Dr. Emily Alice Seidler, MD

Dr. Seidler was supportive, emphathetic and compassionate throughout our IVF journey; from our inital consulation in 2021 to our final embryo transfer in 2024, she was there to help us navigate the disappointments and celebrate the successes. She and her team (hello, Nikkis!) are the kind of people you want in your world when you're in the emotional and physical thick of it--IVF is challenging (to say the least) and having the right support made all the difference. Additionally, she diagnosed me with PCOS when previous doctors had for years dismissed my irregular and painful cycles as just a part of life. She quite literally changed my life not only with IVF but for my overall health with the PCOS diagnosis and my husband and I will always think of her with a world of gratitude.

One of the worst experiences of my IVF journey. We'll ignore the administration issues, and just focus on the experience with the Dr. We presented the dr with why we were there (second opinion for borderline issues) and what we were looking for (what protocols and what could be done differently than previous cycles). Instead of addressing that, she spent half the time lecturing on insurance and finances (even after we shared that was no issue) and the second half belaboring why we should go donor ("the goal is transfer, you'll never regret a donor baby" "we're just here to get you to transfer") and that our previous thoughts regarding donor were wrong. We shared we were not interested in donor at this time, and she said "I guess we could try again." There was no discussion around protocols or science, or what options were available to us. She seemed disinterested in our case, unless we went donor. Her bedside manner was terrible. Much of the discussion was extremely insensitive and… showed she lacks awareness of the patient population she works with and needs of her patients. From her lack of listening to what we said, there is no way we could trust her with another cycle as it was obvious she had her own agenda and was not really listening to what we said. The discussion made it clear that Boston IVF does not have the technology, science background, or experience for my case, whereas other clinics do. Would recommend at least talking to CCRM and other clinics before seeing this dr. Perhaps consider another dr in the clinic. Perhaps she was having a bad day, however, do better. Learn about how to speak regarding these issues to prevent making an already terrible situation worse.