Us
As Chairman and Medical Director of Sims IVF Clinic it is my task to ensure that we continue to achieve world class pregnancy results in our IVF programmes and also continue to provide the highest standards of patient care.
Sims IVF Clinic is dedicated to bringing the joy of children to people who require assistance with their fertility and to help couples we are privileged to serve in a confidential, professional and caring manner.
We recognise that infertility treatment can be very stressful. It is important that you realise and understand that we will do our very best to try to solve this distressing condition for you.
It will not be possible for all couples in al cases to achieve the dream of a child. If you are one of those unsuccessful cases it is our sincerest wish that you will have been satisfied with the efforts you have received from all the staff at the Sims Clinic and that we have helped you in some way come to terms with your disappointment.
During your journey through infertility management we want you to be confident that you are receiving the very best care and treatment, both medical and emotional.
We at the European Donor Egg Programme at Sims Clinic are committed to help you find the ideal donor as you work towards your dream of creating a family. Our programme addresses not only the key issue of egg donation but also the morale and well-being of our patients, recognising that delay and uncertainty is undesirable. Our priority is to ensure that couples requiring treatment using donor eggs receive this treatment within a reasonable timeframe
Dr Anthony Walsh, MD. MRCOG. MRCPI.
Chairman and Medical Director,
Sims International Fertility Clinic
The European Donor Egg Programme
We at Sims started providing satellite facilities in 1999 for couples who where attending egg donation and in 2002 started our own Egg Donation Programme utilizing Irish donors. However, the supply of donors was far smaller than the supply of recipients resulting in long waiting lists. In order to address this, in 2005 we launched the European Donor Egg Programme to provide a comprehensive service to meet the need of many couples who have been affected by this shortfall in service over the years.
The success of the European Donor Egg Programme in 2007resulted in a 55% live Birth Rate per completed cycle (with a 50% Live Birth Rate per transfer). Given that just over half of our patients have embryos frozen there are also additional chances in achieving a pregnancy.
We provide a full range of options for couples seeking egg donation with a range of anonymous donors available. It should be noted that when you choose a selected donor, that donor donates exclusive to you which is not the case in other programmes. Essentially, we offer one-to-one donation.
We have developed a partnership with the Intersono Fertility Clinic in Western Ukraine who provide the donors for this programme. On a practical level in developing these cycles outside Ireland, we have developed expertise in sending over frozen sperm and bringing back frozen fertilized eggs for couples to proceed with embryo transfer in Ireland. This means that the embryos come to the recipient rather than the other way round. Patients who avail of this programme will therefore only need to travel to Ireland for treatment. In fact couples usually only need to travel to Dublin twice as all other procedures such as scans can usually be done locally.
We take into account the guidelines of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) of the UK, as well as provisions of the Data Protection Act (1988), those of the (Irish) Medical Council and of the Sims Clinic. We have obtained detailed scientific, legal, medical and lay advice in order to best protect the interests of all concerned. These stringent safeguards include medical and infectious screening as well as mandatory psychological counselling.