NFC - Overview of our Center

Nashville Fertility Center (NFC), located in Nashville, Tennessee, was founded in 1991 by Dr. George A. Hill. NFC is a state-of-the-art facility providing reproductive health care to residents of Tennessee and surrounding states. Our facility works closely with the Andrology, Endocrinology, and In Vitro Fertilization Laboratories of Reproductive Specialty Laboratory of Middle Tennessee, NFC Surgery Center, and Reproductive Genetics @ NFC to offer a wide variety of specialized testing and treatment for both male and female infertility.

NFC has had over 2000 babies born through our IVF program and many others through other assisted reproductive techniques. In addition to infertility, we treat a wide range of reproductive endocrine disorders. Our exceptional staff strives to treat each patient as an individual and to create effective, compassionate working relationships with the patients who seek our services.

The Four Physicians: The four physicians in our Center, Dr. George A. Hill, Dr. Christine M. Whitworth, Dr. Glenn A. Weitzman, and Dr. Abby C. Eblen are Board-Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Together they have supervised thousands of IVF cycles. All are excellent reproductive surgeons, specializing in both microsurgical tubal reconstruction and laparoscopic procedures. Our center brings to you a wide range of fertility expertise, not only in surgery and IVF, but also in egg and sperm donation and ovulation induction with intrauterine insemination. In many instances our physicians work closely with reproductive urologists in diagnosing and treating male factor problems, and providing Microsurgical Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (MESA) and Testicular Sperm Aspiration (TESA) procedures.

Reproductive Specialty Laboratory of Middle Tennessee

State-of-the-art accredited laboratory, experienced director:

Our reproductive laboratory became one of the first in the country to be accredited by The Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program of The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). We also have CLIA and Tennessee State licensure. Our laboratory director, Dr. Melanie R. Freeman, has worked in this field since 1984, and continues to keep our laboratory at the forefront of innovative IVF research. Dr. Freeman also serves as an on-site CAP inspector to determine if other programs are maintaining the quality required to achieve accreditation.

Embryology: The embryologists who staff our fully equipped state-of-the-art IVF laboratory have many years of experience with manipulation of eggs and embryos. They also have expertise in the most recent, innovative IVF procedures including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), culture of embryos to the blastocyst stage, blastocyst cryopreservation, and embryo biopsy.

Andrology and Endocrinology: The technologists who staff our Andrology and Endocrine laboratory are highly trained state-licensed medical technologists who provide Reproductive Endocrine testing, sophisticated sperm testing procedures, and Andrology services. These include antisperm antibody tests, sperm function tests, semen analyses with strict morphology assessment of sperm and preparation of sperm for Intrauterine insemination or cryopreservation and storage.

Excellent Success Rates: NFC is a member of The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) and has always provided success rates to SART and the CDC for annual publication (as directed by The Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992). See "Success Rates" in this site.

Flexibility: Our Center provides 7-day a week availability for cycle monitoring, (ultrasounds and blood tests) as well as an on-call doctor 24 hours a day. We feel this is necessary to maintain individualized and comprehensive care. We invite you to contact our office with any further questions.

Nashville Fertility Center 345 23rd Ave. N., Ste. 401, Nashville, TN 37203 (615)321-4740 Fax (615)320-0240