• the first infertility program in Oregon
• the first successful IVF program in Oregon
• one of the first to offer ICSI in the country
• one of the first to develop and offer extended embryo culture in the country
• one of the first to offer preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in the country
• one of the first West Coast programs to establish a Donor Egg program
  
• one of the first West Coast programs to recruit Egg Donors
• the first West Coast program to have a baby born from a frozen egg, (445 Kb pdf)

OHSU Fertility Consultants was established in 1982 under the direction of Kenneth A. Burry, M.D., in the Department of OB/GYN at Oregon Health Sciences University .  As part of a teaching and research university, our program offers up-to-date cost-effective services as well as an opportunity for some patients to participate in research studies thereby reducing the cost of their treatment.

While we utilize the latest proven fertility techniques, patients also benefit from the experience our physicians acquire from our extensive clinical research program. We aggressively publish results from our research investigations to help overcome the fertility problems of patients worldwide. With a proven record in women's research, our physician's offer you reproductive choices not available at other clinics.

On NBC's the "Today Show" (July 11, 2005) OHSU's University Fertility Consultants was specifically singled out for merit by Matt Lauer during an interview with the editor of Child magazine discussing the above survey. All of the top 6 sites had excellent success rates while holding multiple births to a minimum and their patients benefited from an established research program. However, the editor pointed out that University Fertility Consultants had achieved good success rates even though they accept couples with difficult fertility conditions that other clinics might not want to treat. University Fertility Consultants was specifically credited with our ability to help women with higher than normal levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) become pregnant. 

"Town & Country Magazine" (July 2004) selected OHSU Fertility Consultants as one of 12 of "America's Top Fertility Clinics" as reported by The Business Journal.

We were awarded 1st place for presenting our research findings:
 "Defining the Discriminatory FSH Cut Off in an IVF Program"
presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society.

A report published in the journal "Nature" by Drs. David Lee, David Battaglia, and others described the first live birth from a primate ovarian tissue transplant. This will help pave the way to allow women to freeze their ovarian tissue before undergoing the damaging effects of chemotherapy, (Oregonian article). After treatment they would be able to re-establish their fertility status using their healthy frozen tissue.  

In March of 2004 all of our doctors were mentioned in the "Portland Monthly" as one of Portland's Best Doctors.  Dr. Battaglia was featured in an article (445 Kb pdf) relating an unusual clinical emergency in which he was able to turn a negative clinical situation into a positive outcome by applying insights gained from his research involving oocyte and ovarian freezing.