MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CareMount Medical
and Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York (RMA of New
York) have announced the formation of a new partnership that
will expand access to high quality fertility care throughout
Westchester and the Hudson Valley
region. The new entity, RMA of New
York at CareMount, will launch with three locations
beginning November 12, 2021, and will
include a new, full-service IVF center and laboratories in
Mount Kisco, Poughkeepsie, and the existing RMA of
New York office located in
White Plains.
"This is the perfect opportunity for CareMount Medical to extend
our medical capabilities to individuals and couples having
difficulty conceiving and those looking to preserve their
fertility," stated CareMount CEO, Scott
D. Hayworth, MD, FACOG. "By offering fertility treatment
and fertility preservation services across our expansive network of
physicians and care locations, we are even more prepared to treat
the full spectrum of healthcare needs of patients in our
community."
Dr. Alan Copperman,
Managing Director of RMA of New
York and Division Director and Vice Chairman of the Icahn
School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
agreed. "By addressing the reproductive needs of a large population
with compassionate, precise, accessible, and data-driven medicine,
we will be delivering superior outcomes for this community."
Both CareMount Medical and RMA of New
York are eager to support an expanded base of local
residents in their family-building journeys. "The opening of a
full-service, state-of-the-art IVF center in Mount Kisco represents a landmark in our
ability to better serve both the individual and the community,"
stated Dr. Jeffrey Klein,
Medical Director of RMA of New
York at CareMount. Patients will no longer need to travel
outside of the Hudson Valley for assisted reproductive procedures.
"This partnership will allow us to build upon our decades-long
commitment to Westchester County
and the surrounding areas, and to provide each and every patient
with access to excellent family-building care," stated Dr.
Matthew Lederman, Practice
Director of RMA of New York at
CareMount.
Dr. Rachel Gerber, an
expert Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist,
joins Drs. Klein and Lederman in supporting patients seeking
fertility treatment. RMA of New
York at CareMount will offer services including fertility
testing, in vitro fertilization (IVF), fertility preservation
treatments in the form of egg freezing, embryo freezing, and sperm
banking, as well as egg donation, intrauterine insemination (IUI),
semen analysis, preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), LGBTQ+
family-building services, and more.
CareMount Medical is now part of Optum Care
Just like
CareMount Medical, Optum Care strives to make health care simpler
and help people feel their best. As part of Optum, CareMount
Medical joins a nationwide family of dedicated physicians and care
teams working together to help people live their healthiest lives.
As part of a regional team of over 2,100 providers who serve more
than 1.6 million patients, our doctors have access to the latest
medical information and technology, which lets them spend more time
with patients, provide better care and realize better outcomes.
CareMount Medical serves patients throughout New York City, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia and Ulster counties. Together with Optum, we offer
superior care where and when you need it, at a cost you can
afford.
CareMount Medical (the "Practice") is physician owned and led
and has complete authority for all medical decision-making and
patient care through its physicians and other licensed
professionals. Optum, through its management organizations
("Optum") provides non-clinical administrative services to support
the Practice and its physicians. Neither Optum nor its management
companies employs, engages, or supervises physicians or other
licensed professionals, or determines or sets the methods,
standards, or conduct of the practice of medicine or health care
provided by the Practice or by any of its licensed professionals.
"Part of Optum" reflects that the Practice is part of Optum's
effort to support forward-thinking physician practices in helping
their patients live healthier lives.
About Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York (RMA of New
York)
RMA of New
York is widely recognized as a global leader in
state-of-the-art reproductive medicine, and serves as the Division
of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Icahn School
of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Led by
an integrated team of physicians and scientists with extensive
reproductive endocrinology, infertility, and embryology training,
RMA of New York is renowned for
its pioneering research in the field and for delivering high IVF
success rates. For the past 20 years, the physicians of RMA of
New York have consistently been
distinguished as "Top Doctors" by Castle Connolly and
New York Magazine, as well
as Super Doctors. Headquartered in midtown Manhattan,
RMA of New York has fertility clinic locations
throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester, Long Island, and abroad in Mexico City.
For more information, please visit www.rmany.com.
Contact: Agnes Stachnik,
Marketing and Communications, 212-756-5777, astachnik@rmany.com
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