Medical Director
After receiving his Bachelors' Degree in
Biology with distinction from the American University of Beirut, Dr.
Sahakian did his medical school training and received his medical degree
with honors in 1987 from the same institution. He did his residency
training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics, the largest University owned hospital in the
nation.
Dr. Sahakian completed his fellowship training in
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of North
Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill. During his tenure there, he did
extensive research in Endometriosis and was trained in all facets of
Advanced Reproductive Techniques including In Vitro Fertilization and
Third Party Parenting (Ovum donation & Surrogacy).
In 1993,
he relocated to Los Angeles, whereupon he joined Pacific Fertility
Centers of Southern California (PFC) and in 1998 became the Medical
Director and sole owner of Pacific Fertility Center – Los Angeles.
Dr.
Sahakian has performed over 6000 IVF procedures and is responsible for
the birth of over 3000 babies all over the world. He, along with his
colleagues, pioneered the most revolutionary financial program in modern
medicine, the IVF Refund Plan. Now for the first time, the doctor was
willing to assume risk in treating women with infertility. He was able
to achieve this by having consistently higher success rates. This
program has forever changed the way we practice medicine in the field of
reproductive sciences.
Dr. Sahakian also specializes in
treating patients with advanced maternal age including postmenopausal
women seeking infertility treatment through egg donation. He is
responsible for the oldest woman on record to have given birth at the
age of 67.
Hundreds of same sex partners have also been helped by
Dr. Sahakian in achieving their dream of building a family through egg
donation and surrogacy.
It is his mission to help couples with
infertility and to be there for them every step of the way.
Dr.
Sahakian is Board Certified in both Obstetrics/Gynecology and
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility and assumes teaching
responsibilities at Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at UCLA
Hospitals.
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