Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD) is probably the single most common cause of infertility we see in Reproductive Medicine.  It represents a metabolic disorder related to Insulin and glucose metabolism and it's effects on ovarian hormone production.  We offer a comprehensive evaluation and treatment program for PCOD both for patients seeking pregnancy or treatment of the symptoms of the disease and long term health complications of the disease.  In the case of fertility, we offer the entire range of treatments for this cause of ovulation dysfunction.  We traditionally have started patients on basic oral ovulation drugs and moved them to more aggressive injectable ovulation drugs and even IVF if they fail to get a pregnancy early on.  We now offer a comprehensive approach to the treatment of this disease which has dramatically improved the ability of patients to achieve pregnancy with basic oral drugs.  Nearly 90% of our patients now are pregnant in 3-6 cycles of basic therapy and rarely do we take patients to IVF at this time when their only diagnosis is PCOD.  We are very excited to share this extremely successful approach with any patients presenting to us for fertility care. 

PCOD causes a wide range of metabolic effects that ultimately result in many of the severe health problems plaguing our society today.  The high insulin levels produced as a result of this syndrome, cause the slow development of arterial plaques which are responsible for heart attack, stroke, and hypertension.  People with PCOD are also at very high risk of Type II Diabetes.  These problems are very likely at a young age, 45-55 years.  Through our comprehensive treatment approach, we are very excited to see most of the metabolic abnormalities completely reversing in these patients and it is our belief that patients can return to a near normal risk for many of these devastating health problems.  Again, we are excited to help any patient with PCOD develop a health maintenance program for life that will help them reduce these risks.  See News and information, PCOD.