About
Dr. Evren Armutcu is the senior embryologist behind Vita Nova’s laboratory program - the man who, according to the clinic’s mirrored official biography, spent two decades handling eggs and embryos rather than running a gynecology practice. His training is Turkish (Antalya Medical School and Antalya State University School of Medicine), and his career path as listed in that bio runs through Gelegek IVF Center in Antalya, a Cyprus IVF center, a Batumi IVF center, and then the Vita Nova clinic in Tbilisi, where he served as clinical embryologist at the Center for Reproductive Medicine.
One unusual fact distinguishes him from the rest of the Vita Nova team: after the clinic’s website went dark in mid-2026, the team page of Clinic Atlas - a related fertility clinic a short distance away on the same Lubliana street block - lists Armutcu as Founder and Chairman of the Board. The independent auditor Repro Society treats the two operations as connected, with the shared founder as the central link. Anyone engaging with either brand should ask directly where he currently practices and under which license; see the clinic page for the full status note.
His specialization is squarely laboratory-side: IVF, ICSI, IMSI and PICSI sperm injection techniques plus cryopreservation of gametes and embryos. Listing platforms classify him under “Reproductive Medicine / Obstetrics and Gynecology,” but the published bio documents an embryology career, not an obstetric one.
Clinical Expertise
- ICSI and microinjection techniques: routine intracytoplasmic sperm injection, including the higher-magnification sperm-selection variants IMSI and physiologic ICSI (PICSI), per his official-site bio
- Cryopreservation: freezing and thawing of oocytes, sperm and embryos - the lab backbone of egg-freezing and donor-egg programs
- Embryo culture and assessment: day-to-day laboratory management of IVF/ICSI cycles from fertilization check to transfer staging
- Male-factor lab support: coordinating sperm retrieval (TESA) samples with injection and culture workflow
Why Choose Dr. Evren Armutcu
Two decades at the embryology bench across four clinics in three countries is a breadth few people in the Georgian market can document, and it matters because lab handling - not the prescription pad - decides how many usable embryos a stimulation cycle yields.
His technique list covers the full microinjection ladder (ICSI, IMSI, PICSI), which is the relevant toolkit for severe male-factor infertility and for programs that depend on frozen eggs or embryos.
He is also the continuity figure in the Vita Nova story: founder and chairman of the related Clinic Atlas operation where the archived site’s physicians now appear, which makes him the most stable point of contact if you are tracing where the team moved (pending direct verification).
Professional Affiliations
His bio states membership of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Repro Society’s July 2026 audit found no independent registry record confirming it, so treat the affiliation as self-reported. No board certifications or licensure numbers are published in any available source; ask the clinic for his Georgian practice license details before treatment.
Suitable For
- Male-factor infertility couples: cycles where IMSI/PICSI sperm selection and careful ICSI technique carry the outcome
- Egg freezing and fertility preservation patients: programs that live or die by cryopreservation quality
- Donor-egg and surrogacy intended parents: cycles requiring synchronized lab work across donor, recipient and embryo staging
- TESA/surgical retrieval cases: where the embryology lab and the surgeon must work as one team