South Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine

ANDROLOGY/EMBRYOLOGY SERVICES

The South Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine is pleased to have onsite Andrology and Embryology Laboratories under the direction of Senior Embryologist, Inea Collazo.

On March 20, 2008 our laboratories were dedicated in honor of our previous senior embryologist Esther A. Riley.

"The Esther Riley Laboratories for Assisted Reproductive Technologies" are accredited by CAP (College of American Pathologists) and operate under the guidelines of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART). We offer the latest clinically proven advancements in infertility testing and treatment including andrology and embryology:

ANDROLOGY LABORATORY

Complete Semen Analysis.

Semen Culture

Sperm antibody testing

Sperm Cryopreservation and Short-term storage

Sperm Processing for Intrauterine Insemination.

Artificial Insemination by Sperm Donor

SPERM FUNCTION TESTING

Acrosome Reaction Assay

Sperm Decondensation Assay.

Sperm Survival Testing

SPERM PROCESSING FOR ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Testicular and epydidimal sperm extraction and processing for ICSI.

Sperm processing for IVF.

EMBRYOLOGY LABORATORY

In Vitro Fertilization - Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET)

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

Sequential in vitro embryo culture:

	Day 3 embryo culture and transfer
	Day 5 (Blastocyst stage) embryo culture and transfer

Selective Assisted Hatching

Embryo Cryopreservation and Short-term storage

Frozen/Thawed embryo transfer

If you want to know more about these tests, click here to go to our Q&A section.

ABOUT ESTHER RILEY,

Esther Riley had over 15 years of hands-on laboratory experience and was certified as Embryology Laboratory Director and Supervisor of Andrology by the American Board of Bioanalysis. As Senior Embryologist her team included two additional embryologists and five andrologists. She was an expert in the most current gamete and embryo related technologies, including Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Assisted Hatching, Embryo Biopsy, Sperm and Embryo Cryopreservation, Blastocyst Culture, and other In Vitro approaches to assisted reproduction. Esther was a member of the American Board of Bioanalysis and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Esther Riley passed away unexpectedly on March 19th, 2007.