Eric Surrey

Meeting Dr. Surrey was intimidating because my husband and I were just coming to understand what our fertility issues were. However, he was vey clear with what our issues were and that we would never be able to naturally conceive a child (that was his bluntness, but I really appreciated that moment of truth). He indicated that we were perfect candidates for IVF. We got all the "checkboxes" checked, T's crossed and i's dotted and I went in for a lining check before retrieval. As it turns out, I had a cyst. Dr. Surrey's favorite nurse (I was not a fan) said we would have to cancel the retrieval. I demanded to speak to Dr. Surrey - so he came to see me, performed the ultrasound again to confirm a cyst and said he could drain it on the spot. THANK GOODNESS he came to the ultrasound room. Shortly after that, he performed our only retrieval. He was gentle, and kind. He knew I was afraid of needles but assured my husband and I they would take good care of me while in retrieval. SUCCESS! Our first IVF cycle was a fresh transfer, so 5 days later, we were back in his office for a transfer. He recommended transferring only one embryo, but told me I could convince him to transfer 2, which we did. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that I was pregnant, and my numbers looked like twins! Unfortunately, my numbers started dropping just a few days later. As it turns out, we lost one embryo but were still pregnant with the other. Dr. Surrey called all the time to tell us the good and bad news. We are forever grateful for Dr. Surrey because we now have a beautiful 2 year old son, Ethan. When Ethan was born, we sent Dr. Surrey a birth announcement. He wrote us a letter back and called us congratulating us. In 2017, we did 2 transfers with Dr. Surrey again. He was hesitant the second transfer because he wanted me to lose some weight first, but didn't argue with me. I wish I had listened to him. It was hard to hear that I should lose weight, but he was telling me what was best for all of us. We had a successful transfer in June 2017 and were pregnant with 1 embryo. Again, he was very congratulatory. Unfortunately, we miscarried at 5 weeks. Dr. Surrey was the on-call doctor when I was having my miscarriage late one night. I was SO VERY thankful that it was him that answered the phone. He stayed calm and tried to calm me down with specific instructions until I could see them in the morning. Dr. Surrey was upset along with us when it was confirmed via ultrasound that we had, in fact, lost our baby. We told him we were not giving up and to see us in a couple of months. In October 2017, we did another round of IVF and transferred 2 embryos. Unfortunately, neither embryo took, and Dr. Surrey was on the phone with me very shortly afterward to talk about the path forward. We talked multiple scenarios and he provided his recommendation until we agreed on a path forward. In my opinion, Dr. Surrey KNOWS what he's doing. He is very good at his job. He will always tell you what the best path forward is, but will offer other scenarios and tell you the risks associated with everything. I feel like he's a good listener, is understanding, compassionate, blunt, and is willing to work with you. He is honest, and that carries so much weight.

Dr. Surrey will be blunt, and it might hurt to hear the truth (initially), but he knows what he's doing.

I felt like a human because after our son was born I 2015, Dr. Surrey called us to congratulate us. When we started back up with IVF in 2017, Dr. Surrey met our son. At both FETs in 2017, he asked how our son was, BY NAME!

Before each cycle, I took a low-dose birth control pill. After that, the meds were basically the same. Endometrin, Vivelle, Lupron, Progesterone in oil, Medrol, Doxycycline. We had success twice (IVF) with this protocol, but not the third IVF cycle. My cycle started with Lupron 10u/day until I started my Endometrin and Medrol and Doxycycline. I was on 1 patch of Vivelle every other day for 8 days and then it increased one patch every other day until told to stop. I started the Progesterone in Oil 0.5 mg every other day in the morning 5 days before the transfer. Again, I was told to continue all medications until specifically instructed to change or stop.

I was not a big fan of my first IVF transfer nurse, Helaine. She didn't call in the birth control before my pharmacy closed for the weekend, and she didn't call in enough to get me on the right schedule. Then, when we were suffering our miscarriage, she was basically telling us that we should brace ourselves for losing both embryos. She also said it was not typical for first-time IVFers to get pregnant. Thankfully, she left CCRM before my next transfer in June 2017. I loved that nurse - gosh I wish I remembered her name. She was on the ball - always calling me back when I had a question just to let me know she got my message, even if she didn't have the answer yet. But, she ended up leaving CCRM right after our miscarriage. For our last transfer, they were still trying to figure out what nurse was assigned to us. So, I ended up talking to and seeing multiple nurses. It was hard because some nurses were super sweet and took their time talking to me and answering my questions. Other nurses seemed to be in a hurry and sometimes short with me on the phone if I had questions.

The doctor's are the strengths at CCRM. I believe they are all infertility specialists and have something unique to bring to CCRM and their patients. If you're not happy with one doctor at CCRM, ask to see another doctor.

All monitoring appointments are in the morning, i.e. blood draws and ultrasounds. It was a well-oiled machine. Each person checks in at the desk and then sits and waits for their name to be called. Typically, you never wait longer than 10-20 minutes.

$2856.62 to CCRM, $3401 Fertility Labs of Colorado (FLC), medication typically ran from $1800-$3500 depending on the cycle. I don't remember specifics on what I paid for each blood draw or ultrasound.

Dr. Surrey was always warm and compassionate through the process. Prior to even going to CCRM, he read over my case and answered all my questions in the phone consult, and then, after our one day work up, he presented me and my husband a clear path forward. He explained any changes in thought processes he had (e.g., change of protocol, change of our chances), and he didn't force family building plan on us because he was concerned that our odds were pretty low. He reassured me at the regroup prior to egg retrieval that he would be watching my case even though we were nearing the end of stimulation over a weekend. It's a good thing he was because I almost ovulated and had to do an immediate trigger shot with egg retrieval the next morning. Luckily, all the eggs were still there! He called the deliver the good news that we had two normal embryos out of the six. At the time of transfer, he was very professional, and he must have done something right because we have our son!

CCRM is a big practice, so don't be afraid to be your own advocate and ask lots of questions. Dr. Surrey will answer them all, and if you are looking for someone with a good balance of compassion and honesty, he is wonderful.

Dr. Surrey was and is warm, kind, and compassionate while also being forthright, firm, and honest. I appreciated both, and my husband really appreciated the honesty. Our previous doctor gave us completely unrealistic odds, so Dr. Surrey's honesty while hard to hear was also helpful.

I primed with estrogen, and I used Lupron, Gonal F, Ganirelix, and a single trigger shot. I was originally scheduled to do a double trigger, but because I almost ovulated, I did the single. At my previous clinic, I had primed with birth control and did an antagonist protocol, but they did not retrieve many eggs though they were tracking 14 follicles that were growing evenly.

My nurse had been with CCRM for several years, and she was confident, organized, compassionate, and funny. She always returned my phone calls and answered multiple anxious questions a week. She was like a therapist and nurse rolled in one! Going through IVF is so stressful, and while I still had to be my own advocate in the system, I wouldn't have been able to do it all without Lainie. She was wonderful!!!

Everyone at the clinic from the administrative staff to billing to medical records is warm and friendly and tries to be helpful. I followed two proverbs... squeaky wheel gets the grease and you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. (They're a bit outdated and cheesy but true.) I never had any problems with getting my questions answered or issues resolved as long as I was kind and assertive. A little human kindness goes such a long way on both ends.

Our insurance paid for most of it, but our out of pocket was $11,000 for the cycle and transfer, plus the cost of medication and travel (since we're from out of state).

Seemed to read through and use my previous results from another clinic and apply it clinically. However, I had very few setbacks, and so it is not possible for me to comment on how things would have gone if they did not go as planned. He recommended doing banked embryos as I had DOR, and this was expensive but turned out to be the best thing for me in the end. Technically, all of the procedures he performed (hysteroscopy, retrieval, FET), went very smoothly and painlessly (given meds for retrieval and mild meds for FET, but not hysteroscopy). I felt confident in his opinion and trusted the course that we took.

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Caring, knowledgeable, warm personality. Took time to answer all my questions.

I believe we used the antagonist protocol. Used Gonal F and Menopur (300 and 150 daily) after using estrogen for some period of time. Trigger was with both Lupron and HCG. FET was with estrogen and PIO. Same protocol used all 3 times with similar results (did 3 retrievals within 5 months or so to bank embryos to have enough for PGS testing).

First nurse I had was not great. She did not return calls until the end of the day consistently and more importantly, I did not feel she really cared about my case. However, I got assigned a new nurse (Julie) as my first one left. Julie was excellent in every way.

Strengths: great reputation for lab in terms of embryo develolment, etc. This was my personal experience and I got better results with these cycles than the first one I did at another clinic. They also do lots of PGS testing, so very confident in their ability to handle embryos well. Compared to what I've read, they seem to be at the forefront of IVF advances. It's a big clinic, but I did not feel like a number. Mostly pleasant front staff, excellent nurses and ultrasound techs, and excellent OR nurses. Procedures all went smoothly with great anesthesia management. Another strength was the reaching out to out of towners for support groups which I found extremely helpful. Great counsellors/psychologists running the groups. Weakness: very expensive. More so than my first clinic.

Egg retrieval (included 3) plus one FET: $45,000 Medications: about $18,000 (for 3 cycles) Travel/accommodations: about $10,000 One day work up (prior to starting retrievals): ?3000

Dr. Surrey was fantastic. To some degree I think he took a bit for granted that my husband and I knew or understood more than we did at times, but if we asked him to slow down or asked questions, he was quick to adjust. Again, I knew that Eric Surrey didn't know me personally, but when we were meeting with him, it felt like we were the patients that mattered and that he was well versed in our specific situations. In terms of my expectations around meeting with a doctor at a large clinic, Dr. Surrey exceeded them in every way.

Write down questions ahead of time or as you are given explanations and don't be afraid to ask them. There's no reason to leave an appt. with Dr. Surrey unclear about next steps or anything he said.

I recognize that Dr. Surrey wouldn't know my details if we ran into each other on the street, but every time he talked to my husband and myself it felt like he was talking directly to us and our situation. I didn't feel like he was giving us canned responses or recommendations. In addition, when we went through an ectopic pregnancy, he treated us with compassion and understanding. Like he truly cared.

For IUIs, I believe the drug protocol was Letrozole + Trigger Shot + Progesterone suppositories. He preferred letrozole to Clomid because I had been on Clomid prior to the IUIs and did not see success. For the Egg Retrieval, I struggle to remember the exact drugs I took, but it was a fairly standard starting point...I don't think anything was specifically custom to my situation, since we were unexplained. For the Transfer, I started with a bit of birth control. I then moved onto using a steroid pill of some sort I think. For the bulk of it, I was on Progesterone Suppositories (twice a day), Estrogen Patches (worked up to 4 patches every other day), and Progesterone In oil injections (0.5 units) every other day. After labs were drawn at some point, they decided to increase the PIO injection to 1 unit every other day, and add in estrogen pills.

Katie was nice and helped me through the steps. She returned calls and answered questions. I felt like she could have been a bit more friendly or involved, but I know she also has a lot of patients, so it's very hard. There was some issue early on in my treatment. I had a Nurse (Kim) who was nice enough. She ended up leaving though and while I was notified she left, I was never notified of who my nurse was going to be. There was never an appt. set up so I could meet my new nurse or anything like that. I felt lost for a little while which was not a fun feeling.

CCRM is a large clinic. That is a strength and may be seen as a weakness to some. You are not going to get a ton of 1:1 time with your doctor. And there may be times you have to remind your doctor or nurse of something. You need to be your own advocate and ask a lot of questions and point out anything that seems weird to you. But, they are among the best in this field and they always made me feel comfortable. The nurses and front-desk staff are so nice and friendly. I went to the Rose location in Denver and the woman (Ruby) who took my blood was phenomenal. She rarely left a mark, was always super quick, but most important was so nice. Her smile was the best in the middle of this terrible infertility journey. As long as you know what you are getting into with a large clinic, I think it's a fantastic place to be treated. I would never hesitate to recommend it to anyone needing treatment. And honestly, with how large it is, I think it would be possible for them to be WAY more impersonal than they are. They did a great job of making me feel valued and important when I was talking to someone.

It was a lot. CCRM is expensive and everything was out of pocket. I honestly have no idea what the total was.

Dr. Surrey had good bedside manner, however it felt like he just applied the same plan to you without actually reviewing your history. For example was not clear of the medications I had taken during a previous cycle and had to stop half way through describing next steps because it changed the plan. Seemed to do extensive labs that weren't always indicated. Didn't know whether he had prescribed trigger shots or not.

Make sure you are aware of each step and ask lots of questions. Question why you are doing things and review everything without assuming that he is aware of previous or current treatment.

Very busy clinic where support staff didn't know patients very well. Felt like you were part of a factory walking from one part to the next without individualization

1) IUI with clomid and ovedrel. Dr. Surrey felt the work up didn't explain our infertility enough, so that starting with less invasive would be okay. Produced a chemical pregnancy - ?maybe. He called it a chemical pregnancy and ordered more labs then as we were starting the next cycle remembered I did a trigger shot and that could have explained the very very low b-hcg. 2) Repeat same plan. Negative

Very poor communicators. Unable to get ahold of my assigned nurse directly. Would take 2-3 messages over 1-2 days to get a call back. Lacked empathy with negative test results - left voicemails and then just referred us to the in house counselor. When cycle was cancelled last minute put blame on us for something they missed. Would say they would call to set up next cycle or next re-group and never called.

Very nice and fancy building. Have a Central Denver Office - but Dr. isn't there very often so have to drive to the suburbs for most of your care. Care costs more than other clinics and it appears a lot of that money is going towards a fancy building.

Dr. Surrey is a fantastic doctor! He has a goofy sense of humor which makes him very personable. I was an out of state patient that had gone through two doctors and many ivf cycles. I was very dejected by the time I went to him...I told him I am open to donor eggs at this point. Dr. surrey convinced me to try with own eggs first. I am so glad I listened to him. Also, when the protocol did not work the first time( I ovulated early). He was so apologetic about it and waived off the fees for that cycle. Next time, he closely monitored me

Trust him! :-)

Dr. Surrey was very personable from the get-go. He treats so many patients, yet everytime I saw him over the course of the year, he remembered so many details about me. It felt nice to know, you were not just a number with this clinic

all I remember was CCRM Protocol 5 and 6

The first co-ordinator who thankfully quit was horrible! She forgot to order tests, medication! yes...medications, which are so crucial to the cycle. Had to run around on a weekend to get some filled due to an error on her part

The clinic is run like a factory. They are in the top tier in the industry and they know people will go to them no matter what. Their finance dept is the worst, they held off my transfer cycle till the payment went through. You pay ahead and then they adjust their books and pay back the excess. The paying back part takes months even though a single days of delay is not tolerated from you. Despite all this, they have gotten down the process to a science. The protocols and the labs are excellent and that makes up for their fortune 500 type behaviour

After having 3 local RE's tell us our only hope was donor eggs we went to CCRM. Eric Surrey was honest and upfront that our chances were slim but he was willing and able to help us at least try. We ended up getting 3 great embryos. Our first transfer failed and he was compassionate yet optimistic for the next one. Our second transfer took and he was so excited for us, unfortunately after we were released from CCRM we had a 2nd trimester miscarriage. In our talks with Dr. Surrey now he has come with great options to try again with either trying to transfer into me again or a gestational carrier. I have CCRM to thank for giving me even the option of using my own eggs. Every step of the way from the nurses, to the front desk ladies to the lab techs and everyone in the operation area, they are all top-notch professionals. I cannot recommend CCRM and Dr. Surrey enough. You are in gentle, caring, empathetic, professional hands with them.

CCRM is expensive and the processing is daunting and scary. Trust them. They are a world class research facility in the top of their field, they won't steer you in the wrong direction. I would (and probably will) do it all again with them in a heartbeat.

I have a very difficult diagnosis and Eric Surrey wanted to be the only Dr at CCRM to help us because it was so difficult. He has kept to that promise. He was excited and optimistic in the good times and compassionate in the hard times. He was also very honest in our chances and never gave us false hope.

I don't remember the specific type of protocol for my retrieval, but we did clomid, final-f, menopure, cetrotide, and triggered with Lupron. Dr Surrey went pretty aggressive as I only have one ovary and at 31 have poor quantity and quality eggs. We ended up with 3 great quality embryos to freeze out of the 7 they retrieved. It may sound like a small number but the percentages are amazing with what we were working with. Transfer we used birth control, lupron, endometrian, progesterone injections, vivelle estrogen patches and an oral estrogen. My lining did really well on this.

I spoke with Amy 90% of the time and another nurse only 10% of the time, which I like as Amy knew what was going on with me. I spoke to Amy 2-3 times a week if not more. She was always informative and took the time to answer my millions of questions. She would also consult Dr. Surrey and get right back to me if needed.

This place is amazing. Top notch, research facility, and highly regarded in the US for their field. My only negative is that they are very busy all the time so sometimes you have a little wait.

CCRM is very expensive. The first day initial work up was around $5,000, then the upfront cost for egg retrieval and first transfer was about $15,000 and then optional (which we did) CCS (genetic testing) for up to 10 embryos was $8,000. Medications were not included in this price which was about $6,000 for the retrieval and $1,500 for each transfer.

Dr. Surrey did show compassion and I do feel like he wanted us to have a family. I wish that he did look more into my husband's sperm issues and did more tests for him. After our egg retrieval he recommended more tests for my husband which we asked before we even did our egg retrieval and he said it wasn't necessary.

Before meeting with Dr. Surrey, prepare all the questions that you have. Our meetings with him were less than 10 mins (both in person and on the phone).

I felt that Dr. Surrey knew who my husband and I were. However, I felt like a number with the CCRM business office and nursing staff. It was very difficult to communicate with the nurses and business office to where it made me think about leaving CCRM all together.

I did the CCRM vitamin cocktail and Acai for 3 months prior to my egg retrieval. I did the antagonist protocol and used menopur and gonal-f, and Lupron for a trigger. I did stems for 9 days. My follicle count was 21 and we retrieved 14 eggs, 5 to blast and 2 were ccs tested normal.

When you need to contact the nursing staff you call the CCRM main number and you leave a message with the nursing staff. Your assigned nurse is suppose to contact you, but you can also have anyone in the nursing staff return your call. It usually took about 5 hours to get a call back. One time I left two messages on a Friday, never got a call back. My call wasn't returned until Tuesday morning.

I do think that the CCRM doctors are great. However, the CCRM nursing staff are overworked and the business office is awful. Everytime I have to deal with the nurses or the business office I wonder why I put myself through this added stress just to see Dr. Surrey.

They had monitoring times where you could go in for blood work.

For the IVF egg retrieval with CCS testing, I believe we spent just under $40,000.

The only thing I wish was different is more contact with Dr. Surrey. Right now we are only doing IUI, which I feel in a sense makes us less of a priority. However, when I have questions or concerns and I convey them to his nurse, she always communicates his responses within 24 hours. Since I’m not the only infertile person, I understand his time is limited and I have never felt like he doesn’t care about me as his patient, even if I am just doing IUI right now. Our first meeting, he was so personable and kind. He learned my husband and I were both students and he gave us a discount on our services. He didn’t have to do that, but he was kind enough to offer that help for us. I feel like that really speaks to his character.

Don’t be frustrated when you don’t see him every appointment.

In a way I feel like a number because there are literally so many patients at the clinic. However, when we met with Dr. Surrey for the first time, he took the time to get to know us and our circumstances. He did a great job at explaining our problems and identifying the solution. He didn’t sugar coat the truth, but he was very optimistic. It was about a year between appointments for us and it felt like we picked up right where we left off which really impressed me.

Dr. Surrey started us out on Letrazole because he said it was a better medication than clomid. He provided the research to back up his choice and felt very confident it would work for us. Day 2-5, ultrasound and blood draw to make sure we are good to go ahead with the meds. Day 5-9 letrazole. Day 12 ultrasound for follicle check. Depending on size and number of follicles, there may be a follow up ultrasound. Trigger shot of ovidrel exactly 12 hrs before IUI. My body didn’t respond as well the 2nd and 3rd time so we weren’t able to proceed with the actual IUI.

Taylor is great. I’m alwYs happiest when I get to see or talk to her. Kind, organized, and personable, she helps this confusing world of follicles, medications, and procedures less daunting. I’m grateful for her advocating for me in my behalf.

CCRM is a well-oiled machine. It’s one of the top clinics in the US and it is easy to see why. The staff are all amazing and kind. Everything is always on time, I’ve never waited for an appointment from an ultrasound to a blood draw. The only weakness is cost. It is expensive. But in this business, everything is expensive. One thing that was different from my other doctor was there were a lot of blood tests and other tests my husband and I had to do before were even able to start a treatment. It was hard to shell out a lot of money before we could move forward but I understand it’s best to have the full picture about each patient before you start stabbing into the dark with treatments.

$350 for primary consult $150 for doctor follow up meeting $200 per ultra sound $100 for hcg blood test HSG $500 $150 for sperm analysis $185 per sperm wash (x2 if freezing sperm for use) I can’t remeber how much the actual IUI is but I think they estimate around $3000 with meds and ultrasounds/blood work and the procedure.

Dr. Surrey is a very compassionate doctor and that is his biggest strength. He makes you feel better in his presence. He has a calming demeanor, and never stresses you out as a patient. His biggest weakness, and this goes for all of CCRM, is that he is too stuck on their prescribed protocols and getting things to look "perfect". We wasted SOOOO much time on mock cycles, and so much money. This is what eventually drove us to leave CCRM. The rules are silly in a lot of ways and they don't even have good explanations for most of them. The insurance situation is also inexcusable. I think it is unconscionable for a fertility clinic to make their patients more stressed out than they already are, and this is what their silly insurance rules do...

Don't go to CCRM unless you have a problem that requires a top-notch lab. I never should have spent the time and money to go to CCRM for a thin lining problem...

Dr. Surrey always made me feel like a real person when we sat face-to-face or had a scheduled conference call. His bedside manner was fantastic. However, he never really went above and beyond and I felt that he gave up on my case too early.

Sam was organized and on top of things, I didn't have to double-check her instructions like I have with other nurses at other clinics. But she was pretty cold in a lot of ways. I honestly think she must have become pregnant during my treatment because she wouldn't meet with me in person and later my nurse was switched to Lanie (who was 3-4 times nicer than Sam) because Sam was "out for a few months". If this was the case, I can cut Sam some slack because I'm sure she was distracted and not feeling particularly compassionate to her patients... I also really disliked that Sam wouldn't allow me to email her.

They are experts. Dr. Surrey was very knowledgable. But not a jerk. The analysis was very thorough and he found scar tissue in my uterus, that was overlooked by other doctors. We did treatment prior coming to him to address longstanding bacterial issues, and were considering monitoring immune levels during pregnancy. While this isn't his specialty, he was able to work with us, and the specialist team that we coordinated with. He allowed me to add to our protocol things that he felt could help, but wouldn't hurt, ultimately allowing me to help craft a cycle that I could have hope in.

Come with all your questions written down. If you have a hunch about a problem or alternative things to try, discuss it. In many cases my hunches were totally not relevant to me, but he explained why. In others, he understood why I needed to try something different than before and we worked at it until both he and I were comfortable with the plan.

We had a long history with many non-standard treatments. He listened to all our concerns, reviewed all my on-standard suggestions, discussed pros and cons. We were happy that he could handle us having a team of experts, rather than ignoring our underlying problems.

The protocol for the retrieval was very similar to what I'd had at a previous clinics. But they monitiored me much more closely, growing the embryos slower. tweaking meds more frequently. We had scar tissue removed after creating CCS normal embryos. We had a follow up apt to confirm the uterus looked good. We did an antihistamine protocol before the transfer (prednisone/Claritin/Pepcid) which in my own assessment is an immune-modulating type of treatment, minor as it is. We did additional antibiotics leading up to the transfer as a booster to my previous treatments for latent bacterial infection.

Very responsive. Clinics are very busy, so I always recommmed all patients double check two times and stay on top of their own med needs. I did this, and all went well.

Organized. Thorough. Great embryologists. Much more attention to the details and progress of every phase of the IVF process than I experienced elsewhere. In house lab, in house financial councelor, in house genetic councelors, patient ed regarding genetic testing, all streamlined to educate the patients, and make the process easier.

We did one cycle. I think the base price was around 22K. Genetic testing was around 6K One day work up was around 4K. We did a surgery for tissue removal. All in all when meds were paid, out cycle probably cost about 35-40K. While this is twice the cost at our previous clinic, we got more blasts from the one cycle, than from two at that other clinic. Plus it stuck.

He reviewed my previous IVF cycle and tried to make it better for my second try. We are currently doing a third IVF and he has completely changed the protocol which is good. I am hoping for better results. He has always been very friendly and has a great sense of humor.

He is very direct and sure of what he wants to proceed with and that is something that I appreciate. On the other hand, he is also open to suggestions in the protocol and always listened to what I had to say.

He is very attentive and answers all questions. I have also been in contact with my nurse who contacts him and gets answers very quickly. He also manages all of his own patients even though he is in a large group of physicians.

The first IVF cycle with him was my second overall. I was on a normal responder protocol with suppression using birth control pills for one month, followed by stims (Gonal f, menopur, dexamethasone and cetrotide) I had a double trigger with that cycle. We retrieved 9 eggs, 4 mature, 2 blasts, one normal per testing. My first cycle we had 12 eggs, 4 mature and non were normal....so the second cycle was an improvement. I am about to undergo my third retrieval in 3-4 weeks.

I absolutely love my nurse. She is totally on top of it and always returns my phone calls the day of. She has also explained the protocols to me and the thinking behind meds etc. If she is every unsure of something, she contacts DR Surrey and gets me a definite answer. She is really a great nurse.

This clinic is extremely well organized. You do kind of feel like just a number at times because it is like a factor - HOWEVER, my doctor and nurse have not given off this feeling. The location is very easy to find and everything is in ONE building which is great for the embryos. The weaknesses include the higher price and the fact that there lab only takes one insurance. I have to pay everything out of pocket and it is getting very expensive.

Initial work up is around 4,000-5,000 dollars 23,000 for first IVF cycle - includes PGS testing 15,000 for second IVF cycle - includes PGS testing

He made sure he explained everything thoroughly and even told us “I’m going to always be completely honest” and we appreciated that. I would recommend him to anyone and already have. Unfortunately we had a failed IVF attempt from a previous doctor, so Surrey was the second RE we saw. After the testing phase, he gave us his recommendations to peruse a treatment cycle and selected the best “protocol” for me. Care was definitely individualized and he suggested a few extra steps to increase our chances of having successful embryo growth. We have 6 more embryos frozen at CCRM and plan to use Dr Surrey again in the near future for frozen embryo transfer.

Dr. Surrey is very honest and will tell you his professional opinion. He is very caring and compassionate and is one of the kindest doctors I’ve had a chance to work with.

Dr. Surrey was amazing. Very kindhearted and stated facts. He called after hours to congratulate us on our confirmed pregnancy. And also called after hours once we made it through 12 weeks gestation to wish us good luck on the rest of our journey. I cannot find words to describe how wonderful he is.

Protocol to increase number to eggs-decreased egg reserve; Endometrial biopsy prior to egg retrieval to use tissue in culture medium that embryos were going to be placed. This will help stimulate a natural environment in hopes that we will have successful embryo development (We uSed a different doctor for first treatment cycle which resulted in 0 embryo development)

Colleen was excellent and communicated very well. She also helped us with the cost of meds by giving us donated meds to help decrease medication cost.

I enjoyed all the clinical staff. The nurses and embryologists were great. I felt comfortable with all procedures performed. The only thing I wish was better was the communication with the billing department. When I called and left a messaged I received an email saying she was too busy to return calls. I did however, get my questions answered.

Cost was more then previous RE doctor, but worth it.

When we met with Dr. Surrey, he was polite and informative. He didn't go over a ton of detail, but answered questions when they had them. I would say, I wish he would have given me more information up front about a lot of things.

Make sure to do your research and come with questions, especially if you like to be told as much information as possible.

I only spoke with Dr. Surrey 3 times. Once at our first appointment, once at a follow up, after the 4 failed IUIs, and once during a hysteroscopy. I did not feel like he saw me as a number, it was more the overall of the office. They didn't even know my name and I had been there at least once a week for 6 months...

We did 1 IUI with 50 mg of clomid, 1 with 100mg of clomid, and 2 with 75mg of letrozole. We switched to letrozole when my lining thinned out from the clomid.

Colleen was informative, and gave information when asked. For the most part, she brushed over things and said "This is how we do things". I did like Colleen, but don't know that she really listened and understood me.

Overall, I felt like a number to this clinic. I literally went there every week for 6 months and the same 3 people at the front desk did not know who I was. I didn't think they were compassionate towards people struggling with infertility. Also, there was one time that the phlebotomist tried to talk to me about my insurance and got my hopes up for something, but the front desk agreed with me that the phlebotomist was wrong. It was really hard to get my hopes up that there would be some coverage, and then have them torn away.

Each IUI was about $1400 including all meds, since we were 100% out of pocket. The testing on the One Day Workup got kicked back with my deductible, so we are still receiving random bills... I haven't been back to them since December.

Dr. Surrey is very honest and detail oriented focusing on percentage rates and numbers. What sets him apart to me is that he is so kind and treats me like a human who longs to be a mother. He gets that! And I truly feel like he's on my team rooting for me, trying to help me make the best decisions to get me that baby. He has a super funny personality that you don't ever really see in most doctors. I appreciate his humor and it makes this process a little more fun and light. I don't have my baby yet but I know he's doing everything he can to help me...and he cares.

Appreciate his humor and time. Take your time with him, he gives you his undivided attention. Try to think of any questions you have and write them down so you don't get sidetracked and forget.

Dr. Surrey has always been kind while still being scientific and calculated. He never rushed me while we were talking in person or on the phone. He is a numbers and percentage type doctor while having a great bedside manner.

With retrieval #1, I started with estrace morning and night for 7 days. Then I started 2 vials of menopur each morning along with 20 units of Lupron morning and night, and 300 units of gonal-f and dexamethasone at night. Dr. Surrey added in 2 vials of menopur at night and upping my gonal-f to 450 units for the last 6 days of stims to try to help move things along. I stimmed for 15 days and got pretty sick which Dr. Surrey thinks it was from the Lupron. Retrieval #2 went a little more smooth as he left the Lupron out and see if that would help keep the headaches down, and it did! I took 2 vails of menopur in the morning, 5 days of 35mg of omnitrope at night, and then 450 units of gonal-f, 100mg of clomid and .5mg of dexamethasone at night. Cetrotide was added in for the last 4 days of stims and my total days of stim meds was 14 days where I then took 3 trigger shots of 10,000 units of pregnyl and 2 shots from the leuprolide acetate trigger kit. Retrieval #3 was the same protocol as #2.

Becca has been my saving grace. She is always on top of things, very organized, kind, knowledgeable and most importantly ACCESSABLE. You can almost always reach a nurse at CCRM very quickly.

CCRM is the best. They are professional and they know what they are doing. You get what you pay for and it's top notch service and care. Be nice to your nurse and it will set you up for great success! The business office can be a little slow but I think they are just very busy.

Physician cost $19,694; lab fees $30,166; anesthesia $2,850, facility fees $10,842; approximate medication costs $32,400; FET $5,445.00

Doctor Surrey is both compassionate and straightforward. He took his time to fully run every test and while it took a long time, i knew I was getting the best care. He made many recommendations but still left the door open for us to make decisions. We followed all of his advice. He genuinely cares about each couple he treats

Be patient. As an infertile couple we were so anxious for results. Everything took WAY longer than expected. Cycles were long, tests took time, the protocol changed and took longer. But it is all for good reason and we got results!!

Our care was personal and treatment was tailored directly to our diagnosis. Dr Surrey and the nurse team took their time to thoroughly explain everything throughout the process. They left no stone unturned

We originally were going to do one IVF cycle. At the time of retrieval there were not many fertilized eggs and we decided to expand to a three cycle retrieval protocol per Surrey's recommendation. After the third retrieval we opted for PGS testing due to my poor egg quality. This was also strongly recommended. We had certainty at he time of our transfer that our embryo was genetically normal and would have second guessed ourselves if it didn't take.

While you have a designated nurse and a primary doctor, you will see many different people. Our doctor did not actually perform any of our procedures however everyone takes very good care of you! They are thorough and it takes time for tests and protocols but that is why they have such a great reputation!

The preliminary tests seemed endless and the costs added up. We went for the Rolls Royce of treatment plans and had three consecutive retrievals with a freeze all as well as PGS testing. I think the package was $50K, meds not included.

I felt he was very knowledgeable, warm, and friendly. I only saw him twice I believe. We did a FET with our 1 remaining untested embryo from our IVF cycle in 2015. We had it shipped from IL to CO for the transfer. When the transfer failed the Doctor called me personally to tell me it failed. It was nice for him to reach out.

I wish I would have asked more questions on the likelihood of it working. With an untested embryo with a 35 year old egg I guess our chances weren’t very high. We were disappointed and didn’t feel prepared for it not to work.

Maybe because we weren’t going through a full IVF cycle but just transferring an embryo but I dont even remember my nurse. I do feel like we were given a bunch of information but it was all contained and sent through a portal. It felt kind of cold vs having direct email access to my nurse

I don’t have access to my paperwork, I must not have saved it and it was sent via the portal.

They answered questions within 24 hours via the portal. I had several nurses that would respond which made it a little confusing. My preference is to have 1 main contact.

A big weakness in my opinion is you are forced to use their in-house lab. Although I initially thought this was a benefit, very few insurance companies are covered under their lab. We ended up paying far more than we needed to. The clinic is nice, large, and well organized.

As mentioned earlier, their lab where they require all testing was not covered under our insurance when most places were. We didn’t find that out until we were too far down the path to turn back. I remember a hefty consultation fee as well, it was significantly higher than most.

Strengths: Bedside manner, knowledge, experience Weaknesses: Too many patients to really dive deep into someone's medical history, too busy to easily set up a meeting, no one explains the long term side effects of multiple IVF cycles/high doses of medications

Be sure you know every piece of your medical history, medication doses, and lab results. Don't rely on the doctor to know all of this.

The doctor has good bedside manner and seems to care, but at the same time, he has so many patients that it's hard for him to remember every specific case. His first recommendation for treatment was a protocol that I had already tried unsuccessfully and I had to remind him of this. He then agreed his original protocol wouldn't work. If a patient didn't remember their medical history, or didn't feel comfortable objecting to a doctor's recommendation, they would have not received the proper care.

The antagonist protocol was used because my lab results were all very good. ICSI and IMSI were used for male factor infertility. None of my embryos made it to Day 5.

My nurse was on top of my cycle and I felt that she really cared. Having a good nurse can make this process so much easier. She never acted like I was bothering her. She only forgot to call in one RX, but apologized to me. If my nurse was out of the office, one of her colleagues would get back to me if I had any concerns.

CCRM is very organized and almost every person who works there is so kind. I have only ever spoken to one nurse who seemed to hate her job and treated me like a child (I'm so glad I only had to talk to her once!). You have to make sure you follow up on everything- labs, medications, pharmacies, payments, etc. The one huge weakness is the business office. They are very hard to get a hold of. It is extremely stressful when your payment is due in 5 days and they won't call you back. They only call you back if you say "I want to make a payment." They do not follow up on insurance claims and always blame the insurance company. They make mistakes on how much money they need to reimburse patients and you will only get your money back if you stay on top of everything. They require you to prepay even though the insurance company says you should NOT prepay for services. I have spoken with many other patients who get incorrect bills. The business office told them that the bill was sent in error because they don't always check to see if you've already paid for a service prior to sending a bill.

Ultrasounds for monitoring $ 1,000 Nurse Patient Coordination Fee (not billable to insurance)$ 1,175 Nurse Patient Coordination Fee (not billable to insurance done w/FET) $500 Retrieval of oocyte by physician $ 1,177 Transfer of embryo by physician $925 Ultrasound for retrieval $200 Ultrasound for transfer (done with FET) $200 Surgical Suite for retrieval (out of network) $3,279 Surgical Suite for transfer (out of network-done with FET) $1,005 Anesthesia: $475 Labs: $ 1,775 Sperm Isolation w/semen analysis $615 IVF-Lab-Oocyte identification $615 IVF-Lab Culture and fertilization $1,516 IVF-Transfer prep (done with FET) $615 Hatching or Blastocyst $925 Thawing of embryo (done with FET) $1,000 Embryo biopsy $1,600 Genetic Consult (not billable to insurance) $350 Fertility Genetics - CCS testing on embryos (not billable to insurance) $1,700 Embryo Freezing $975 ICSI $2,836 IMSI $525

Very warm and caring doctor. No empty pregnancy promises, just facts! He explained everything in through detail. He called us personally to let is know improtant results. He was always there when we needed to speak to him even if he was out of the office. He even took our call while on family vacation. He is an excellent doctor!

Listen and ask questions, he is very smart!

We did IVF with donor sperm. The hospital actually has a funded program that we qualified for, however we ended up not using it for several reasons. One reason was Dr. Surrey didn't want us to feel as though we had any what ifs through out the process. We used injectable fertility meds to stimulate the ovaries and then did the egg retrival. A month later we went back and did the frozen transfer of 2 embryos. Frozen was siggested instead of fresh beause of his amd the clinics success rates! Also due to testing that would take longer. We are now 6 months pregnant with twins by choice. Dr. Surrey only wanted us to do one embryo because of the risk with multiples but we opted to do two.

Nuring staff was always always there when you needed them. Very compassionate and explained everything. If they couldn't answer your question the would get back to you same day with an answer.

This clinic is on the expensive but is worth every penny!

There is very little communication with the Doctor. We left almost every appointment feeling confused and frustrated. We wanted to adjust our treatment plan and were unable to speak with the Doctor about it. Our concerns were never addressed.

You have to be an advocate for yourself. Push for the things you want and also make sure you are given accurate medications and you know what the medications do. Communication is a struggle with this practice.

It felt like the treatment was not specific to my issues.

Our nurse made our experience at CCRM terrible. She refuses to answer questions. She told me inaccurate things many times. She acted annoyed and told me that she was too busy to answer my questions. I cried several times after getting off the phone with her because she was so rude.

This is a busy practice. I feel like they are too busy to provide care that is equal to the cost. I hear that they have good results but stress is an important factor in this process. I felt very stressed because I did t understand what was going on and when I asked questions, they seemed annoyed with me.

$4000

I have really enjoyed Dr.Surrey. He is personable and acts like a real person...not a robot like some doctors. My only wish is that he would pull out all stops all at once. I understand he needs to try different things but sometimes I wish he wasn't quite so conservative in his approach.

Have all your questions ready for your meet-up time. It's so hard to get questions answered directly from him after that.

Very friendly and personable

He changed things a lot as we went through my treatment. The one thing he is changing for my second FET is adding an endometrial scratch.

Stephanie is really good at getting back to me quickly. Sometimes I felt confused about what our plan was and she was usually good at answering my questions and frustrations.

CCRM has a great reputation-as a result, they are very busy. You definitely get shuffled through and it's hard to get answers to things like billing or really anything that your nurse can't answer for you.

We had some insurance coverage but it would always take forever for any repayment and I still haven't received reimbursement from CCRM, even though I'm owed it. All in all, it's been a very expensive endeavor.

Dr Surrey was direct and honest but not insensitive. He would go through our options with us in a way we could understand. He also listened to our thoughts and requests, so we felt like we were a part of the decision making process. In the end everything worked out great.

Don't expect miracles right away.

IUI with clomid and trigger shot for 3 cycles. He thought we were good candidates for this over IVF. After that didn't work he said that we could try IUI with letrozole or IVF. He felt that we were nearing the end of IUI being successful however we wanted to stick with it and try the new drug.

Grace and the other staff were very caring and understanding. They would communicate regularly with next steps and results. It was nice that everyone was friendly and would take the time to learn your name.

Overall organized, compassionate and friendly. It's a stressful time so I think they are used to people be anxious and needing to know as much information/results as soon as possible. There were a few times I felt stressed but it I was always able to get someone to answer my questions.

It was not covered by insurance so I just paid with my credit card at the end of every appointment.

Dr. Surrey is highly knowledgeable. He is to the point and seems understanding, which is important when you're discussing sensitive issues. However, almost all of my contact has been with my nurse. I've only talked to Dr. Surrey to discuss significant decisions in treatment or direction.

Understand that you will be treated by the CCRM practice, not just Dr. Surrey. Dr. Surrey is like a supervisor in the process.

CCRM is a large practice with a lot of process. Your nurse coordinator is your guide and primary point of contact. I have really appreciated my nurses but have been reassigned a couple times (just circumstance) so that's perhaps made the process seem more intimidating than it is for others.

We wanted to proceed conservatively so Dr. Surrey suggested that we start with medicated IUI since our infertility is unexplained. IUI has at best a 20% chance of working each round so multiple rounds are suggested. We did 1 round with clomid, HCG trigger and IUI. Switched to Femara for 2 rounds because I got visual side-effects from the Clomid. No success so we're doing work-up for IVF.

At first I was unassigned and then I've been treated by Christina and Colleen. I would say the nurse coordinator is the most important part of the CCRM experience - your nurse is the primary person responsible for follow through and making sure that you understand and are comfortable with what is happening. All of the nurses at CCRM seem highly organized, effective and compassionate.

Easy to talk to. Very matter of fact which is what I need.

Make sure you go through your entire history with him. Ask questions. He will answer them.

Easy to talk to Can tell lots of experience Takes information seriously

Vitamins, Acai berry trail and he chose not to suppress me with BCP instead to prime my eggs, longer stim cycle with more mature eggs at lower Med doses. The results were dramatic but much better than my local clinic.

Initially I was told my assigned nurse left and I would have a different nurse every time. The next nurse who called me was outstanding so I asked her to take over my case and have been with her since. Ok to be gently proactive though it may be exhausting at times.

Weakness: front desk, could be more attentive. Strengths: being a physician myself I can tell all their testing quality is A+.

30k+meds

He is blunt and compassionate and optimistic at the same time. Willing to take on my difficult case with this far great results.i have referred him to friends as well as strangers to help conceive. He thoroughly explains each step, what to expect and which areas not to be concerned with which helps reduce my stress.

Make the consult soon and get started!

He spent the time going every each result and how we can tackle obstacles in the process. Very personalized care.

Antagonist and microdose flare. I was more successful-9 eggs with antagonist than MDF only 7. I'm on max stim meds due to DOR each time.

Christina was always available for optimism, encouragement and an ear to listen. If I emailed with a question out of fear or nervousness I received a phone call to check in. I will miss working with her when my treatment is done.

Strengths-technology, labs, success rates Weaknesses is limited insurance and cost of tx

Embryo banking program $49,000 meds $3,000

Dr. Surrey was meticulous and precise in his methods. I really felt like he had so much more expertise than any other doctor I have seen. He covered all bases to make sure we would have the best chances of success.

Trust him!

He has a great bedside manner and seems to really care about his patients.

We did injections (don't remember exact ones!) and egg retrieval. We used ICSI and did CCS (genetic testing) and froze day-5 embryos.

The entire staff at CCRM is top notch.

The clinic is great and the staff are experts but I learned that you have to make sure you fully understand what is happening and ask questions if you don't. You have to be your own advocate in this process.

I did my monitoring appointments at a local clinic as I was an out of town patient.

I luckily had insurance coverage so my costs were relatively minimal. I probably paid ~$5k as genetic testing and acupuncture were not covered.