Fertility Center

VCU Reproductive Medicine

Richmond, VA

SART MemberLab Accredited497 Annual Cycles

Services Offered

IVFIUIICSIGenetic Testing (PGT)Egg FreezingEmbryo FreezingFertility PreservationMale InfertilityRecurrent Pregnancy LossLGBTQ+ Family Building

About

VCU Reproductive Medicine is the fertility program of VCU Health, the academic health system of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. VCU Health created a dedicated division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility in 2010, naming Richard S. Lucidi, MD, as its first director; he continues to lead the program.

The clinic operates from the Stony Point 9109 building on VCU Health's Stony Point campus in Richmond, where consultations, testing and procedures are handled under one roof. Its care team brings together reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, OB-GYNs, genetic counselors, maternal-fetal medicine specialists and nurses, and it coordinates with oncology and genetics services across the health system.

Services include ovulation induction, fertility surgery, IUI, IVF with ICSI, preimplantation genetic testing of embryos, egg, sperm and embryo freezing, and evaluation of recurrent miscarriage and male infertility. The program offers fertility preservation for people facing cancer treatment and for transgender and non-binary patients before or during gender-affirming hormone therapy, and it treats same-sex couples and single parents by choice.

IVF Success Rates

CDC 2022 data — the most recent final figures published

Own Eggs

Live birth rate per intended egg retrieval

Age Group	This Clinic	National
<35	56.3%	49.7%
35-37	24.1%	36.3%
38-40	24.1%	23.1%
>40	15.8%	7.7%

Sample: 226 cycles at this clinic

Donor Eggs

Live birth rate per embryo transfer

Egg / Embryo Type	This Clinic	National
Fresh embryo, fresh egg	—	52.0%
Fresh embryo, frozen egg	—	45.2%
Frozen embryo	20.8%	45.1%
Donated embryo	—	42.2%

Sample: 33 cycles at this clinic

Three-year trend

Overall figures only — CDC publishes the diagnosis breakdown for 2022 alone.

Age Group	2020	2021	2022
<35	44.7%	44.2%	56.3%
35-37	37.7%	36.2%	24.1%
38-40	10.0%	27.1%	24.1%
>40	11.1%	9.7%	15.8%

Success rates depend heavily on which patients a clinic accepts, so these numbers should not be used to rank clinics against one another. Cells CDC suppressed for small sample sizes (1-4 cycles) are shown as a dash.