Art-ivf Clinic Of Reproductive Health Fertility Clinic in Russia

Clinic for Reproductive Health "ART-ECO" is a medical institution that specializes in treating infertility and offering advanced reproductive technology services. The core team of the clinic was formed in the 1980s when obstetrician-gynecologist Elena A. Kalinina and obstetrician-gynecologist, embryologist Valentin A. Lukin worked at the laboratory of early embryogenesis under the guidance of Professor Boris V. Leonov. This famous laboratory gave birth to thousands of test-tube babies and also to a whole galaxy of talented fertility specialists and embryologists, who now constitute the backbone of Russia's reproductology.

In 1986, Kalinina and Lukin participated in the creation of the first test-tube baby in the USSR. From 1995-2003, they created and raised an IVF Department at Moscow Medical Academy named after M.A. Sechenov. During this period, the team was established and enlarged by an ob-gyn and IVF specialists such as Daria Shirokova, Grygory Popov, andrologist-embryologist Vadim Korenev, embryologist Irina Kalinina, and other medical staff.

In 1996, E.A. Kalinina and V.A. Lukin, among others, were awarded the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation for their work "The IVF Program in the treatment of infertile couples." From 2003 to 2005, after the reorganization of the IVF Department of MMA named after Sechenov, the team was almost in full and not less successfully worked in one of Moscow's private clinics.

Now the clinic is conveniently located in a quiet green area in the center of Moscow in a historical XIX-century building of the Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene named after A.N. Sysin. The clinic is constantly improving its expertise in IVF, it is involved in active research and teaching. Elena Kalinina is a Professor of "The Obstetrics and Gynecology " Faculty for the training of health care professionals at People's Friendship University, a member of the Russian Association of Human Reproduction (RAHR) Board.

The range of medical services offered by the clinic includes diagnosis and treatment of male and female infertility, in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), oocyte and sperm donation, surrogacy, cryopreservation and storage of sperm, testicular tissue, oocytes and embryos, artificial insemination by the partner's or donor’s sperm, testicular biopsy to obtain spermatozoa (TESA, TESE), preimplantation genetic screening and diagnosis for aneuploidy and monogenic diseases, assisted hatching, gynecology, operative gynecology (hysteroscopy, laparoscopy) and more. All the fertility specialists and embryologists at the clinic are members of the RAHR and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), they participate in international conferences, congresses, and seminars on a regular basis, publish research papers, guidelines, and monographs in the IVF field.