• Dr.  Abbasi is Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology as well as Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Abbasi has been in practice for over 25 years and is highly regarded by current and previous patients, as well as fellow medical professionals. Dr. Abbasi was listed in the Washingtonian Magazine's Top Doctors 2008 for her specialty in Reproductive Endocrinology
  
• Dr. Abbasi is conveniently located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
  
• Services are competitively priced.
  
• Dr. Abbasi has top quality support staff committed to providing you with the best and most up-to-date medical treatment available.
  
• The laboratory is equipped with the latest and most advanced equipment and is inspected and certified by the Collage of American Pathologists (CAP).
  
• But most of all, Dr. Abbasi's greatest asset is her commitment to personalized and compassionate patient care in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

The laboratories are registered in Maryland or Virginia. They have been inspected by appropriate agencies and received certificates of accreditation. The IVF Laboratory in Washington DC has been inspected and accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) since 1995. Inspections occur every two years.  For patients, accreditation is assurance that the laboratory meets the highest standards of excellence as recognized by its peers.

All programs performing assisted reproductive technology cycles are required by law to report their data to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Dr. Abbasi's Practice,  Columbia Fertility Associates is a member of SART and report their data to the CDC through SART.

Most of the time Dr. Abbasi will be making the decisions during your infertility treatment cycles. However, there are times when Dr. Abbasi may not be available and another doctor from the Practice may have to be consulted. Your retrieval and transfer will be scheduled with Dr. Abbasi whenever possible.

Dr. Abbasi's Practice does not have a "scheduled" day when each doctor performs all the procedures that day no matter whose patient it is.

Dr. Abbasi is highly regarded on providing personalized service and believes that it is important that her patients feel comfortable in knowing that their own doctor is intimately involved in their treatment. This commitment to Dr. Abbasi's patients is what makes her different from other programs in the region.

Not all insurance companies cover infertility treatment, but many do cover the diagnostic testing.

Depending on your medical benefits a few will cover treatment. Some even cover IVF.

Dr. Abbasi's Practice has knowledgeable insurance specialists who will help verify your coverage.

Always make sure you get answers to these three questions:

   1) "What coverage do I have for diagnostic testing?",

   2) "What treatments are covered?" and

   3) "Is IVF covered?"

Do not assume that the insurance representative understands infertility treatments. Get the name of the person you are speaking with and write down the date. It is best to get the information in writing whenever possible. You may have separate coverage for medications. This may mean calling a different number to find out about medication coverage.

It is medically well known that fertility decreases with age. Women in their forties do not get pregnant as easily and have an increased rate of miscarriage. However, fertility does not stop on your fortieth birthday. Dr. Abbasi treats each woman individually and would counsel you on your available options.