Inside Reproductive Health Podcast

Some comebacks are quiet. This one isn't.
Vios Fertility, the Chicagoland practice famous for its culture and community, is officially relaunching. The clinic's founder, Dr. Angie Beltsos, has returned from Tampa's Brown Fertility to rebuild the practice and share her exact approach to Vios 2.0.
We dive into:
Why patients are choosing their own fertility protocol before they even meet a doctor

Her criteria for choosing a new EMR, and why none of them are perfect

The concept of “alacrity” and why it's core to how Vios treats patients

Where fertility practices overspend (and underinvest)

How Vios is setting up a future for young REIs and other staff

Who's a great fit for the new Vios team and who isn't

Many fertility doctors would like to be the destination REI, the one patients travel the world to see.
Dr. Lora Shahine, REI at Pacific Northwest Fertility and host of the Brave and Curious podcast has not only achieved this milestone, but joins us to discuss how her media presence brings patients to her and how that rapport changes the way she cares for them.
We dive into:
How she attracts patients from all over the world

How she keeps patients engaged while they're on the wait list

Using rapport to retain patients and prevent dropout

Pushing back against corporate IVF quotas

What's gotten better in IVF over the last 20 years (and what hasn't)

We’ve interviewed a few young REIs recently who’ve told us their colleagues are miserable.
This week’s guest, Dr. Ali Szczupak of IVFMD Miami, is not one of them.
In fact, not only does she love her job, she's built clear boundaries around her work while still having the support and autonomy to build the kind of career she actually wants.
We dive into:
How her relationship with her partners helps create a sustainable work-life balance

The infrastructure that supports her as one of roughly 10 REIs at Inception’s IVF MD in the Miami area

How she’s been able to build her personal brand with real autonomy

Prelude/Inception’s physician liaison system for OB/GYN referrals

How she pitched network level ideas directly to the CEO (And got prototype approval within 24 hours)

How she took the team she inherited and made it her own

Here’s your pre-ASRM deep dive into what's happening with dozens of companies across the fertility field, from networks and EMRs to pharma, supplements, and staffing.
Some of this information came from our fertility business intelligence hub, including our IVF Heroes Universe sponsors, but the speculation is my own.
This is my read on who's pulling ahead, falling behind, and where each segment could be headed.We cover:
Where fertility networks are growing, from Europe, Canada, and the US

Clinic tech, AI, and why some legacy EMRs will go away

Third-party reproduction, egg banks, and cryo safety

What's moving in genetics, PGT, carrier screening, and semen analysis

Fertility meds, Pergoveris, and which pharmacies will be left (Or left behind)

Embryology training, staffing, and professional services

Dr. Joseph Chervenak and Dr. Srini Reddy, practicing REIs at Spring Fertility in the Bay Area, discuss the near and long-term future of fertility care and how AI could change the way patients are treated.
We dive into:
What the future holds for fertility patients

Where AI will replace fertility doctors

Whether AI could one day provide better judgement than a human REI

The most impressive AI research in the fertility space

How the right dashboard could help an REI oversee 5-10x more cases