programmes and also continue to provide the highest standards of patient care.
From our beginnings in Dublin City University in 1997 we have grown rapidly. In 2007 we carried out over 800 Assisted Reproduction Treatment cycles. In that time we have become Ireland's largest fertility unit and have introduced many new treatment regimes in the management of our patients.
To cope with the growing demand for our services and to continue to provide the level of care, we expanded our team. We increased our nursing staff to seven and put in place a dedicated ultrasonographer. The administration department also increased and our finance team now has four members of staff. We appointed a CEO, Mr Steve McGettigan, to take charge of day-to-day management of the clinic.
We introduced our donor egg program in 2002 and this has proved to be a resounding success and has alleviated sub fertility for many of our patients who would have had to travel abroad for their treatments. Our Blastocyst programme continues to achieve pregnancy rates in the region of 50% and has proved to be a very valuable addition to our treatment regimes.
This year, in phase three of our expansion scheme, we moved to our purposely developed facility in Dundrum. This will allow us to introduce a Mind/Body stress reduction programme, add a second scanning and phlebotomy room, a patient accounts office, and a large recovery area. More changing and bathroom facilities for patients have been added. We will hold counselling sessions at our new headquarters as well as educational evenings.
Academically we enjoy a close association with Boston IVF / Harvard Medical School. Learning from our experience and that of our international associates we will continue to strive for excellence in the provision of reproductive medical care to referring practitioners and their patients.
Professor Michael Alper has joined our team as Advisory Consultant in Research and Development. Dr Alper is Medical Director at Boston IVF one of the largest reproductive medical units in the United States.
Dr Anthony Walsh, MD. MRCOG. MRCPI.
Chairman and Medical Director,
Sims IVF