Austin Fertility Institute

My husband and I couldn’t be more pleased with the excellent care we received at Austin Fertility Institute. Struggling to conceive is not an easy journey, but Dr. Moghadam and his staff helped guide and reassure us throughout the entire process.
Dr. Moghadam is exceptionally knowledgable and personable, and is so devoted to his patients that he hands out his cell. phone number (and answers at all hours!). I’m certain you won’t receive that level of care at just any practice. He is also very confident in his work while remaining realistic with expectations. I never once felt as though I was being misled or placated. Whenever I got anxious about something (often!), Dr. Moghadam was reassuring and took his time, patiently answering my many questions. Thanks, Doc!
We also got to know all the ladies at the practice (shout-​out to Jamie, Lisa, Becky, Nicole, & Jessica!). We couldn’t be more grateful for the personal care that we received. We were truly made to feel like family and were always treated with the utmost care and respect, and never felt like we were just a number.
And finally, thank you to Henry and JoJo, the extraordinarily talented embryologists who nurtured our precious cargo for their first five days of life.
It’s bittersweet to be graduating back to my regular ob, because we love everyone at AFI so much, but are absolutely thrilled that they did their jobs so well that we’re expecting in August!
We are so grateful to Dr. Moghadam, and the entire staff at Austin Fertility Institute, and would highly recommend them to anyone struggling with infertility.

I would guess most people never imagine needing to see a fertility specialist in the first place… and I certainly never expected to feel a little sad to soon be leaving. However, we are finally expecting for the first time & our hearts are absolutely overflowing. I cannot say enough good about Dr. Moghadam & all the staff at AFI. We never felt like a number & our care was always individualized (which is very hard to find otherwise). From seeing Jessica’s sweet face upon arrival, to ALL the nurse’s care & Dr. M’s thoroughness and brilliance, this place is top notch. To say that I trust Dr. M is an understatement… and was encouraged to use his cell phone number with afterhours questions & concerns, which is above & beyond in my opinion. Everyone here works SO incredibly hard, yet somehow always found time to give us the care we needed & a plan that worked. Jamie, Becky & Lisa are more than helpful and responsive to all your needs and frankly feel more like friends than nursing staff. We’ve been cared for & well supported along the way and could feel their genuine joy at our wonderful news. I’m ever grateful for this gift we have been given & will fondly remember our time at AFI (which is saying a lot considering what an emotional time this is for a couple). Thank you for everything & so glad we chose AFI! :)

As we sit here holding our 3 week old baby, we have nothing but praises to sing for Dr. Moghadam and his team. Our story started with another doctor were we felt powerless and just another number to meet their quota. We researched online and talked to a friend who had success working with Dr. Moghadam. From day one we felt like Dr. M knew us and took time to make us a priority. In just reviewing our previous history, Dr. M found a critical issue that could have left us struggling for even longer. Dr. M is extremely knowledgeable and confident in his practice but he is also very passionate about the work he does and the patients he serves.
During each visit we were greeted by a friendly staff that always welcomed us and showed true interest in our needs. I know sometimes sitting in the waiting room is uncomfortable but I find more comfort knowing that he is taking care of his patients in distress and knowing that he would drop everything to do the same for us.
We have so much confidence in Dr. M and his team that even though we moved to the Ft. Worth area we are going to travel to Austin just to have our next bundle of joy under their care.
AFI will truly make you feel like family.
Jennifer and Dale

There is no words to describe how thankful i am with Dr. M and all the staff from AFI. Everyone made me feel very comfortable and thanks to all of them ill be meeting my little bundle of joy in 6 months ^_​^ God bless all of them.

I could write a novel about how much I love Dr. Moghadam and his staff. This is truly a person who dedicates his heart, life, and soul into helping couples achieve the biggest miracle and blessing of their lives. He works tirelessly for all his patients. The office staff is truly incredible as well. They are so hard working and return your calls promptly. I don’t think I ever waited more than 30 minutes before hearing back from them. I also never once got an answering machine when I called. There may be times you have to wait to be seen, but anytime I was running late they were so gracious and kind, even waiting up to an hour after closing for me! That’s unheard of! They go out of their way to make you feel informed and comfortable. Dr. Moghadam is honest and does whatever it takes to ensure that this process works. He never gave up on us and I could not be more grateful. We are expecting twin girls in early 2016!!!

Choosing Dr. Moghadam as my IVF treatment doctor is the best decision ever.
Let me share my story with you. I did my first IVF treatment in another clinic 2 years ago. I had three blastocysts at the end and the doctor transferred all of them at once for the success rate. I was pregnant with twins but lost them due to the incompetent cervix at 23 weeks. Because I did not have any frozen embryos left, I had to start another round of IVF again.
After some research with my husband, we decided to give AFI a shot. At our first consulting with Dr. M, I really built my confidence for my next pregnancy. Dr. M is very patient and knowledgeable and does not rush us to make any decision. I am a PCOS patient with complex medical history. Dr. M made a special protocol just for my case. At the beginning of the treatment, my body could not respond to the stimulus medicine very well. I thought I had to cancel this cycle. But Dr. M did not give up. He kept a close eye on me every the other day to adjust the dose. Finally, all the eggs grew up. The rest of treatment process went very well. And due to Dr. M’s excellent skills, all of the 23 eggs were retrieved.
Dr. Chen in the lab was very knowledgeable as well. He explained a lot of technical terms to us when we called and told us how each embryo developed. Eventually we had 13 out of 23 became blasted at day 5.
When we discussed with Dr. M how many embryos to be transferred, I thought two of them might be safe to have more successful rate. But Dr. M insisted only one should be transferred due to my previous medical history. He would rather sacrifice his clinic success rate instead of letting me to take any risk of having another twin pregnancy. I really appreciate his decision and it turns out to be a good one since I was pregnant even with single embryo transfer. He cares about patient health more than the success rate.
All the staff in the clinic were very kind and helpful as well. Especially Lisa, who is the most patient and responsible nurse I have ever met. Every time she returned my call within half an hour after I left my message. And she will also call me and ask for my conditions from time to time even I do not schedule anything. Becky, Jamie and Jessica are all very sweet. You will feel like to be friends with them instead of patient.
I am now 11 weeks of pregnant. So I have to graduate from Dr. M and to be released to my OB. I hate leaving this wonderful clinic. If Dr. M can deliver baby, I will definitely choose him to be my OB.
Just saying thank you can not express our gratitude to Dr. M and all his staff. We will go back when we are ready for our next baby since we still have 12 embryos being taken care of very well in the lab. We really appreciate Dr. M to fulfil our dream. We could not be parents without his help. He made this tough journey to be much easier and joyful. Dr M. is the best doctor I’ve ever met. Choosing him will be the best decision and he will never let you down.

I really can’t say enough good things about Dr. M. Writing this as a guy, it is important for me to have a doctor caring for my wife who can communicate clearly with me and inform me about their strategy and answer any questions.
My wife, when two years younger went to TFC and had a horrible outcome. The doctors there just put her on their standard protocol and seemed complacent with mediocre follicle counts. At retrieval, there were 7 eggs and we put two in on Day 3 and none made it to blast. We regrettably didn’t get pregnant either. When we consulted with the doctor afterwards, he assured us something was wrong with one of us despite tests saying otherwise and that we should consider donor options.
I did research and found there are better protocols and better doctors. This led us to AFI, where we got on the Antagonist protocol. Dr. M was at every appointment, and he coached us through it and was extremely positive and outright charming. It’s not a stetch to say, I developed a little man-​crush on him because he was so smart and got such good results.
We went to retrieval and were far more successful. Every single embryo went to blast, we put two in and we got pregnant with twins. Regrettably, around week 7, we lost one twin, but in early July 2015, we gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy at 8 LBS 5.3 Ounces. No donor required, and we still have frozen blasts ready for the future.
It was night and day using Dr. M, both in terms of results as well as his ability to demonstrate and share his expertise with me.
My only gripe is that the wait times are long, but it’s only because Dr. M spends so much time with each of his customers and never rushes you. It’s worth it, the results speak for themselves.
Finally, his lab is world class.

I went to see Dr Mogdaham almost 2 yrs ago now. The reason I write this review now is because I’m currently working with a different clinic and the difference is night and day. Infertility is a sensitive subject for most women trying and I felt when I started to tear up when discussing options with Dr Mogdaham, he was way too quick to hand me tissues. I found his bedside manner to be very bad. His attitude was impatient, insensitive, pompous and all business. I also insisted I did not want to be on birth control before the lap procedure and after the procedure was scheduled, he tells me I have to get on birth control. I cancelled it right then because I felt uncomfortable having someone like him do surgery on my body. I have not once been pressured by the clinic I’m with now or told I must get on birth control before my lap I’m having in a month. Also, he does not perform the Da Vinci surgery (because he’s not trained), which is a better option for endometriosis because it sees what the human eye does not (it’s magnified). Look it up. Much more advanced option that what this guy is offering. I know his aggressive baby making business has made women get pregnant, but there are other options in Austin that will help accomplish the same procedures but with a different approach and attitude. There are doctors that aren’t only in it for the money, they really want to help you become a mom.

This is a long overdue review as I was a patient of Dr. Moghadam’s a few years ago, but he left such a positive impression I would be remiss to not let others know. I moved to Texas from the east coast (NYC) and am used to the best of the best regarding medical care and world class physicians. I also (for better or worse) worked with four other fertility practices before AFI was recommended to me: Texas Fertility Factory, oh I mean Center (not really, factory is more accurate) and Austin Fertility in TX as well as REs in CA and NY. So it is safe to say I know more about the fertility process and working with REs than I had ever imagined I someday would. Hopefully my experiences will help others when researching REs to work with.
Dr. Moghadam is very compassionate, knowledgeable and skilled. He is also straightforward and honest, so while he will empathize with each of our plights, he will also cut to the chase and present logical options that offer the best chances of success. He always, let me repeat, ALWAYS, returns your phone call no matter how late he leaves the office – I had several 9pm or later conversations with him personally. Who does that?! Let me tell you who: a doctor that truly cares about his patients and wants to be sure they are heard and comfortable with what is going on with their care in this highly emotional process.
His staff are also top notch and will be helpful and accommodate schedules as best as possible. This is not a one-​size-​fits-​all process, so some folks will have 5 minute appointments and others 30 minutes or longer, so be prepared to wait sometimes. That said when it is «your turn» you will also get the attention you deserve.
He is the best RE in town hands down and I highly recommend working with Dr. Moghadam if you are looking for a fertility specialist.

Went here 1 year ago and initial consult was super awkward and dr moghadam has a god complex! He is rude and he will keep you waiting for 2 – 3 hours before seeing you! Your time is not valuable here but he will definitely take your money! I got pregnant elsewhere w a physician who actually cared!

Dr. Moghadam is great! He and his staff are always patient, caring, thorough, and never left you feeling rushed. It was a pleasure to have him as our provider and will use him again in the future, if needed.

Dr. Moghadam and his staff are unbelievably fantastic! There are allot of patients that circulate through his now two facilities, and his time and dedication is greatly valued. Sometimes there is a long waiting period — which is understandable with all of the patients he has to see, however, when you are seen you feel important. There is no rush when your in his office and you have the time to actually think about what you need to ask before he let’s you leave. His staff are always friendly and informative and any questions/​issues/​concerns are addressed immediately.

Becky,
I am disappointed that you are the one responding to this review. You did a great job with me and were not present when any of the issues I mentioned took place and your response is pure second hand information told to you. When you said, ” Additionally, the reviewer had previously challenged the results of an earlier test directly supervised in person by our physician (prompting his comment about his experience in this field which was taken out of context in the review) and performed by the same nurse who was available on the date mentioned above. Because of this past interaction, both our physician and I (clinical manager) determined that a physician assessment would be best on this date.” THAT IS A COMPLETE LIE. I never challenged any result of an earlier test. Bottom line is I had great interactions and care from the staff and horrible interactions the two times I saw Dr. Moghadam. I’ve never had such a bad experience with another doctor in my life. Good luck to the staff and I hope this review at a minimum gets prospective patients to at least interview the other fertility doctors in town before making a decision on who is going to care for you in the most important time in your life.

I am incredibly grateful for Dr. Moghadam and his entire staff as our family is now complete with two amazing boys — one 2.5 yrs old and one 4 months old now. Dr. M & his staff are very knowledgeable and accommodating — I knew right away they were a fit for us. Anyone who has infertility issues knows what a trying time this is, both physically and emotionally. I had gone to another fertility clinic in Austin in the past and did not have success with them — plus I never felt me as a patient or my business was important to them. After trying to start our family for quite some time with no success, I was starting to think it would not be possible — but then we were referred to Dr. M by my OBGYN and that is when everything changed. Dr. M and his staff made me feel very supported and I knew I could trust his experience and recommendations for our particular path of treatment. We had success right away with our first round of IVF. I was almost in disbelief b/​c of the history of our journey. When it came time to having another child, we went back to Dr. M right away — and I am so glad we did not waste any time. Dr. M and his staff knew exactly where we left off and what to do. They treat everyone like family and I actually miss seeing them now that our family is complete! Words can not express my gratitude to Dr. M and his staff — they are truly wonderful people who make amazing things happen.

Horrible experience! Dr refused to listen to my past medical history & even false diagnosed me with PCOS & refused to consider any other options for the problems I was having and was told I would need lots of help getting pregnant, and put me on birth control. I went to another doctor in Austin and was told the complete opposite. that my ovaries were perfect. I am now 14 weeks pregnant. I would recommend anyone that comes here to get a second opinion. If I could give it less then one star I would.

Let me write this from a guy’s perspective since there’s many reviews mostly from the ladies. We have been trying to have kids for many years using cheaper methods but it was unsuccessful. My wife did get pregnant naturally a few years ago but that ended up in a miscarriage at 8 weeks. She was diagnosed to have PCOS. We were living in another state then and we went to see an IVF specialist who has the best success rate in that state. That dr told us that we can’t proceed with IVF because my wife is not within his acceptable Body Mass Index (weight) criteria to be successful. I think he didn’t want us to jeopardize his high published success rate statistics and we left his office feeling very disappointed. After hitting our 30s, we then decided to move to Austin just like everybody else. Somehow we googled to see if there’s any IVF specialists in the area and came upon a few good reviews of Dr Moghadam. We decided to set up an appointment to see him. He has a nice office with nice comfortable couches. It was a bit of a wait because he likes to personally spend time to talk to his patients. Perhaps it is also a good indication that he is getting more patients since he told us that he is fairly new to Austin. He was friendly, very knowledgeable and had a good sense of humor. His presentation was very informative and I like that it was data driven because I’m in the tech field. He was assuring and wasn’t pushy at all. He suggested some cheaper methods but we had decided to go the IVF route. Oh, he didn’t mention anything about my wife’s weight. We were sold when he did something which showed that he genuinely wanted to help us achieve our dreams. So we started our IVF journey. First and foremost, we had to have reasonable expectations and be prepared financially because this would cost money and the chances of success is 40−50%. We also wanted to at least give it a shot rather than regretting not trying IVF when we are older. My wife had to go to many appointments to monitor her ovaries and take a lot of blood tests. So we get to meet a lot of the friendly staff at the office. One of them was Becky and we even bump into her at Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg because she was the one waving at us to say hi. There were a lot of expensive fertility drugs and needles every night which I had to help her which I am not a fan of. The day of the embryo retrieval, Dr Moghadam expertly retrieved 18 embryos and later all of them were successfully inseminated 100% by the excellent Dr Henry and all of the embryos were able to progress well. We decided to freeze 16 and use 2 for the 5 day blastocyst fresh cycle transfer. Dr Moghadam was fairly confident and said that based on my wife’s condition and the quality of the embryos, she should be able to get pregnant in 1 – 2 tries. Dr Moghadam expertly maneuvered and did the transfer 5 days later. Then came that long stressful wait to see whether my wife is pregnant by monitoring the pregnancy hormone levels. The phone call came and the levels were low and weren’t doubling. It was a chemical pregnancy and we were devastated. It was past the point of no return and we decided to try again 2 months later using the frozen eggs since we still have a lot. The frozen transfer was easier and the drugs used were cheaper. We weren’t as optimistic this time but we still trust Dr Moghadam. It turned out that his prediction was true. She was pregnant with twins and we were so happy! We monitored their progress every 2 weeks and it was nice that Dr Moghadam allowed us to copy the videos and pictures from the ultrasound machine (love his high tech equipment). However we were devastated when we found out that one of the twins stopped growing after 8 weeks. We mourned the loss but we were also happy for the one that survived. It was time to move on from Dr Moghadam’s care to our regular ob/​gyn. It was sad to say goodbye since we enjoyed going to his office. If he does ob/​gyn, we would definitely stick with him. We did have a happy ending. In June 2014, we welcome our son. He was born 8lbs 5oz and is a healthy, handsome boy. This review is a gift back to Dr Moghadam and his team for the awesome work they had done. We would definitely go back to him again in the coming years to use the many frozen embryos in the hope of giving our son a brother or sister or both. I do hope that you find this review helpful in your journey to become parents. We do hope that someday you will experience the same joy that we experienced because you are definitely in good hands. All the best and thanks again Dr Moghadam!

5 star doctor! Dr. M has given us 2 miracles & knows what he is doing! I recommend everyone who is struggling to get pregnant. He is patient, has a great bedside manner, & takes his time with patients during consults. He also takes what you as a patient say and believe into consideration. We love coming here. This is the best fertility place!

Dr. Moghadam is awesome, so are his staff.
They were not in fact our first choice. Our first choice was this highly successful, highly regarded doctor that treated us like a product on the production line with terse conversations and quick decisions for intrusive incisions. That doctor had a large staff that seemed confused, disorganized and they miss-​scheduled one of my wife’s appointments that caused our fertility plan to delay by a month. We were furious.
We switched to AFI, and everything changed. Dr. Moghadam patiently answered all our questions, explained all his plans and addressed all our concerns. His staff, especially Becky, were super friendly and awesome. You just fall in love with these guys. We’ve conducted numerous visits and procedures with AFI, including multiple IUI’s and an IVF. The IVF was successful but eventually miscarried (probably due to our bad physical shape back then). Finally, with months of working out, supplementing and conditioning, an IUI succeeded and we now have this healthy, amazing 2 weeks old boy making all kinds of cute baby noises.
I don’t know if Dr. Moghadam wanted me to share this or not, but he was also very willing to work with our finances, giving us discounts and free samples for medicines whenever available.
I don’t know if a fertility doctor can do any better, but if you picture yourself being the best at what you do, with the utmost care for those you serve, surrounding yourself with the best, most dedicated staff — all the while holding yourself to the highest standards, then you’ll probably be where Dr. Moghadam is. If I were a doctor, he’s the kind of doctor I’d want to be.

Without sharing too much info for Unilocal readers, I can say, at times you’ll need to wait, (on cycles, and in weekends) at times the office visits move too quickly, and at times when you’re feeling emotional here I have a feeling you’ll be supported. (By the nursing staff.)
In my experience, (after having more time to think about it all and process everything) I don’t feel like I was given much treatment at all. I was a quick tricare buck. Most all of the procedures done were done without research behind them.
There was no research to find why I wasn’t having children. They just gave me some shots to boost the size of my eggs and to «try» to enduce ovulation. (But for someone who doesn’t ovulate, this is a moot procedure…), they also did ultra sounds to check for defects, and did a surgery that left me with vaginal prolapse.
Still at the end of everything, I was left with a life changing personal situation (prolapse), and no closer to KNOWING why I couldn’t have children, because no one bothered to try to find out why.
Your situation may be different, I’ll give you that, but the excitement of this experience has left me and I’m beginning to feel like I’m seeing the truth.
Will you have a good experience? Sure. It’s all relative.
But please, be mindful of the treatments you’re getting and know why. Get a second opinion, there’s nothing wrong with that.

What can I say? Because of Dr. Moghadam and his amazing staff, I’m 24 weeks pregnant with our first baby boy and could not be more thrilled. We highly recommend AFI.
To sum it up, we went to Dr. M in late January when, after failed attempts with drugs, my OB Dr. Mushtaler (who I also really like) said IVF was likely our only option. She said there were some other fertility clinics in town but she worked with him the most and thought I would like that, like hers, his practice was smaller. She also said every woman she had ever sent to him for IUI or IVF came back pregnant. We couldn’t argue with that!
We set up a consultation, and it went much differently than I was expecting. He wasn’t at all the dry, all-​business doctor I had expected. Even though he must have that same initial conversation with couples everyday, he explained our options in a way that didn’t feel rehearsed. We liked that he was so thorough in walking us through the process but was also very down to earth and straight-​forward with us. We are very lucky to have insurance that covered almost everything so we did not have to discuss pricing, which I know is a deciding factor for many couples.
We got started right away, and by late March I had my egg retrieval. You’re in there a LOT during this time, with weekly or daily visits, so we got to know the nurses pretty well and loved them all. Dr. M is a busy guy, and we did a lot of waiting, so bring something to do! I can see how this is frustrating to people, but we understood that with the nature of his practice he couldn’t control how many procedures he might have pop up in one day (pushing back his regular office appointments) and knew that when the time came for ours we would get his full attention too. And of course, we did.
I want to mention that everything was not easy breezy for us, and because of a condition I have I ended up in the hospital for five days after the retrieval. It was not fun. It really sucked. But it was something we think Dr. M and staff could not have avoided, as we were well-​warned of this risk beforehand. Dr. M was very easy to get ahold of during that time, answering calls and texts day or night, and then coming by the hospital everyday and spending quite a bit of time with us for updates and to answer any questions. (It delayed the embryo transfer, but come June I finally got that BFP… we were pregnant!) I say this to emphasize that even after going through that we still highly recommend AFI and will be back when we’re ready for baby number two!
Thank you to Dr. Moghadam and everyone at AFI for giving us our son, who we can’t wait for you to meet in February!