Report
SGizmo
Fertility & Surgical Associates of California - provider profile and satisfaction report |
Surrogacy Parents Survey |
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www.fertilityassociates.comLocations: Thousand Oaks, Encino, & Santa Monica, CA, USAContact: Sammi Kwok OR Jennifer BraccoEmail: sammi@fertilityassociates.com OR jbracco@fertilityassociates.comPhone: 805-778-1122 OR 858-216-5402To find out if this provider participates in our Gay Parenting Assistance Program (GPAP), please see the summary table of our Directory.
Services:
IVF clinic?
Surrogacy agency?
Egg donation?
Law firm?
Year founded: 1999Employees:
Ratings and reviews - from our Surveys
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Fertility clinic satisfaction - overall score (out of 10) |
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Clinic score |
Overall |
Average Rank: 9.31 |
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Count: 16 |
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Min: 7 / Max: 10 |
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StdDev: 0.98 |
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Not Applicable: 0 |
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Clinic experience |
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Clinic rating |
Quality of medical services (contribution to the success of journey) |
Average Rank: 9.75 |
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Count: 16 |
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Min: 8 / Max: 10 |
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StdDev: 0.56 |
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Not Applicable: 0 |
Responsive, informative and supportive |
Average Rank: 8.75 |
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Count: 16 |
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Min: 2 / Max: 10 |
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StdDev: 2.14 |
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Not Applicable: 0 |
Egg donor options, screening and matching |
Average Rank: 8.92 |
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Count: 12 |
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Min: 4 / Max: 10 |
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StdDev: 1.98 |
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Not Applicable: 0 |
Gay friendly and knowledgeable |
Average Rank: 9.43 |
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Count: 14 |
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Min: 6 / Max: 10 |
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StdDev: 1.12 |
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Not Applicable: 0 |
Accommodation of international parents |
Average Rank: 8.55 |
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Count: 11 |
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Min: 1 / Max: 10 |
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StdDev: 2.54 |
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Not Applicable: 0 |
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Clinic recommendation rate |
Value |
Percent |
Yes |
1 |
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Statistics |
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Total Responses |
16 |
Average |
1 |
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Clinic reviews and comments |
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Response |
(2012, International parents) Dr. Kumar and Arlene are the perfect team. |
LOVED our clinic and Dr. Kumar. We've already recommended him several times over. |
(2011, USA parents) Dr. Kumar and his staff treated us with casual respect. You could tell they were totally comfortable with our sexual orientation and choice to become fathers through surrogacy. Dr. Kumar even gave us his personal cell phone number and (even though we tried not to) we used it! It kept us from climbing the walls and really highlighted their understanding of our situation. |
We worked with Dr. Ashim Kumar at FSAC prior to his beginning Western Fertility Institute. He was a good physician, and generally made the journey simple and easy.
FSAC as a clinic was generally responsive to our issues and its pricing for services was quite reasonable.
While we did encounter some miscommunications issues, overall the clinic was good. |
(2010, USA parents) We had some small issues or concerns but above all it was a good experience. Dr Kumar was very down to earth. |
El éxito extraordinario no se debió tanto a Fertility & Surgical Associates of California, sino más bien a la excelencia médica y administrativa del Dr. KUMAR y de su asistente Arlene,REES, quienes en todo momento asumieron nuestro caso con el máximo interés y comprensión, lo que resultó especialmente valioso para nosotros por residir en Costa Rica. |
(2020, USA parents) Dr. Shamonki is great! He is knowledgeable, gentle, patient and caring. We decide to work with him right after listening his talks on Men having babies 2017 conference. Dr Shamonki replied text messages very quickly answering questions. The caring staff at FSAC are very helpful too! |
Dr. Hubert and his wonderful staff have done everything under the sun to help us have a baby. We lost twins at 21 weeks last year, and they have not charged us a penny for their very expensive services. We can't recommend this fertility clinic enough! |
(2019, USA Parents) Dr. Shamonki is a fantastic fertility doctor! He walked us through the entire IVF process, was easily reachable whenever anything came up and helped us reach full term pregnancy on our second embryo transfer. We cannot endorse F&SA any more highly! |
(2011, USA parents) Dr. Kumar was so kind and clearly loves what he does. He made himself available to us and answered all of our questions. He met and far exceeded our expectations. |
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Journey statistics for service provider |
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Number of IVF / IUI cycles done until journey resulted in a birth |
Value |
Count |
Percent |
One |
13 |
0.813 |
Two |
1 |
0.063 |
Three |
1 |
0.063 |
Six |
1 |
0.063 |
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Statistics |
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Total Responses |
16 |
Average |
1.5 |
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Type of transfer that resulted in pregnancy (if done IVF) |
Value |
Percent |
Egg donation - fresh |
0.857 |
Egg donation - frozen / egg bank |
0.071 |
Frozen embryo transfer (from your previous cycle) |
0.071 |
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Statistics |
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Total Responses |
14 |
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Known / Anonymous egg donation |
Value |
Count |
Percent |
Unknown |
7 |
0.5 |
Known |
5 |
0.357 |
Other |
2 |
0.143 |
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Statistics |
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Total Responses |
14 |
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Open-Text Response Breakdown for 10491 |
Count |
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14 |
I met her, but she preferred to remain anonymous |
1 |
Partially know her identity (first name); she may be willing to meet the children |
1 |
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Egg donation source |
Value |
Count |
Percent |
Surrogacy agency |
7 |
0.5 |
Independent Egg donation agency |
2 |
0.143 |
Fertility clinic |
5 |
0.357 |
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Statistics |
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Total Responses |
14 |
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Demographics / family makeup |
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Gay / straight |
Value |
Count |
Percent |
LGBT |
11 |
0.786 |
Straight |
3 |
0.214 |
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Statistics |
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Total Responses |
14 |
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Countries |
Value |
Count |
Percent |
United States |
12 |
0.75 |
Australia |
1 |
0.063 |
Austria |
1 |
0.063 |
Costa Rica |
1 |
0.063 |
Italy |
1 |
0.063 |
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Statistics |
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Total Responses |
16 |
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