IVF - In Vitro Fertilisation Greece

As an obstetrician – gynecologist, my priority is always the needs and requests of women, their ‘well being’ – of the patient. My initial desire is to make her feel comfortable and gain confidence in my instructions and advice.  My aim is to provide to each patient her own personalized advice-choice-treatment. For me there is no black and white, there is only my patient who has my full attention and the best service in a comfortable and friendly environment. 

Dr Elena Kontogianni BSc, PhD, is an embryologist-geneticist and a pioneer in infertility treatment and preimplantation genetics.Scientific excellence combined with her deep caring for the patients is what makes her unique in her field. She has helped thousands of couples overcome their fertility issues and become parents. She has shared with them the anxiety in the first stages, when they don’t know if they can have a baby, but also the unique moments of happiness and fulfillment when more than 7,000 IVF  babies were born with her help.She performed the first Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the world, at Hammersmith Hospital, in the team of Lord Professor Robert Winston and Professor Alan H. Handyside. She is actively working on Preimplantation Diagnosis for chromosomal abnormalities and ß-thalassaemia and was awarded by the Greek Medical Association for her research. She teaches at the Post-Graduate Program of Reproductive Medicine in the Medical School of the University of Athens.

Today it is possible to make the dreams of thousands of couples trying to have a baby of their own come true, bypassing significant conception hurdles. In a time when subfertility problems keep rising and fertility rates in the western world are in decline, scientific research has brought about a revolution with the development of Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART), offering us the ability to treat the majority of subfertility cases. Until now more than 1.5 million children have been born with this method worldwide. This website intends to present the scientific background on issues related with human reproduction and ART in simple terms. For practical reasons it has been divided in two parts: a short one and a more extensive one. The following sections will provide a comprehensive overview of the anatomy and function of the female reproductive system, the physiological procedure of conception, causes of subfertility and recent methods for their diagnosis and treatment.

Dr. Nikolaos Th. Manias studied medicine under scholarships at the Universities of Athens, Greece, and Sheffield, UK. He graduated Cum Laude in 1977.He specialised in Obstetrics-Gynecology and Gynecological Endocrinology and Infertility (1982-1987). He has authored, co-authored and presented several scientific papers in International and Greek Meetings, he has given numerous lectures at Seminars sponsored by the Society of Hellenic Gynecological Endocrinology as well as post-graduate courses in Gynecology.He is founder as well as Director of the "Center for Assisted Human Reproduction MITROTIS", which includes a complete program of IN VITRO FERTILISATION (IVF) and INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI). Complete program of preparation of the couple for a successful IVF, ovulation induction, ovum retrieval and fertilisation (Modern Laboratory of Assisted Human Fertilisation, IVF), embryo transfer, observation of the success of implantation. The In Vitro Fertilisation nowadays has high rates of success, which at our Center are 48-50% per embryo transfer for women under 37 years old, regardless of cause of subfertility, and smaller rates of success for women older than 38 years of age. In cases of oligoasthenospermia or azoospermia a revolutionary solution for any problem of male subfertility is applied. Today, with this method (ICSI), any type of sperm regardless of count, motility, vitality, or morphology can fertilise. The rates of success of the method are very high (as in

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In our clinic, we provide IVF, ICSI EGG DONATION, SPERM DONATION, IUI, PGS, PGD (PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS,)LAPAROSCOPY, HYSTEROSCOPY, OVARIAN REJUVENATION, PREGNANCY CARE AND DELIVERY.DR PANAGIOTIS KALIANTZIS is a UK trained Obstetrician Gynaecologist specialized in IVF and fertility treatments. He is a scientific associate of HYGEIA IVF  UNIT one of the largest units in GREECE and EUROPE and he also collaborates with other IVF units in ATHENS. Success rates are high because he believes in individualized and personalized treatment. He examines patients in his 2 fertility clinics in ATHENS and in TRIPOLI PELOPONNESE which is very convenient for couples who visit PELOPONNESE. The site for more information regarding the treatments we provide please visit our website.

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Reproductive Medicine Unit is placed in special rooms of the Lito Maternity Hospital. All the embryologists are highly qualified (ESHRE accredited), trained in micromanipulation, embryo biopsy and embryo/oocyte vitrification and they have participated in numerous workshops all over the world. In addittion, the doctors  have at least 10 years experience in reproductive medicine, reproductive endocrinology and surgery. The rest staff of the clinic is well trained to help the patients and make their staying more comfortable.   

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