John Wilcox, MD

Second time pregnancy was difficult for us and there was no concrete answer to why we were dealing with infertility. After trying and trying on our own with no success we were referred to Dr. Wilcox by a friend who also got pregnant with Dr. Wilcox’s assistance. The first day we saw him he guaranteed that we would get pregnant. I was a bit skeptical but we went ahead anyways. The actual process was not fun for me but thanks to Dr. Wilcox we were able to get pregnant with our second child and I would do all of it again in a heartbeat. Dr. Wilcox is an amazing doc and he just gets down to business and gets things done. He’s very professional and knowledgeable. The office staff was just as wonderful from the nurses to the billing staff. We highly recommend HRC Fertility!!! Thank you so much!!!

Dr Wilcox is very kind, friendly, humorous, knowledgeable, and absolutely professional at all times! There is one night where I really had an emergency and needed to reach Dr Wilcox at that specific moment. Believe or not, he actually answered my phone call himself at 2 am in the morning. Even though it was at 2 am in the morning, he was still very kind and patient with me and provided me his best professional suggestions/​instructions to me over the phone. My special thanks also goes to the nurses Teresa, Nanettte, and Ana. They all helped me tremendously through out my whole IVF cycle. I really appreciated everything they have done for me. Now my husband and I am expecting our very first baby girl, for sure, we will go back to HRC for our baby #2 when we are ready again~

Dr. Wilcox is truly a doctor’s doctor. You come to him for one reason: RESULTS. It is not happenstance that he has earned one of the HIGHEST SUCCESS rates in the country. His treatment plans are derived through a combination extensive training, a multitude of interdisciplinary experience, and a firm grip on peer reviewed studies. Despite his large case load, he manages his team and your experience with precision.
Unfortunately, my wife and I begin IVF with another Reproductive Endocrinologist and were left with a complete failure (eight eggs harvested with no fertilization). This is very rare with ICSI. To make matters worse, we were told to start considering a sperm donor after just one cycle.
Following a careful review of our previous cycle, Dr Wilcox outlined a clear cut plan to get us pregnant. He completely set our minds at ease, which admittedly is not an easy task. My wife and I wanted to hear the very minute details of his treatment plan, and he was happy to oblige. Furthermore, we wanted to hear why he believed that his methods were going to yield better results than our previous cycle. He changed my wife’s medication regimen, carefully monitored her follicle progression and hormone levels (changing her dosing as needed), altered collection methods, and wallah (although definitely not that simple) we are EXPECTING TWINS.
If you are looking for your best shot at a family, SEE Dr. Wilcox. You may have to wait a little longer to see him, but he is well worth the wait!

We first started an IVF cycle at another IVF location but both fresh & FET cycle failed. While we were looking for other clinic options, a friend recommend us to try it out at HRC Pasadena w/​Dr. Wilcox. Dr. Wilcox is a very professional doctor that will go to a certain extend to spend extra effort for the benefits of his patients. After our first IVF cycle w/​Dr. Wilcox, our surrogate is pregnant. We are forever grateful to Dr. Wilcox and his nurse Teresa for helping us. We will come back to visit Dr. Wilcox and Teresa when we are back to LA, and again for our FET cycles for another sibling for our baby in the near future. Thank you Dr. Wilcox and Teresa! :)

I suppose it is easy to write a good review about a doctor that helps you get pregnant immediately after trying for years, BUT beyond that Dr Wilcox is a great doctor, and when we «graduated» to going to our regular Obgyn… we didnt want to leave Dr Wilcox and his team. Everything about this office is timely. My emails were answered right away, the nurses are always available (phone or email). We never waited more than 5 – 10 min in the waiting room. We never felt rushed with the doctor. Each person on the staff was incredibly attentive. Aside from all of that, Dr Wilcox did a great job of increasing our chances of getting pregnant after 1 IUI. We are pregnant with Twins. The doctor had us come in almost every 10 days from conception to make sure that the babies were doing fine. We are going to miss the Doctor and his staff.

My husband and I live in Orange County with plenty of great fertility doctors and clinics to choose from but, while doing our research, we talked to a couple people who highly recommended Dr. Wilcox in Pasadena because of the success they had with him. After interviewing a few doctors in OC and a lot of praying, we made the drive to Pasadena to see Dr. Wilcox and we’re so glad we did. Shortly after meeting with him we knew he was the right doctor for us and there was no need to look any further! He is very knowledgeable and confident about what he does and his success rates are really high. His staff is great too and they were always going out of their way to accommodate us! Marie was our nurse and was amazing! She was very caring and always answered all our questions and concerns throughout the whole process. I’m very happy to say our prayers were answered and we were blessed with twins after one round of IVF! The entire staff was so happy when they heard we were pregnant. Thank you Dr Wilcox, Marie and staff! We are forever grateful!

After the experience I had with Dr. Wilcox, I had to write a review! Here are some thoughts on the doctor and his staff first and then I’ll share our story.
Dr. John Wilcox: Excellent! This doctor knows how to balance care and honesty. He guided us through some tough times with realistic expectations and kindness. Not a man of many words, don’t expect him to sit around and ask you about your latest home project. Instead, he will give you the details you need and not waste your time. But the man knows his stuff and I always felt like I was in the most capable hands!
Wilcox staff: Love Anna and Stephanie! These ladies explained everything thoroughly and had the compassion to make you feel safe in an emotional time.
Our story: My husband and I sought out HRC Pasadena after we received results about low sperm morphology percentages from a traditional OB (my initial screening came back normal). We work in Pasadena so it was convenient and the reviews online made HRC Pasadena seem like a pretty good place. I didn’t call and request a specific doctor, but the good Lord took care of us and we were placed with Dr. John Wilcox. Turns out that Dr. Wilcox has one of the best success rates around! Little did he know what a battle he had on his hands with us.
After all the pretests and planning, we elected for 1 round of IVF with ICSI. Dr. Wilcox said with my age (27) and tests looking good, we should have no problem with one round. Unfortunately, after the egg retrieval, Dr. Wilcox called me himself to tell us the bad news. We learned that I have a rare issue where I do not respond to the hormone that causes the eggs to mature. In the words of Dr. Wilcox, I was an anomaly of which he had only seen a handful of times in his long career. So our first round was a bust with no embryos to show for it even though over a dozen eggs had been retrieved. Dr. Wilcox consulted with us after I recovered and was honest about our options. Most likely, this would continue to happen and, unfortunately, there was very little research on this issue because it is so rare. He suggested a «verification» round of IVF to see if it happened again and he would adjust my meds to give me everything he possibly could. He also kindly «grandfathered» us in under the 2 round IVF price, saving us some money. So the game plan was another round of IVF with ICSI with more and different meds. Rather then the traditional «trigger» shot, I was going to be given the «trigger» that egg donors receive. This would mean any embryos made would have to be frozen, as that «trigger» does not prepare you for pregnancy. Then at the last moment, Dr. Wilcox changed the treatment again giving me a combination of «triggers,» something he had never done before, but was hopeful it would work! On the day of my retrieval, Dr. Wilcox quickly checked with the embryologist on the eggs to see if they had the same issue. Again they were maturing slowly so only time would tell. PRAISE THE LORD we learned that some of the eggs had actually matured enough to be fertilized and 6 embryos made it to 5-​day-​blasts! We were ecstatic and Dr. Wilcox was thrilled!
We waited the necessary time and scheduled the Frozen Embryo Transfer to transfer 2. Unfortunately, neither of those took. We were so heartbroken, but Dr. Wilcox was determined! We tried again and on the second FET we transferred another 2. PRAISE THE LORD again, one actually took! I am now 14 weeks and was discharged from HRC to a traditional OB over a month ago.
As you can tell, we’ve had quite the ride, but are grateful to HRC Pasadena and team Wilcox. Dr. Wilcox was honest and helpful, not trying to up-​sell us on the procedures to do or the path we should take. We are grateful for Dr. Wilcox and are looking forward to welcoming our first little blessing this April!

I am writing this review on behalf of my wife. After three failed cycles at another facility, Dr. John Wilcox was able to get us pregnant on his first attempt. It was a blessing to find him and we truely appreciate his knowledge and chairside manner. He is the real deal!
Thanks Dr. Wilcox.

I have been meaning to write this review for a long time now but I’ve had my hands full with my four month old baby boy! There is not a doubt in my mind that he is here because of Dr. John Wilcox. Although it was quite a journey, he was there every step of the way. In my opinion, he is the best in the business, has the best reputation, the best bedside manner, is so knowledgable and to top it all off has a huge heart! I am and always will be grateful to Dr. Wilcox!

We researched a number of fertility specialists before deciding on Dr. Wilcox, mainly because of his success rate. We definitely made the right decision. Dr. Wilcox is kind, professional, and knowledgeable. We got pregnant with our first round of IVF thanks to Dr. Wilcox and his amazing staff. After years of trying, we are finally parents to a perfect baby girl. I would recommend Dr. Wilcox and HRC without hesitation.

I want to thank Dr. JOHN WILCOX for his amazing professionalism. I cannot thank him enough because I got pregnant on the first try of treatment! He really knows what he is doing! He is so caring and amazing! This is a dream come true after 4 years! His nurses are nice. Thanks again HRC! :)

Dr. Wilcox is excellent, reliable, and matter-​of-​fact (in a good way). When my husband and I first came in to his office, we talked about our history. We had been trying to get pregnant for more than 2 years with no luck and were diagnosed with «unexplained infertility.» He explained the various procedures available at HRC and recommended that we go straight to IVF. We were surprised to hear that he thought we should do IVF and we immediately disagreed with this assessment (mostly because we just couldn’t believe it!). Dr. Wilcox understood our reaction and walked us through our other options.
After that initial meeting, we went through 2 rounds of IUI’s. Each IUI went smoothly, but resulted in no pregnancies. We debated whether or not to do IVF after our second IUI and decided to take a break for a few months. During this break we tried acupuncture, gluten-​free diets, everything! When nothing worked again (surprise, surprise), we decided to come back to HRC and talk to Dr. Wilcox.
Dr. Wilcox explained all of the steps for IVF and made us feel comfortable in our decision to move forward. It was scary to take such an extreme step to get pregnant, but we felt that we had exhausted every resource and we knew that it was finally time.
I am ecstatic to say that after our very first round of IVF and almost three years of depressing infertility, I am now pregnant with twins! Dr. Wilcox answered all of my questions along the way and even did little dance after he confirmed that I was, indeed, pregnant. I cannot thank Dr. Wilcox enough and I recommend him highly.

Dr. Wilcox is a brilliant doctor, an excellent surgeon, and very supportive and caring. He is passionate about making babies, and fully devoted to helping his patients achieve their dream of starting a family.
We had already had a negative experience with another fertility doctor when we decided to look around and have consultations with a few other doctors. We talked to friends, got referrals, researched online, and set up appointments with 3 doctors. We met with Dr. Wilcox first and knew right away that he was the right doctor for us. We cancelled the other consultations.
My husband and I were impressed with his intelligence and expertise within minutes of meeting Dr. Wilcox. He has some of the highest success rates of any doctor, and he will always be direct and honest about what’s happening with your IVF cycle. Infertility and IVF are very stressful and emotional, and I don’t know how we would have gotten through it with another doctor. Dr. Wilcox is always calm and gentle. I looked forward to my appointments because he always made me feel more relaxed about the process. I had lots of concerns and questions, and there were several times when Dr. Wilcox sat down and spent 30 minutes or more explaining things to me. I’ve never experienced that level of care from a physician before!
Our first IVF cycle didn’t take because I responded poorly to the drugs. He knew exactly which drug to add and which doses to adjust, and now after a second IVF cycle I am 9 ¹⁄₅ weeks pregnant and the baby is doing great! Dr. Wilcox has continued to respond to my phone calls and address my concerns throughout early pregnancy, and has had me in for several visits so he can closely monitor the baby’s progress and make sure everything’s going well.
I’d also like to mention the rest of the HRC staff. All of Dr. Wilcox’s nurse coordinators are great. They are kind, understanding, and supportive. They really take the time to go over injection instructions and other protocol and make sure you understand what you need to do. They also arranged for me to have the procedure room for an extra hour before and after embryo transfer so I could have my acupuncturist come in and give me treatments.

I would like to start out by saying that going through fertility issues is really rough on a girl and even on the guy I think. I’m not surprised that people don’t want to talk about it but I am surprised that people don’t seem to want to talk about it with other people that are going through the same thing. In my experience, the fertility office waiting room is so unfriendly. Why?
So here’s my story, I hope it helps someone…
My husband and I were trying to get pregnant seriously for about a year. I had been off the pill for about 2 years. I am under 35 and he is under 40. We own our own business and don’t have health insurance so cost was important to us.
After ALL the test came back normal, I started to look for a fertility specialist. I searched the internet and called offices. Some offices were nice but no one really explained anything. They all said the initial consultation fee was $ 300 — $ 500. When you don’t have insurance, it’s really hard to spend $ 500 to meet a doctor and hope that he’s the right one for you.
Then I stumbled upon the HRC Fertility Clinic’s website. They have a few offices throughout Southern California. AND, if you go to one of their seminars, the initial consultation is FREE! I was a little frustrated that I had to wait until the end of the month for the next seminar but I guess they don’t want to spend the whole initial consultation going over the basics of IVF.
And, it worked out great for me because I ended up at Dr. Wilcox’s seminar since it was sooner then the next seminar in the Encino office which is much closer to me. Technically, you could go to all 9 doctor’s seminars until you find a doctor that’s right for you. You can even have free initial consultation with all of them…
I didn’t meet any other doctors. I decided to stick with Dr. Wilcox because he is VERY into making babies. Sort of like a god complex, but I LOVE that characteristic since he’s was going to help me have my first baby. Another important thing you should know about him is that he isn’t going to waste your time or money. He’s not going to keep putting his patients through IVF or IUI if he doesn’t think it’s going to work. He will recommend other options. Some people don’t like that (like the first reviewer). Therefore his personal stats are higher then most of the best fertility clinics. Finally, he works 7 days a week. He wants to know what’s going on with his patients at every step, not leave it up to the on call doctor.
Dr. Wilcox’s staff is great. Gladdys is fantastic! She’s very sweet and patient. She explains everything really well.
Onto the Pasadena office. Everyone is friendly. But in my experience no one ever answered the phone. Maybe I was pressing the wrong numbers but it would always go to voicemail and never to a receptionist. I understand that the nurses can’t answer the phone or call back right away but a receptionist should pick up.
They have you go through a financial consultation. It’s the lady who collects your payments at the end of visits. She is nice, but during the consultation it was very impersonal and she didn’t seem like she cared. It’s not a good second impression of the office. I recommend just giving patients a cost sheet and having the nurse explain it.
When the day came for our IUI, the nurse said to get there at 7am. The receptionist didn’t arrive until 7:30am. We could see people walking around in the back, but no one would come out to help us. Its a little frustration when it’s the big day and you were told that timing is really important.
Something I have heard from other people (who went to different clinics) is that the injections could be explained better. I took me about 3 days to get it down. I think making women watch a video where someone is actually injecting themselves might be helpful?
Even though I felt lost at times, Gladdys knows what’s going on and a nurse did contact me when the next step was ready.
Thank you Doctor Wilcox, Gladdys and Melinda!!!

Dr. Wilcox is the best! I went to him following the recommendation of my primary care doctor at USC Keck. I was not disappointed. What I like most about him is how candid he is about the process — including the costs and the probabilities of success. I felt immediately at ease with him during our first meeting when he said that he deals in «probability and not possibility,» which he followed by telling me that my probability of pregnancy was really low as a 42 year old. While he suggested I go through an egg donor (due to its higher probability), I decided to go through at least one process of IVF before going the egg donor route (knowing that my probability was really low). He didn’t dissuade me from going my chosen route and was very supportive and positive throughout the process. His nurses are also amazing: they were incredibly thorough and updated me with tests results quickly. I felt like they were holding my hand through this very emotionally taxing process. Fast forward — I am now 8 weeks pregnant (after trying for more than 2 years before meeting Dr. Wilcox)!

Dr. Wilcox is the best in the business! My husband and I have had a lot of experience with fertility specialists so it was easy to spot a true professional. We were impressed during our first meeting, and throughout the entire process.
In our initial consultation Dr. Wilcox mentioned one thing that really meant a lot to me, that he deals in «probability and not possibility». I am a very analytical person so I could definitely relate, not to mention that we had already worked with 4 other RE’s and had no success.
If you and your loved one are going through the difficult process of infertility, spending all the money, time, tears and energy, you should work with someone that is going to cut through all of the uncertainty and focus on the solution. Dr. Wilcox is the doctor that had the experience, wonderful bedside manner, confidence and professionalism to get the results we were searching for. The entire staff at HRC are friendly, warm and professional, you will never feel like a number.

Dr. John Wilcox is definitely one of the best in this field. We had heard amazing things about him through friends and word-​of-​mouth. He is so good at what he does that some of our friends call him the «Merlin» (like the magician from King Arthur’s tales). We also learned that «Merlin» has a 38% higher success rate compared to the other fertility doctors in the same HRC network — and that’s a pretty damn good statistic.
When my husband and I met with him for our initial consultation, we never felt rushed. Dr. Wilcox spent a good two hours interviewing us and kindly asking us about our lifestyles. His demeanor is so warm, gentle, and even the gentle twinkle in his eye reassured us that we were in good hands. At the same time, he was a straight shooter and gave us facts instead of beating around the bush, which is exactly what we wanted. I have a condition that made it a challenge to get pregnant — however with Dr. Wilcox’s good intuition and careful monitoring, I am now happy to say I am almost 5 weeks pregnant! I truly cannot say enough great things about Dr. Wilcox. If you are having trouble conceiving, he’s the guy to go to. (Before we went to see him, we were already seeing two other doctors who were practically useless in helping us get pregnant).
P.S The negative review below is preposterous! It sounds more like a competing business rather than an actual patient. Try Dr. Wilcox out for yourself… you’ll see what I mean :)
9÷11÷2013 — update: I am now a mother of a beautiful, healthy baby boy! My husband and I are already thinking of having a second one, and we’re definitely going back to Dr. Wilcox!

Could not disagree more with the other reviewer. After a horrible experience — and failed IVF — with the arrogant Dr. Surrey of SoCal Reproductive Center, we met with Dr. Wilcox. From the start, he was a breath of fresh air. He was candid and a straight shooter with us about everything — from the costs of each procedure to the probabilities of success. This was very opposite of our experience with Surrey, who wouldn’t discuss anything $$ related — he sends you down the hall to talk to his finance dept. for that, which prevents you from having a full cohesive discussion with cost considerations.
Wilcox’s goal is to get you a baby, so he encourages you to think through the big picture of what you are emotionally and financially able to handle; no need to spend time and money on a lower chance of success procedure and then find yourself out of gas for a higher chance of success procedure (like egg donor, which he has an 80% success rate with.) Together, we sketched a gameplan that took us through plan a, plan b and plan c, with understandings of how much time/​tries we would give each.
Wilcox started out as an economics major, and his mastery of data is a thing of beauty — he really understands how to splice and dice probabilities based on your unique situation. Wilcox takes a lot of time and care to think through (and explain) your special situation and the journey most likely to get you to a baby.
As it turned out, Wilcox was surprised that Surrey took me straight to IVF since I had gotten prego twice on my own (early miscarriages both times) and so it was clear I was capable of getting pregnant. He suggested we do IUI because he felt I actually had a better chance of getting pregnant that way, even though it’s way more low tech. Bear in mind that IUI is cheap — he makes no real money off of that, so it was not in his own best interest to recommend this process (vs. IVF). Except of course if you’re a doctor who cares more about creating a baby than fattening your bank account (again, very opposite of Surrey.)
Fast forward — I now have a beautiful 8-​month-​old son and am pregnant (at almost 43 yrs.) with my 2^nd baby — both on account of IUI’s with Dr. Wilcox. Wilcox has one of the highest success rates in the state, especially for women 40 and up. Wilcox is in Pasadena, which was a shlep for us Westsiders, but who cares if you need to drive a little? People fly in from all over the world to see him.
We can’t rave enough about this kind, honest, brilliant doctor.

After two consecutive miscarriages we went to HRC. They earmarked us for surrogacy the moment we arrived (despite the fact that we have no trouble getting pregnant, just trouble staying pregnant), and when we expressed doubts that that was the right plan, Dr. Wilcox informed us that if we wanted to go ahead and try on our own again rather than pay thousands and thousands of dollars for surrogacy or some random protocol he recommended, they would «wish us luck.» He literally made a «wash our hands of you» gesture with his hands as he said this. He also referred to my fertility window shutting and acted this out too, slamming his hands together. I’m in my late 30s, not my late 40s. Dr. Wilcox made a series of assumptions about me, my fertility, and what my husband and I ought to do, and he refused to be swayed. We could only assume that he was more interested in making money off of us than in actually treating us.
I’m not any fonder of the practice itself, either. I used to have panic attacks every time I went into this office. One of the nurses made me cry. I’m astonished that these people deal with women in crisis all day long and are so devoid of compassion or basic courtesy, or that they immediately throw you to their financial consultant like they’re selling cars and want to make sure you can pay up.
I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone, and am happy to say that I am now with a doctor who treats me like a human being.

Dr Wilcox and his staff were wonderful. I would recommend HRC