Fertility Laboratories of Colorado

Fertility Laboratories of Colorado Staff

Research Department

David K. Gardner, PhD
Dr. David Gardner is the Scientific Director of Fertility Laboratories of Colorado (FLC). He received his BS and PhD degrees from the University of York in the United Kingdom and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School and the University of York.

Prior to coming to Colorado in 1997, Dr. Gardner was the Deputy Head of the Embryology and Fertility Research Unit at the Center for Early Human Development, Monash University, Australia, where he worked for over eight years. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and 20 book chapters on IVF and embryology. Dr. Gardner has also edited five books on IVF.

The primary research activities of Dr. Gardner and the research team are on the physiology, genetics, and culture of the human embryo. The research team is currently developing new cryopreservation procedures for oocytes and embryos, and are also developing new viability tests which will determine the health of a given embryo prior to transfer. Through the research endeavors of Dr. Gardner and the research team, FLC and the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine will continue to be leaders in introducing new technologies that will benefit couples going through IVF therapy.

IVF Laboratory

John Stevens, BS
Mr. Stevens joined the IVF laboratory team in July of 1993. He has trained with some of the most respected Embryologists in the world. Due to his attention to detail and his commitment to the field of Embryology, Mr. Stevens assumed the role of IVF Laboratory Supervisor in May 1999. Mr. Stevens and the embryology team continue to assure high levels of patient service available in the field of ART.

Through intensive training at several of the most successful and innovative IVF laboratories in the country, his team has refined and combined the best laboratory techniques which account for the high success rate of the lab. Since 1991, the laboratory staff have achieved excellent results in the area of micromanipulation of eggs and sperm for the treatment of severe male factor infertility.

Since 1992, the FLC team of embryologists have implemented assisted hatching techniques which have lead to significant improvements in embryo implantation rates for selected couples. The embryology team is committed to implementing new developments in the field of ART.

Clinical Laboratory Staff

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The Clinical Laboratory is staffed by a team of professional Medical Technologists, Medical Laboratory Technicians, and Phlebotomists. Our clinical laboratory offers an array of testing in a convenient, caring and professional environment.

On-site testing includes assays for reproductive hormones using state-of-the-art instrumentation and screening for infectious diseases.

A battery of andrology testing is available by appointment. On-site testing includes semen analysis, morphology and viability determination, antisperm antibodies, and sperm cryopreservation.