La Jolla IVF

La Jolla IVF

One of the first cases that Dr. Smotrich took care of as a private reproductive physician involved a gay male couple. About twelve years ago, a gay male couple desiring to start a family approached Dr. Smotrich to do an egg donation/gestational surrogacy case for them. At this time Dr. Smotrich still used an IVF laboratory that was attached to a hospital and therefore he had to ask the hospital permission to perform the case. The hospital itself agreed but several staff members had issues. As a result, Dr. Smotrich had to move the case to another IVF laboratory. It was this case that gave Dr. Smotrich the impetus to build his own center with its own operating room and attached IVF laboratory. From these humble beginnings La Jolla IVF was _born