Dr. Ilan Tur-Kaspa
Ilan Tur-Kaspa, MD, is the President and Medical Director of the Institute for Human Reproduction (IHR) in Chicago. He is also the Director of the IVF-PGD Program, at the Reproductive Genetics Institute since 2002.
Dr Tur-Kaspa is an internationally known Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Infertility. He is one of the worlds most experienced Reproductive Specialists in advanced IVF/ICSI treatment with Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).
In addition to hundreds of IVF/ICSI cycles performed annually for infertility, he personally conducted more than 1000 IVF-PGD cycles in the last few years for patients with over 50 different genetic single gene disorders (such as Cystic Fibrosis, Fragile-X syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy, Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia, Huntington disease, and Hereditary cancer predisposition genes), chromosomal translocations, for HLA matched child, and for aneuploidy.
Dr Tur-Kaspa graduated Medicine in 1980 from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, with an outstanding M.D. Thesis Award. He completed his residency and training in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Tel-Hashomer Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Israel and at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG), a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the Society of Reproductive Surgeons, and the PGD International Society.
Dr Tur-Kaspa specializes in advanced Assisted Reproductive Technologies and infertility treatments (IVF, ICSI, Egg Donation, Oocyte Cryopreservation for fertility preservation), with or without PGD. He is the author and co-author of over 90 scientific publications and book chapters in scientific journals with regards to modern infertility treatments, reproductive imaging, and PGD. He is an Invited Speaker in important national and international scientific meetings on infertility, reproductive imaging, IVF and clinical outcome of PGD. He is a co-Editor of the book on “Biotechnology of Human Reproduction”, published in 2003. He serves as a Reviewer for the leading scientific Journals in Reproductive Medicine such as Fertility and Sterility, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Human Reproduction, and Human Reproduction Update.
Dr Tur-Kaspa served in 2002-2003 as Chair of the Reproductive Imaging Special Interest Group of the ASRM. He is the Vice President of the International Society of the Fallopian Tube. In 2008-09 he served as the President of the Chicago Association of Reproductive Endocrinologists.
Dr Tur-Kaspa: “I am committed to providing excellent and innovative patient care in an environment of respect, compassion and sympathetic concern. The patients’ success in achieving their goal to have a healthy baby is our success.”