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.
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.
