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ADOPTION SERVICES
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LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTINE J. KLEIN
245 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, NY 10532
(914) 449-6749
www.christinekleinlaw.com
Gay owned and operated. As a member of the community, attorney Christine J. Klein has a particular sensitivity to the special issues which face LGBT families today. Practicing law for more than 13 years, our attorney has the experience you want and the compassion you need. The Law Offices of Christine J. Klein is a family practice, focusing on the individual needs of the LGBT community. There is no greater joy as an attorney than helping LGBT clients create families.
Our approach to law is a cooperative one. We strive to work as a team with our clients, making sure you have the information you need to make the decisions that affect your life. Whether you are looking to adopt a child, work with a surrogate or complete a second parent adoption, we can help. Our office will be there for you every step of the way. Let us help you create and protect your special family.
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION & RELATED SERVICES
CIRCLE SURROGACY
200 High St, 3rd and 6th Floors
Boston, MA 02110
617-439-9900 or 800-287-1713
www.circlesurrogacy.com
Circle Surrogacy is one of the nation's oldest full service surrogate-parenting agency serving clients worldwide. Founded by John Weltman, Circle Surrogacy has been involved in the birth of more than 500 babies, with unmatched success rates in clients becoming parents through egg donor surrogacy. Since 1995, Circle has helped couples and singles from 50 countries and 6 continents become parents. Its dedicated staff of professionals is made up of lawyers, social workers, parents through surrogacy, and former surrogates and egg donors. Circle Surrogacy provides a choice of specialized clinics at locations throughout the United States as well as a large selection of egg donors, timely matching with carefully screened surrogates and a variety of flexible programs and financial options.
CALIFORNIA IVF DAVIS FERTILITY CENTER INC.
1550 Drew Avenue, Suite 100
Davis, CA 95618
530-771-0177
www.californiaivf.com
DONOR CONCIERGE
www.DonorConcierge.com
THE DONOR SOLUTION
Houston
2650 Fountainview Dr., Ste. 340
Houston, TX 77057
Dallas
3102 Maple Ave., Ste. 400
Dallas, TX 75207
713-827-0301
www.thedonorsolution.com
Mary M. Fusillo, RN, BSN, MS is the founder and Executive Director of The Donor Solution. Mary was introduced to the area of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility while facing her own challenge having children after many years in Hospital Administration.
As the Clinical Nursing Director of an Infertility clinic in Houston, she was instrumental in starting the Donor Egg program and recruiting their first donors.
Mary become the Clinical Infertility Nursing Director at one of the oldest and most prestigious infertility clinics in the United States. With over 200 cycles of donor egg per year, managing donors and recipients while introducing new recruitment methods was a challenge.
Recruited by one of the largest Pharmacy Benefit Management companies to run their Donor Egg pharmacy program, she traveled all over the country, consulting large and small clinics on issues that effect egg donation nationwide. She is a member of the Nurses Professional Group of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, a former National Board Member of RESOLVE, Inc., and current member of RESOLVE’s Nurse Advisory Council.
Her dream has always been to bring donors and recipients together in a professional and caring way. When her own dream of motherhood was realized over 14 years ago, the concepts for The Donor Solution were also begun. As the mother of twins, and the wife to a busy executive in the energy industry, Mary realizes how important your time is and how difficult this journey may be. The Donor Solution is here to help you find the solution to your family building needs.
THE LAW FIRM OF VICTORIA FERRARA, PC
BIRTHROAD
2150 Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 255-9877
VFerrara@VictoriaFerrara.com
www.AssistedReproductionLaw.com
Attorney Victoria Ferrara-Loris founded BirthRoad in order to further her law firm's work in assisting people to create the families of their dreams.
Both BirthRoad and The Law Firm of Victoria T. Ferrara, PC provide the finest and most attentive boutique representation for their clients who are taking the journey toward parenthood, and for the surrogates and gestational carriers who are giving the gift of life and family to these Intended Parents.
Attorney Ferrara has represented numerous couples and singles, gay and straight, from the United States and many other countries, including Italy, England, Israel, Hong Kong and Argentina. The work of the company and the firm incorporates matching Intended Parents and Surrogates; attending to and assisting the journey from the initial contact through the birth of the child; drafting legal contracts for gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, egg donation, sperm donation, and embryo donation; and handling or facilitating court proceedings to ensure that the Parents will be named on the child's birth certificate. Call or email for a consultation.
BOCA FERTILITY
875 Meadows Road, Suite 334
Boca Raton, FL 33486
561-368-5500
www.bocafertility.com
Boca Fertility's is proud of its high pregnancy and birth success rates. We specialize in helping people create families. We offer Donor Egg, Surrogacy, PGD, ICSI and other innovative fertility treatments. Dr. Moshe Peress is the director of Boca Fertility in Boca Raton, Florida. He offers his expertise and advanced surgical skills in Endometriosis, Fibroids, and reproductive Robotic surgery.
Dr. Peress is the first Reproductive Endocrinologist in Palm Beach County to perform an IVF procedure and have a successful birth. Dr. Peress is a pioneer in Reproductive Medicine and has been in practice since 1982. He is known for his compassion and personal care with his patients.
Peress graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed his Ob/Gyn residency program in 1980. In 1982, Dr. Peress completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his board certification in Ob/Gyn in 1986.
Since founding Boca Fertility in 1982, Dr. Peress has trained many other doctors in advanced reproductive surgical techniques and has been called upon to lecture to patient and physician groups. Dr. Peress was voted and listed as top doctor in South Florida Super doctors in 2011. His peers selected Dr. Peress as a Top Doctor in the 1999 Top Doctors survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Services. He was named to the list of Top Doctors by South Florida Magazine in 1997 and has been listed in the new edition of the Best Physicians in the U.S. Dr. Peress is now performing minimally invasive robotic laparoscopic surgery for removal of uterine fibroids and reversal of sterilization.
Dr. Peress has been elected as a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the Society of Reproductive Surgeons (SRS), and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), the GynecoRadiology Society, the Gynecologic Laser Society and the Florida Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists. Dr. Peress is also a life member of the Endometriosis Association and served as the medical advisor to Resolve of the Palm Beaches.
FLORIDA FERTILITY INSTITUTE
2454 McMullen Booth Road, Suite 601
Clearwater, FL 33759
727-796-7705
www.thefertilityexperts.com
www.tubalreversalexperts.com
Infertility practice prodividing in office invitro fertilization services and all other infertility treatment to non traditional parents.
HILARY MARSHAK, MSW
24 East 12th street
Suite 2A-F
New York, NY 10003
212.349.0011
www.MyDonor.net
MyDonor.net is dedicated to helping you choose an egg donor to create your new family. Our founder, Hilary Marshak, MSW, has over 15 years of experience working with egg donors and recipient families, and can support you through the often stressful process of selecting your donor. Please register on our website www.MyDonor.net to view your possibilities, or call us at 212-349-0011.
NEW ENGLAND FERTILITY / LIFELINE CRYOGENICS CORD BLOOD BANK
www.nefertility.com
www.lifelinecryogenics.com
1275 Summer St., Ste. 201
Stamford, CT 06905
203-325-3200
9 Washington Ave.
Hamden, CT 06518
203-248-2353
33 Imperial Ave.
Westport, CT 06889
203-571-1036
New England Fertility offers same sex (gay and lesbian) couples help in achieving their dream of starting a family. Treatment options include artificial insemination with donor sperm and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) using donor sperm for female couples and egg donation and gestational surrogacy for gay male couples.
Fertility Options for Lesbian Couples:
New England Fertility offer same sex female couples two primary fertility options.
- Artificial insemination with donor sperm.
- In-vitro fertilization with donor sperm: New England Fertility works with several reputable national sperm banks or couples can choose their own sperm donor.
Fertility Options for Gay (Male) Couples:
Gay Couples looking to have children require the services of an egg donor, who provides the egg as well as a gestational carrier (surrogate), who will carry the pregnancy. New England Fertility’s egg bank has readily available donor eggs.
New England Fertility is equipped with state of the art medical technology, an accredited surgical suite, and laboratories designed specifically for advanced reproductive technologies. We offer all fertility services on site for maximum convenience, including genetic counseling, third party reproduction services including gestational surrogacy and cryopreservation of sperm and eggs.
The physicians and laboratory staff at New England Fertility are well known for their experience in advanced reproductive technology and having achieved over 10,000 pregnancies. New England Fertility has received national attention and awards, for achieving the first pregnancy from frozen egg, and subsequent birth, allowing for additional options for third party patients.
To learn more about third party reproduction and to receive information please contact mwelch@nefertility.com or call 203-325-3200.
PINK AND BLUE SURROGACY AND FERTILITY LLC
PO Box 248
Waterloo, WI 53594
920-650-8138
jesse@pinkandbluesurro.com
www.pinkandbluesurro.com
REPRODUCTIVE ASSISTANCE INC.
Lisa M. Henkel, President
Cincinnati, OH
513-831-9207
Dallas, TX
972-757-5437
www.ReproAssistInc.com
Lisa@ReproAssistInc.com
REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE CENTER OF NEW ENGLAND
Helping Same-Sex Couples Become Parents Since 1989
www.GayIVF.com
Massachusetts
One Forbes Road, Lexington, MA 02421, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
Blue Hills Medical Center
340 Wood Road, Suite 304, Braintree, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
Mount Auburn Hospital
330 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
Chelmsford Campus
10 Research Place, Suite 205, North Chelmsford, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
Milford Regional Medical Center
14 Prospect Street, Milford, MA, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
Lahey Clinic
One Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
RSC New England (MetroWest)
Four Bellows Road, Suite B, Westborough, MA, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
Rhode Island
134 Thurbers Ave., Providence, RI, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
New Hampshire
173 South River Road, Suite 3, Bedford, NH, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
Maine
Portland, ME, (877) 379-8783
www.GayIVF.com
RMA OF PHILADELPHIA
625 Clark Avenue, Suite 17B
King of Prussia, PA 19406
215-654-1544
www.rmaphiladelphia.com
320 Middletown Boulevard, Suite 303
Langhorne, PA 19047
267-852-0780
1015 Chestnut Street, Suite 1500
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-922-1556
735 Fitzwatertown Road, Suite 2
Willow Grove, PA 19090
215-938-1515
CAMP FOR KIDS
CAMP HAWKEYE
Camp Hawkeye is a traditional style coed residential camp for eight to sixteen year olds that maintains an organizational commitment to creating a diverse community. Our active trips-based program includes campers and staff from a variety of geographic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. Our rustic campus overlooks Lake Kanasatka in the central lakes region of New Hampshire. Minutes south of White Mountain National Forest our program provides the backdrop for an unforgettable summer experience. Come and share with us; live, learn, and play with people both very much like and totally different than you. Visit our web site www.camphawkeye.com or call 617-960-6740.
Eden Village Camp
392 Dennytown Road
Putnam Valley, NY 10579
Call Directors Yoni and Vivian Stadlin today at (877) 397-EDEN (3336)
DAY CARE CENTER
PURPLE CIRCLE DAY CARE CENTER, INC.
251 West 100th Street
New York, NY 10025
212-866-9193
info@purple-circle.org
www.purple-circle.org
PERIODICAL
GAYELLOW PAGES
www.gayellowpages.com
PSYCHOTHERAPY
SUSAN EISENBERG, LCSW
Individual Psychotherapy, Couples Therapy
Manhattan and Queens Offices
718-482-3135
susanelcsw@yahoo.com
www.queenscouplestherapy.com
SCHOOLS FOR KIDS
THE LAUREL SCHOOL
350 Ninth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
415-752-3567
www.thelaurelschool.com
The Laurel School provides a unique, nurturing environment where children with their own learning styles in grades K - 8 have the opportunity to develop skills that they are unable to obtain in conventional classrooms.
Each child has a unique set of personal learning styles that enables them to process incoming information and synthesize it for storage and output. All students at The Laurel School have learning differences. They are assessed through family physicians and the nationally recognized Schools Attuned neurodevelopmental construct program to create an individualized learning profile. These recommendations and profiles are used by our teachers working in partnership with parents to develop a plan to educate students in a manner that provides programmatic pathways to unlock their potential utilizing academic and social-emotional learning strategies, small class sizes, a standard core curriculum, a school counselor, classes in art, music, dance, drama and daily physical education. The Laurel School’s teachers use strength based intervention to accommodate individual successes while constantly assessing each child’s individual learning plan. Every child has intellectual and social-emotional potential. Our teachers are credentialed special education professionals, who truly strive to promote each child’s potential in a meaningful manner allowing them to move forward independently.
Visit our website to learn more about the school and see the difference we provide, www.thelaurelschool.com. Please contact us at 415-752-3567.
MARYWOOD-PALM VALLEY SCHOOL
35-525 Da Vall Dr.
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
760-328-0861
www.mwpv.org
Preschool - 12th grade
Marywood-Palm Valley School is a non-sectarian day school located on 38 acres with stunning mountain views. The campus features three self-contained campus pods housing the Preschool, Lower School, and Middle/Upper School divisions. MWPV is the only PS-12 private school in the Coachella Valley accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools. The school's rigorous curriculum provides a truly college-preparatory environment to nearly 500 students and graduates 100% of its senior class college eligible. Students attending the school reside throughout the Valley: Indian Wells, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and other surrounding communities.
OPEN WINDOW SCHOOL
6128 168th Place SE
Bellevue, WA 98006
425-747-2911
www.ows.org
K-8th Grade
Open Window School understands and appreciates gifted children as unique, complex human beings who love learning!Students in grades K-8 are cared for as children who are in the vital process of discovering themselves and the world around them. Open Window School students K-8 benefit from a highly differentiated curriculum delivered by experienced and nurturing, teachers. Our curriculum is not limited by grade level boundaries and provides rigor in areas of strength while building a strong basic academic foundation. We emphasize innovation, communication, independence, critical and creative thinking. Students develop self-confidence as learners who can tackle demanding problems and grapple with new ideas. As a result,OWS students develop an understanding of what they canachieve and what they can contribute.
Specialist teachers infuse expertise and excitement into the school day. K-4 enrichment classes include drama, art, movement, PE, music, computers, Spanish, and library. MiddleSchool 5-8 students enjoy Spanish, PE, Information Literacy and Applied Technology classes while partnering with professionals in the arts and sciences. Located on Bellevue’s Cougar Mountain, the stunning campus views reflect the sweeping vision of Open Window School.
THE OVERLAKE SCHOOL
20301 NE 108th St., Redmond, Washington
425-868-1000
www.overlake.org
5th – 12th grade
The Overlake School is a coed, nonsectarian, independent college prep school for students in fifth through twelfth grades, located on 75 rural, wooded acres in Redmond. Founded in 1967, Overlake has just completed three new state-of-the-art classroom buildings. Students prepare for college and for life through rigorous coursework in small classes, a variety of exciting creative choices, a dynamic athletics program, local and global service learning and outdoor education in a supportive environment. An annual Project Week gives students a chance to participate in experiential learning ranging from on-campus cooking and arts projects to local, national and international travel and service projects. Overlake operates its own transportation program before and after school, including an activities bus. Financial aid is available. Join us for an open house or a tour this school year. Open house dates are Oct. 18, 2011, 9-11:30 a.m., for grades 5 and 6; Oct. 29, 2011, 9:30 a.m.- noon, for grades 5-12 and Nov. 10, 2011, 9-11:30 a.m., for grades 7-12. Reservations are required. To reserve your spot, or for more information, visit www.overlake.org or call 425-868-1000. We are located at 20301 NE 108th St., Redmond, Washington.
