David E Tourgeman, MD, FACOG

I am so happy to say that we are currently 5 months pregnant with a little girl thanks to Dr. Tourgeman and the amazing staff at HRC!
My husband and I have been trying to conceive for 4 years– we had 3 miscarriages on our own and finally felt like it was time to go the IVF route. We went to Dr. Tourgeman’s free seminar one night and were really happy with how kind and knowledgeable he was. We set up an appointment and met with him right away.
I truly believe you have a choice every day when it comes to your attitude you can have towards anything in life. My husband and I chose to move through the whole IVF process with optimism, fun, and joy and I know that is what helped us succeed our very first time! Our odds were probably not the best– we only had 4 eggs retrieved and 2 embryos make it to day 5– then just 1 that was healthy– but all it takes is 1!!! On the actual transfer day, we only had 1 embryo to transfer. The transfer day itself was so beautiful. They do a great job to make it feel intimate and special– with low lighting and soft music in the room as our baby was transferred into me. Dr. Tourgeman was incredibly skilled, knowledgable, calm, and decisive through the whole process and we felt like we were in the best, most capable hands. Also, our nurse Kimberly was just above and beyond incredible!!! She made all of it feel so easy and was there with us every step of the way. And Ivy in the finance department was also the best! We had the most fun with these 2 women. Remember to be kind and loving to the staff even though you may feel like you’re going through a lot. We were and the result was amazing – the support from everyone there, with their smiles and excitement along the way was just so special. You get out of anything what you put in and we tried to always be optimistic and enthusiastic and everyone mirrored that back 10 folds.
If you are looking for a place to start your family, I have only the nicest things to say about HRC and Dr. T.
Having gone through it– my unsolicited advice would be to relax and trust that everything happens for a reason and enjoy the process. It can be both bizarre and fun and definitely an experience that brings you and your partner closer together if you allow it. Strangely enough, all the needles and medications feel like such a distant memory now! Also, I highly suggest you REST during the 10 days after transfer– as in check out and just be in bed! Let that little one snuggle right in! Best of luck to you on your adventure!!!

We have Dr. T and HRC to thank for giving us the gift of our beautiful baby boy. Born on his due date, Jan 12^th. I had doubts I would ever be a mom, but now I am. Their whole team was wonderful — answering all ours questions, making us feel relaxed through the process, and showing a level of compassion needed during that delicate time.

And now I have #2 thanks to the help of Dr. T and HRC. We had two eggs leftover from the first rounds of IVF 4 years ago and just put them in not thinking it would work (took 4 tries with our first!). Sure enough, one of the frozen embryos was a fighter. My second healthy son was born two months ago and I’m forever grateful to the help of this doctor and office.

It’s taken me quite some time to write this review (our little miracle is 26 months old now). We met Dr. T and the HRC family when we were already about 2 years into our fertility treatment journey already. We’d seen a few other clinics and doctors before and finally felt at home at HRC. Dr. T and his nurses were always straight with us about our treatment, they listened to us and dealt compassionately with our feelings (and I could probably win the Olympics for crying easily so that was no easy task) and while this journey is expensive, HRC was always fair in billing and looked for ways possible to limit our expenses.
I surprisingly became pregnant between IVF cycles and the HRC family still took care of me as though I was one of their own. Dr. T saw me through my first trimester, managing my pregnancy along with some complications with great care.
Dr. T., Rishona, Vera, Lynn, Nicole and Jennifer, we can’t thank you enough, truly.

This review is a response to James M reviewed posted 3-​7-​2015
I am so sorry you did not get a successful pregnancy with Dr T, but I do not think that your review is a fair one.
I had 2 fresh IVF and 2 frozen transfer with another famous ivf doctor in Los Angeles, I always got pregnant and always lost the baby for 4 different reasons. During these 12 months I spent A LOT of time on the internet, reading and researching, transfer day 3, transfer day 5, PGD, donor egg, I was 41 at my first ivf, so an older woman for sure.
Somebody gave me dr T phone number and he was my last option in becoming a mom.
Not an easy case being «advanced maternal age with a history of multiples miscarriages»,
Dr T, Vera and Rishona, have always been there for me, anytime I needed a question or just moral support. Of course I would call during business hour, but never one day Vera did not call me back or refused to listen to my complaints (I was pregnant when I started to call her about my nausea or just to chit chat).
Regarding the buying the medicine daily, I know its a lot of money, but its also true that they adjust the medication depending on the morning blood work, if you need more medicine you cannot just go get it at the regular pharmacy, some of them are not daily available.
The logic of doing a combined your ivf plus donor egg is that you have another chance of using your own egg but adding donor egg adds more better odds.
If you think that dr T goes after the money you really got it wrong, he truly gives you the best option for you to be successful.
My transfer was at day 5, not day 3 as you say (transfer day 3 for older women), since he does PGD. If you have very few eggs, it may be wiser to do the transfer at day 3 (not to get the money for the transfer), but to give you a chance to become pregnant.
When you say beware of 5 stars and who does not post frequently on Unilocal,I feel that very disrespectful for all dr T patient who become parents thanks to him.
Not posting on Unilocal a lot does not mean that my review is fake, I NEVER got PAID to post this review or even spoke to dr T about it. I know of several place that give you gift card or free things to post a good review, but that is not dr T office.
I got pregnant with twins with my first IVF with dr Tourgeman at 42, you say they have no success 42 + (my boys will be 4 in August), and I had 1 embryo left in the freezer. I transfer that in 2012 and my daughter was born in 2013. She will be 2 in June. How cannot I be GRATEFUL forever to dr Tourgeman? And his staff and his lab in Encino. I am considered 100% success, you can ask to see my chart or my payments, I doubt that they have more than 1 Evelina in his office, but just because you did not get the outcome you wanted its not fair to other people that are looking for a good dr to think that he is not one of them or think that his office is a «clinic». Having multiple locations does not make it a clinic.
Comparing his office to Chili is very disrespectful. Just fyi, in west los angeles parents of multiple club, more than 12 family were dr T patients, (he is the most well know doctor in the club, no bev hills doctor has the same high success rate as dr T), I send him one of my coworker sister and she got pregnant with a baby girl, I send him 2 more of my friend and 1 was coming from another dr with several failed attempts (she only had 1 or 2 eggs at retrieval at 42 y old), both of them had poor quality eggs, one of them did not even get to the transfer, they both refused the donor egg options, I guess both of them are not open to all the options available.
Again I am sorry that your wife did not have a happy ending with dr T, but that does not make him a bad doctor, money hungry or a factory worker.
He is the man I love the most in the world since my daily happiness (my 3 kids) are here thanks to him. Good luck to your family, everybody deserve the happiness that kids bring. sincerely

We had an IVF Cycle Dr. T and I wanted to offer simple pros and cons justifying maybe — 3 stars. Most are NOT related to Dr. T himself, but to the clinic and support.
It is an in-​depth review and analysis. I can’t help it, I’m an engineer :)
after all — you’re about to put your body through a ton of hormones, $ 17,000, and a lot of hope.
Pros
Good Location
They own their own medical facility in Encino
Statistical reported results are above average: Reports can be found here:
1. Society for Advanced Reproductive Technologies
2. CDC centers for disease control — IVF Results
2 years delayed — PDF for 2012 can be downloaded.
Doctor was reasonably honest with our odds (that is the odds he told we had were close to those on the reports above.
Wait was short for all appointments we went to.
Cons:
No after hours support if we have issues or concerns, or things come up
Big gaps to attention to detail — we were not told of any side effects with drugs and procedures, one involved excess bleeding and They said «sorry we thought we put it on your calendar».
Couple of details in training for injections were omitted, thanks to YouTube we caught them — because there was no after hours support.
Unlike many boutique clinics, there is very little in depth analysis and customized approach to each individual based on results. It’s more like a factory — Result A — do this, result B — do that. Other clinics have more in depth customization with better results. Acacio clinic in OC is one.
We asked explicitly to be told which drugs to buy weekly. instead they gave us a giant list of drugs, explicitly said you need them all and we wasted several hundred dollars in unused drugs. response was — Doctor changes use depending how you respond. — Translation — taking extra 2 minutes each week to tell you what to buy for that week is too much effort. buy everything and if unused, toss it — it’s non refundable. and it’s super expensive.
After the IVF cycle we were suggested another cycle for 17K along with egg donor even though the clinic admitted that doing IVF will not increase the odds of egg donor. Logic? Sounds like a fantastic rationale to make 17K but not so much for us.
The person at front desk hasn’t given us one smile in 1 month of going there. Perhaps she can cheer up a little — it helps us psychologically.
Other clinics allow a woman’s body 1 month to recover from all the hormones before she is given embryos, but this clinic puts them in right away after 3 days for older women. After much much research i came to a conclusion that clinics that wait 1 month and also mature embryos to 5 days are correct. If embryo doesn’t survive 1 month freeze and 5 days it’s as good as gone anyway. However, some clinics including this one prefer to check-​off «we had an embryo transfer» mark more so than final result of pregnancy or birth. This may explain a near 0 reported chance of success at this clinic for women 42+, while it does have a higher embryo transfer ratio.
lastly, after the procedure, we sent emails to the nurse who was assigned to us to ask us how to deal with some post-​IVF side effects, and never got an email back. It was just 1 email with 2 side effects questions. It felt unpleasant that they wouldn’t spend a minute to respond to a simple question after they were done with us.
Also, note — I’ve used Unilocal since 2009 and have over 100 reviews.
I’d be concerned with 5 — star reviews who almost never use Unilocal.
In sum — It wasn’t bad, but during such emotional critical and highly expensive time we expected a little more analysis, attention to detail, and support. HRC is a chain of lots of reproductive and even hair reproductive clinics in LA.
I’d suggest you look for a single boutique clinic instead, and not a chain, with more personalized attention, after-​hours support, and high volume in your age group — reports I mentioned above show you all CA clinics and shows volume by age group as well as success rates. There are MANY in So Cali.
Sure you can go to Chili’s — a good chain — they make great canned soup and some delicious standard tacos. But why not instead research and choose a highly rated homey very popular restaurant that has a track record of serving their clients some fantastic authentic food? after all… the IVF dinner is super expensive and is filled with hormones and drugs… some of us are only wiling to do it or able to afford it once or twice :)
Send me a message if you have any questions or would like to brainstorm the options.

Great guy, super warm and kind. Thank to his treatment now we have our beautiful baby girl Sophie! My wife had limited follicles so the doctor needed to be precise and sharp. Well… we needed the «Lionel Messi» of fertility, and that is Doc Tourgeman! As I told him in person as joke «where he sets eyes he puts the bullet» Thanks David!
Para la gente que habla español: La verdad que no tenemos mas que cosas buenas para decir del doctor Tourgeman. Muy humano, sincero y buena persona. Nos acompaño en el proceso este tan difícil Teníamos muy pocas chances y gracias a su precision hoy tenemos la bendición de nuestra hija Sophie. Claro y simple, donde pone el ojo, pone la bala! Gracias David!

Dr T is the best most caring fertility doctor in Southern California.
Do not be impressed by those Beverly Hills clinics just trying to run factories.
Dr Tourgeman and every person on his staff truly care about patients and their
Well being
He helped us conceive our son
We will be forever grateful

I cannot say enough wonderful things about Dr. Tourgeman and his staff. We interviewed a couple of other doctors, but instantly knew when we met Dr. T that he was the one for us. He is warm, kind, and extremely caring. At the other offices I visited I felt like like I was just a number in a sea of patients, but with Dr. T I felt like we were truly teammates in trying to make this pregnancy happen, and that he wanted it as much for me as I wanted it for myself. He went the extra mile and explored all options, and I am proud to say that I am now the mother of two gorgeous baby girls! I was not an easy case, and I am just so grateful that he was the doctor on the journey with me. He… is…amazing.
Also, as a side note… he came highly recommended to me by a friend, who now has a baby boy. :)

I am not even sure where to begin. Dr. Tourgeman’s and his staff where a breath of fresh air after a very long dark tunnel. We looked at several different facilities and Doctors before we selected Dr. Tourgeman. We have had some really bad experiences previously and after 3 and half years were getting tired. We are so very happy that we meet Dr. T. After 3 failed IUI’s with another doctor, Dr. T helped us get pregnant with twins on our first round of IVF! We could not have been happier with the experience.
I would say if you are looking for a reproductive specialist, go check out the free seminar. We drove up from San Diego for our treatments and never once regretted the decision. Check out all his filtered reviews too. Unilocal keeps filtered his positive reviews from tons of families that have been helped by Dr. Tourgeman.

Dr. Tourgeman is absolutely AMAZING to work with and I would look no further. We worked with Dr. Tourgeman for several months and successfully got pregnant with twins. He has such a vast amount of knowledge, patience to explain every step of the way, a compassionate heart, and the best bedside manners! I felt so comfortable working with him and really trusted him when it came to making tough critical decisions along the process. He really helped guide us in the right direction and successfully helped accomplish our goal of getting pregnant! Truly, look no further!

For some reason my review was filtered! I am re-​posting. I just realized Dr. T has 26 filtered reviews… not sure why, these are all authentic reviews from happy patients!
Here we go again…
After a long road of artificial inseminations with a different doctor, and a couple of IVF cycles with Dr. Tourgeman, I can happily say that thanks to Dr. Tourgeman and his team we have a beautiful and healthy 8 month old baby.
I highly recommend Dr. Tourgeman, not only from our personal experience, but also from my professional experience with him and his team. I work for a surrogacy agency and we have referred many of our intended parents to him. Dr. T has achieved a high success rate, and I can say that every single one of my intended parents has been happy with him.
Dr. T’s caring, compassionate, and honest personality coupled with his knowledge, professionalism, and a great success rate make for a winning combination.
We owe Dr. Tourgeman the miracle of life, and I am reminded of this every day when we look at our child grow as a healthy little boy.
We will be forever grateful to Dr. Tourgeman, Teresa, his Nurse Coordinator, who was also great, compassionate, loving, and attentive. Shanice, who took our blood every time we had an appointment, Wendy, Patty, Claudia, all the nurses and the entire team at HRC Encino, as well as Rishona in West LA.
If you are looking into embarking in the emotional road of IVF, you will need a team with the expertise and compassion that Dr. Tourgeman and his team can offer… and hopefully your dreams will soon come true

Dr. Tourgeman is an excellent doctor, very pleasant and our experience has been wonderful with him. He puts all the options available (He gave an extensive ppt presentation to start with about how the reproductive system works which i thought was great) and provided a honest opinion on where we stood and the directions. The front desk staff, accountant, assistants (especially Rishona) were very courteous as well. i will gladly recommend Dr. Tourgeman to anyone.

When my husband and I met Dr. Tourgeman 3 ½ years ago, we really had no idea what our chances of conceiving really were, having had miscarriages and failed IUI attempts. Dr. T guided us through the process, making recommendations along the way, but always allowing us to make the decisions for us, without any pressure. That is the reason we chose this doctor over any other infertility doctor. Dr. T seems to truly care about his patients. He gave me his personal cell phone number at one point while I was under his care. And my nurse, Rishona, was always available to answer my many questions, either by email at odd hours of the night or by phone within an hour or so of my call. I was very impressed with HRC’s level of care. If it weren’t for Dr. T, I sincerely believe that I never would have conceived. After the first round of IVF with HRC, Dr. T sat me down and thoroughly explained his theory as to why our first round did not work. He listened closely to my story about usual menstrual cycles and surmised that I might need a surgery to repair my uterus. I agreed to let Dr. T perform this surgery at St. John’s Hospital and he discovered that his theory was correct. It was an unusual circumstance, indeed, but he completely repaired my uterus, such that my second round of IVF was so successful that I gave birth to twins two years ago. Our two children are thriving young people, thanks to Dr. T. I think of him often and can’t help but smile. And I finally had a chance to give him one of those big giant hugs that he likes to give his patients. I highly recommend Dr. T. He will put his whole heart into your care.

Dr. Tourgeman is my hero! He has helped my husband and me through quite a few ups and downs in trying to conceive and though we are not at the end of our journey yet we have made huge progress and it’s all thanks to Dr. T! He is a wonderful, kind, and compassionate doctor. His manner is very calm and gentle and he makes you feel safe and in good hands. Plus I’m pretty sure that he’s the best at what he does! His nurses and receptionists are sweet hearts on the phone and in person. If you’re looking for a fertility specialist don’t bother to look any further, you’ve found him!

After 4 failed cycles at a different clinic, coming to Dr. T was our last hope. He suggested surgery because he was curious as to why my embryos weren’t sticking. We did the surgery and then our first Fresh Cycle resulted in a Chemical pregnancy. I was happy that I got a little pregnant it meant that it was possible! At the other clinic I was never a little pregnant. A month later we did our first Frozen Cycle and I’m currently 17 weeks with a baby boy!!! Honestly, Dr. T is a miracle worker. My husband and I feel so lucky to have found him! He is such a great doctor, very caring, and thorough. Oh not only is Dr. T amazing, the staff at HRC Encino is also amazing. Especially his nurse Teresa and Wendy who is the P.A. they are always fun to talk to. Everyone is truly so kind, which makes it not even that bad to have your blood drawn every time. =)

Dr. Tourgeman is amazing. He helped us get pregnant on the first round of IVF. What more could anybody ask for? I will tell you what else, he is a good guy. He is attentive and kind and never makes you feel rushed. He is one of those rare doctors that acts like a normal down-​to-​earth person and understands the value of «bedside manner». He did graduate work at USC and worked closely with Dr. Richard J. Paulson of USC Fertility, one of the best fertility doctors in the world. This guy knows his stuff. And they accept insurance if you are lucky enough to have insurance that covers IVF. A+ rating for me. If I could give him 6 stars I would.

Dr. Tourgeman, Rishona, and the rest of the staff at HRC are simply amazing! My husband and I have been trying to conceive for 3 years… and Dr. Tourgeman got us pregnant on our first attempt with IVF. The entire staff is patient, personable and ALWAYS there to help. You really feel a sense of community. Someone always answers the phone when you call, they know your name when you walk in, and they simply care so much for you as a patient!
We feel extremely lucky to have ended up in the hands of everyone at HRC. They far outweighed what we had even expected from the extraordinary reviews we had initially read. For anyone struggling with infertility — we would recommend Dr. Tourgeman and his staff over and over again!
We are expecting twin boys in September and owe it all to you!
Lots of lots of love!

Working with Dr. Tourgeman and his staff was amazing. They are smart, clear, articulate, funny and friendly. Dr. Tourgeman was always available for questions and knew exactly what he was doing. Prior to Dr. Tourgeman I worked with a doctor in Beverly Hills that put me on Clomid for 4 months when it turned out I didn’t even need it! I’m so grateful I found Dr. Tourgeman and highly recommend him!

Dr. Tourgemen successfully guided my wife and I through the process of conceiving a wonderful baby boy. He has a wonderful personality and style of communication that made the whole process as straightforward as possible. Very professional office staff and friendly environment. Cannot recommend highly enough… great doctor.