The Bethesda Center for Reproductive Health and Fertility is one of the leading fertility Centers in the Cincinnati area. The Center’s team is made up of medical, technical, and administrative professionals equipped with the necessary skills and dedication to help our patients through successful infertility treatment.   Our Medical Director Dr. Glen Hofmann and the clinical staff provide a caring environment; give personal attention while using the latest advancement in the field of assisted reproductive technologies and infertility.

The Bethesda Center offers a full range of services for the treatment and diagnosis of infertility and have often been the first in the TriState to be successful. Some services include Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), Ovulation Induction, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), excellent Donor egg   program, Ovum donation and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).  

Glen E. Hofmann, MD, PhD – Medical Director – is Board Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology, the study of infertility, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.  He is the Medical Director of the Bethesda Center for Reproductive Health and Fertility for the past 15 years and if Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility for the Bethesda and Good Samaritan Hospitals. He was trained and worked at 2 of the leading institutes in the world for Assisted Reproductive technologies. At Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, he practiced for more than 3 years, contributing to its reputation as one of the most successful ovum donation programs in the United States. He did his subspecialty training at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfork, VA where the first IVF baby in the United States was conceived.

Dr. Hofmann completed his internship and residency at the University of Cincinnati, holds a doctorate in biochemistry and was named “Top Doc” by Cincinnati Magazine 2 years in a row.

Dr. Mazen Abdallah completed his Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit Michigan. He has received the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award – Department of Ob/Gyn 2008 and Excellence in Academic Achievement 2007. Dr. Abdallah has numberous publications and abstracts.  Dr. Abdallah is accepting new patients.

Ovulation Induction

• Pergonal
• intrauterine insemination
• ovum/sperm donation
• ovarian reserve screening

Reproductive Surgery

• diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy
• laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis, tubal occlusion or adhesions
• reversal of tubal sterilization
• surgical management of uterine fibroids

High Tech Assisted Reproduction Techniques

• IVF / blastocyst transfer
• intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
• testicular sperm aspiration
• low sperm count cryopreservation using empty hamster zona (egg shell)
• assisted zona hatching
• ovum donation
• embryo cryopreservation
• ultrasound guided transfer
• preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
  • chromosomal aneuploidy
  • single gene deffect