Three of PFC’s physicians are recognized by the prestigious Castle Connolly Top Doctors program as being premier healthcare providers in reproductive medicine
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Pacific Fertility Center (PFC), a premier provider of comprehensive and best-in-class fertility services, is excited to announce that three of its physicians have been named 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors are nominated by their peers, after which the Castle Connolly research team evaluates specific criteria to determine who should qualify as a Top Doctor, including consideration of each nominee’s professional qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation, disciplinary history, interpersonal skills, and outcomes data. The recognition methodology has been vetted and endorsed by the Castle Connolly Medical Advisory Board.
Those with PFC named as Top Doctors include Jennifer Agard, MD; Liyun Li, MD; and Isabelle Ryan, MD. Each physician is dedicated to providing patients with compassionate and individualized fertility care that is rooted in the latest science and technologies in reproductive medicine. Castle Connolly Top Doctors represent the top 7% of all U.S. practicing physicians, and these doctors earned this recognition from a pool of over 1,000,000 U.S. doctors.
“The team at PFC is dedicated to advancing the field of reproductive medicine while providing each patient with individualized care that will meet their own personal family building goals,” says Dr. Ryan. “We thank our colleagues for nominating us for this distinction and to Castle Connolly for honoring us as Top Doctors.”
PFC is part of The Prelude Network® (Prelude), the largest network of fertility clinics in North America. As a leading fertility treatment center known for cutting edge technology, PFC clinicians provide some of the best IVF treatment options alongside other reproductive services. Their extensive clinical experience, outstanding academic credentials, and research contributions have led to success in treating even the most challenging infertility cases. In total, 43 physicians across Prelude were named 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors.
Prelude is the clinical network of Inception Fertility™ (Inception), a family of fertility brands and the largest provider of fertility services in North America, and its physicians include innovators in fertility care who have pioneered some of today’s most advanced reproductive technologies, including vitrification, fertility preservation, and preimplantation genetic testing (PGT).
About Pacific Fertility Center
Pacific Fertility Center, located in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area, is an international destination for male and female fertility treatment and care. With a team of physicians recognized nationally and internationally for clinical experience, academic credentials, and research contributions, PFC is guided by the highest ethical standards to deliver compassionate and state-of-the-art reproductive care.
About The Prelude Network®
The Prelude Network® (Prelude), the fastest-growing network of fertility clinics and largest provider of comprehensive fertility services in North America, is the clinic network of Inception Fertility™ – a family of fertility brands that touches every part of the fertility journey, including diagnostics and treatment to financial accessibility.
Each clinic, as part of Prelude, is committed to delivering the highest level of personalized fertility care by the nation’s leading reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists and practitioners by focusing on an excellence in science, medicine and the patient experience. The growing Prelude Network has more than 90 total locations nationwide, offering a wide range of fertility services including egg freezing, IVF, genetic testing, LGBTQ+ fertility options, and egg/embryo storage, among others.
Those clinics within Prelude include Aspire Fertility Austin (Texas); Aspire Fertility Dallas (Texas); Aspire Fertility McAllen (Texas); Aspire Fertility San Antonio (Texas); Aspire Houston Fertility Institute (Texas); Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago (Illinois); Center for Reproductive Medicine (Florida); Indiana Fertility Institute (Indiana); IVFMD (Florida); Main Line Fertility (Pennsylvania); NYU Langone Fertility Center (New York); NYU Langone RSNY (New York); Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine (Canada); Pacific Fertility Center (California); Regional Fertility Program (Canada); Reproductive Biology Associates (Georgia); Reproductive Science Center of New Jersey (New Jersey); Tennessee Fertility Institute (Tennessee), and The Reproductive Medicine Group (Florida).
About Inception Fertility™
Inception Fertility™ (Inception) is a family of fertility brands committed to helping patients build their own families. Built by patients for patients, Inception’s purpose is to achieve the highest bar in experience, science and medicine in an effort to enhance each patient’s experience and achieve better outcomes.
Inception’s medical experts are leading pioneers in fertility care. Our doctors are some of the first to use breakthrough assisted reproductive technologies (ART) – including in vitro fertilization (IVF), preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) and fertility preservation services – and they continue to lead the industry by building on these technologies by through development, research and thought leadership.
Through its growing family of national organizations – which includes The Prelude Network®, the fastest-growing network of fertility clinics and largest provider of comprehensive fertility services in North America; MyEggBank®, one of the largest frozen donor egg banks in North America; BUNDL Fertility™, a multi-cycle fertility service bundling program; HavenCryo™, a long-term reproductive preservation and storage solution provider and NutraBloom®, a premium lifestyle brand with expertly formulated supplements to support individuals’ health and wellness goals for preconception – Inception is working to deliver on its promise to push the envelope of what is possible for exceeding patient expectations.
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SOURCE The Prelude Network
