Dominion Fertility

I am posting by review for my now 6 year old, conceived by natural IVF in ¹⁄₂₀₁₀. I was very pleased with the care and attention I received by Dr. Gordon and his staff.
I was in a previous relationship with a women that went to another local huge fertility office and it was less than a pleasant experience. Very long wait times sitting in waiting rooms with 20 or more people, hurried appointments with little to no follow up.
I traveled from Bel Air, MD 7 days in a row for monitoring and blood work before my procedure and every time I arrived for my appointment I was seen with 15 minutes of my appointment time. I received phone calls daily with the results of all my tests.
Bottom line if you want an honest opinion about your fertility options AND you are ready and willing to do whatever it takes to conceive then you owe it to yourself and your future family to go see them to get that professional opinion. Best Wishes to you!

I am visiting from out of town and I am currently in treatment for IUI. My doctors office back home helped me find dominion fertility and trusted them because they were part of some fertility board. I should have called my doctor immediately and went with my gut instinct. The clinic assured me they would send my doctor my blood and ultra sound results that day, unfortunately I am from the west coast so there is a 3hour difference. The lady who took my blood was awesome she did it in one shot, the doctor who did my ultrasound was horrible! All said and done she printed out what she took a picture of and promised me my blood work and ultrasound would be sent to my doctor between 1−4est so that would be between 11 – 1 back home. My coordinator did not receive any information called and called and never was able to speak to anyone! I had to fork out $ 700, mind you my insurance would not cover because it was out of state, for a non professional doctors office with in competent staff! Hopefully my doctor gets my results in the morning since this is my trigger shot! So if you are looking for a competent fertility doctor DO NOT go to this doctor they only want your money and you will dump thousands of dollars before you get close to having any answers or a baby! I wish I would have driven a little farther to a better clinic.

I am currently a patient of Dr. Payson and my nurses are Beth and Jenn. I feel so lucky to have found this group. They are caring, compassionate and communicate. This is a very sensitive time and they treat it as such. I also love the ability to email with my doctor and the staff, getting a response within an hour or less. It’s the same experience if you call and need to speak with someone. Dr. Payson calls frequently and answers any question I have. We feel confident we will have success with Dominion.

Prior to coming to Dominion Fertility I went to Washington Fertility Center. The experience was very different, everything from the doctors experience level to the tests they preformed to the drugs they prescribed to me to the waiting room time. I am so glad I decided to go to Dominion Fertility for a second opinion.
My husband and I came to Dominion do to our reoccurring miscarriages. We knew from the start Dr. Mark Payson was the doctor for us. He was very friendly and immediately put us at ease. He’s very knowledgeable on the subject of miscarriage among other things and answered all our questions in detail. What I liked most about Dr. Payson was his confidence in helping us with our problem. He never gave up on us. I also appreciated the time he spent with us at every appointment. I never felt rushed or pressured during appointments. The nurses and office staff are also very friendly. The wait time to be seen what very short if at all. There were a couple visits in fact where they saw me ahead of schedule if I arrived early. Getting blood work completed was made easy also. The nurses would simply email me my blood work order and I would go to my local lab. I always received a call back with my results from the nurse within 24 hours. They really made things easy. I would absolutely recommend Dominion Fertility to others especially Dr. Mark Payson.

Fantastic! After wasting $ 40k at Columbia and ending up with zero good embryos and learning that Columbia most likely «overcooked» the donor, we tried Dr. DiMattina. This time got 12 perfect embryos and currently pregnant. They were professional, kind and knowledgeable! They are very serious about their protocols and stick with them. It was kind of a pain to go to Arlington from Bethesda, but clearly worth it. They have much stricter procedures than Columbia and I think they definitely know what they are doing! I could not be happier with their service and quality!

Everyone I ever dealt with at Dominion was very professional, knowledgable, and caring. If someone did not know the answer to a question, they told me they would ask, they did, and they delivered an answer within a reasonable amount of time. Having everything in house was also a great convenience. After four FETs I had a baby. Unfortunately, I moved across the country and now I am dealing with a fertility clinic that is not very professional, not very knowledgable, and not very caring. I ask questions but get other non-​applicable information in reply. Its frustrating as hell dealing with these new people (not all clinics will take embryos from another clinic so my hands are tied) and it only makes me miss Dominion Fertility even more. Dr. D is the best. He is no-​nonsense and tells you like it is. I appreciated that so much! He knows his stuff and he gets the intended result. If you are a competent professional and you want to deal with other competent professionals this is the place.

Would recommend scheduling appointments at Fair Oaks location over Arlington. Highly recommend working with any of the physicians but we loved Dr. Gordon who was our primary. He is very skilled and knowledgeable, especially with tailoring care to the patient’s specific needs. Between the ages of 38 to 40, 2 out of 3 IUIs worked. Overall, great experience — very attentive, encouraging and supportive staff — loved seeing Christina and Lisa at Fair Oaks despite frequent blood draws :) Good luck all future patients!

It is because of Dr. John and the amazing staff at Dominion Fertility that my husband and I have our baby boy. After years of battling fertility issues, and having a terrible experience at a previous fertility clinic in the DC area, we came to Dr. Gordon and Dominion Fertility. They are caring and courteous, knowledgeable and kind. Dr. Gordon restored our hope and it was through his guidance and experience that we have our baby boy. I can’t say enough about the staff and Dr. Gordon and would recommend Dominion Fertility and Dr. Gordon to anyone who is struggling with having a baby. Thank you Dr. G!

My wife and I tried to conceive naturally for 5 years and were unsuccessful. We went to another fertility clinic in which we had a horrible experience who was promoting stimulated IVF as the primary mechanism for pregnancy. We went to Dominion as an alternative and tried Natural Cycle IVF. We only had to try once and we were blessed with a perfect baby boy. I was surprised that I didn’t hear more about Natural Cycle before heading to Dominion after looking at the percentage breakdowns of successful pregnancies, but we most definitely counted in the success range. If we try for a second child and are unsuccessful naturally, we aren’t hesitating with another visit to Dominion. I highly recommend them for their professionalism, patience, and ultimately, their results.

This guy went from a solid 1.5 to a 4 in less than 8 months.
I’ll give you an example, «Amanda S» below works for them:
Look it up if you like.
BEFORE LOOKING THRU THESE REVIEWS, NOTE THE PATTERN OF «TONS OF NEGATIVES» FOLLOWED BY A FLURRY OF POSITIVES– majority of «flurry reviewers» w/​less than 4 reviews. Then go on google and
and look at all the negatives. Not saying they are false, but if you have more than 2 braincells, you can put «two and two» together.
My personal experience: Dr. DiMatina leads me to believe that he is a PIECE OF GARBAGE SCAM ARTIST. This piece of garbage made us go thru $ 10k of tests. After these unnecessary tests which we were told insurance would cover but the DID NOT, this piece of sh! t told us that it was basically impossible for us to get pregnant w/​out IVF. He wouldn’t even allow us to try the simpler (lower priced) version of treatment (IUI).
Luckily, we got pregnant naturally less than a week after he preached that it was IMPOSSIBLE (like 0% chance) for us to do a natural pregnancy. Luckly we have half a dozen doctors in our family and they advised us that based on the results provided, this guy was probably bsng us.
Go screw yourself, you scam artist piece of sht.

Shady Grove should start Natural Cycle IVF at their offices because I dislike going to Dominion to get NC treatment. Compared to SC, Dominion staffs are dysfunctional beyond belief! If I had a choice, I will not go here!

Dominion fertility is great. It’s the only place I know of locally that offers natural cycle ivf, which was really important to me. The nurses are very friendly and helpful. I used Dr. Gordon and really think he’s good at what he does.

Here goes! My husband and I had been trying for 3 years to have children. My OBGYN recommended I go to Dominion Fertility and to see Dr. Gordon. When we went there for our initial consultation, he reviewed my records from my OBGYN and basically said I had 2 options. I could either do IUI or IVF. He looked at my records and saw that my husband had a low sperm count and motility. He never did any further testing to see what was wrong with my husband or me. The only thing I ever had done prior to starting my procedure was having a mock trial to see if everything would work smoothly for when we went to move forward with IVF. When my husband and I decided to move forward, it just felt so unorganized and so unfriendly. Every time I went in for a sonogram I saw a different doctor or nurse. I actually rarely saw Dr. Gordon except for on the retrieval date and the transfer date. Well, my first round of IVF came back negative. The dr. left a message letting me know it didn’t work and that was it. I let it sink in for a few days but he never called back to see how I was doing. I couldn’t believe that he didn’t call me back to check on me so I just left it at that. So I called back to set up another meeting and to discuss what may have gone wrong and when I got there, he didn’t have any answers. He had no clue what went wrong. I went through 2 more rounds of IVF with my frozen embryos and nothing. The third time he left me a voicemail saying it didn’t work and never heard from him again. It’s been over a year! It’s like he didn’t even care. To this day I still can’t believe he has not tried to get in touch with me to see how I was doing.
I wanted a second opinion so I went to a new dr. (who I absolutely LOVE). He greets me with a hug every time I come in. After going through some testing with him, not only does my husband have poor sperm but I have PCOS. You would think a dr. who has given me about 60 sonograms over the past year and a half would be able to figure that out but he did not once mention that to me. It turns out we basically threw away $ 20,000 and a year and a half of emotional hardship to Dominion Fertility over something that may be been curable. I have been with my new dr. now for a couple months and finally got the courage to go through IVF again. After getting the PCOS and everything else under control it turns out that I got pregnant with twins on the first try! I hope no one has to go through what my husband and I went through and I hope this review helps others when choosing their fertility doctor.

I am still trying to rectify this situation with DOMINION FERTILITY popping up on a search for my name and unfortunately, it is not getting taken care of in a timely manner.
Forget the fact that it is embarrassing and also inappropriate for future employers to look me up and find that information on the internet ~ it is also a huge HIPAA violation as I did not sign anything or allow my personal (or medical) information to be displayed publicly. I signed up with a reasonable expectation of privacy and that was not honored.

Thoroughly disgusted with this practice and Dr. DiMattina. Beyond the arrogance people describe here and on other review sites, there is just something wrong with someone who blatantly disregards patient wishes and does whatever he wants, then doesn’t apologize or explain. Aah, if only they were so flaky with cashing the check. But no, they get that to the bank asap.
I need to really get my thoughts together on this one before I post a more complete accounting of my experience. No one should ever have to go through what I did with this man.
I am starting to think there are no competent RE’s in the DC area.

Overall — I am satisfied.
My experience — My Doctor was Dr. Gordon. According to the initial screening (bloodwork, sono, HSG, MRI), I had many fibroids, and my faropian tubes were not open. Based on the doctor’s recommendation, I took an open surgery to remove fibroids. 3 months after the surgery, I again took HSG and the tubes were open!
Because I wanted to take aggresive options rather than spending time trying naturally (I am 39), I took IUI with Cromid. Luckily, I got pregnant by this first IUI.
My thought — By reading many doctor’s reviews, generally, I thought that many of them are not necessarily helpful because people are just happy because they got pregnant, and vice versa. (My review may be one of them.)
I was stressed because (1) there is no guarantee that I can get pregnant, (2) English is my second language, and (3) the operations of the medical providers are very different from those of Japan (I am from Japan). But I am now happy with the great result.
Regarding (2), doctor/​nurse were very patient and explained to me in easier English. Regarding (3), I start getting used to American way.
Plus, I think that an accountant personnel and a nurse who conducted IUI for me are very good.

Dr DiMattina is awesome… he’s professional and caring and does a great job. But he is direct and will tell it like it is so if you want someone to blow smoke or Mr. Rogers– you he is not your man. I found him through the internet and went there for a fresh start after a less than optimal experience at another DC area fertility clinic. The office staff are nice, everything runs smoothly and it’s an all around good experience. I’ve been told that some women think he’s arrogant but he just knows what he can and can’t do and is very straightforward with his opinions. He was warm and extremely excited each time I became pregnant and now I enjoy sending him our annual holiday card with 3 kids on it – as I tell everyone, Dr. D has made me a busy woman (twins and a singleton).

I did not have a good experience with Dr. DiMattina. I had a consult with him and he was very rude and insensitive. I decided not to go back.