Our Mission
Our mission is to provide you with the most modern infertility medical care in Hawaii within a warm and caring environment. Dr. Donna Pratt specializes in treating patients with individualized medical care. Each patient will have a specific plan developed for them and the emotional support to help make that plan successful. We want you to be successful but we also want you to be comfortable along the way. All medical decisions are yours. We can provide advice and instruction but in the end all choices are yours.
Dr. Donna Pratt is a Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist with subspecialty training in Reproductive Endocrinology. Dr. Pratt has over 20 years of experience in the highly specialized field of Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Endocrinology. As a respected Reproductive Endocrinologist, she has spent many years dedicating her medical career to helping infertile couples achieve their dreams for their family.
After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Pratt went on to complete both her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Michael Reese Hospital.
Over the years, Dr. Pratt has served as Assistant Professor and Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecological residency training program at the University of Chicago, Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Center for Human Reproduction and in a number of other prestigious positions. She is well known through her extensive publications, peer review journal articles, book chapters and lectures in the field of Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Pratt has particular expertise in in-vitro fertilization, egg donation and surrogacy.
As a result of honing and practicing her skills in both the United States and abroad, Dr. Pratt has developed excellent communication skills that allow her to seamlessly interact among many diverse cultures.
Donna Pratt has earned a reputation as a caring and compassionate doctor, and her skill and experience have helped countless couples create or expand their families through Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
Dr. Pratt is thrilled to come to Oahu and the International Fertility Center of Hawaii. She is an avid hiker and loves the ocean.
Brijinder S. Minhas, PhD, ELD,HCLD, MBA
Laboaraty Director
Board Certified in Embryology and Andrology by the American Board of Bioanalysis he has published and lectured extensively on the many facets of mammalian reproduction with a primary focus on the diagnosis and treatment of male factor infertility. A pioneer in the field of male infertility, he has performed thousands of micromanipulation procedures to include PZD, SUZI, ICSI, Assisted Hatching and Embryo Biopsy.
Embryology Services
ICSI
Intracytoplasmic injection of a sperm is now a very common and widely accepted procedure whereby a single sperm is placed into the egg. This procedure can override many causes of male and female infertility. Men with only a few sperm (<10) can now have children! Our lab director, Charles Cornwell, ELD is an expert in this procedure.
BLASTOCYST CULTURE
Our ultimate goal is to transfer as few embryos as possible to help you become pregnant. While twins is often safe, a singleton pregnancy is the safest. In order to transfer fewer embryos we must be able to select the best ones. In specific cases selecting on Day 5 of laboratory culture in the blastocyst stage of development allows us to select the more advanced embryo(s) for transfer. This is not best in all cases, however.
ASSISTED HATCHING
All embryos are contained within a coat called the zona pellucida. In certain situations such as advanced age, the zona pellucida may become too thick or hard to allow the embryo to "hatch" out and implant into the uterus. In these cases we can open a small hole in the zona to facilitate the natural "hatch" and therefore increase the likelihood of implantation
CRYOPRESERVATION
Our laboratory has the expertise to cryopreserve healthy appearing embryos that were not used during the fresh ART cycle. These embryos can later be thawed and transferred to have a second child without having to do the whole ART cycle all over again. We also can store sperm for use at a later date.
CRYOPRESERVATION STORAGE
We have state of the art storage facilities. While frozen sperm and embryos appear be viable for more than a decade, our policy is that it must be the patient's intention to use the frozen embryos and sperm within 3 years.
PRE IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
Certain situations require the knowledge of the chromosomal makeup of each embryo before they can be transferred to the patient's uterus. These situations most likely involve passing on certain genetic diseases.
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