AFMC Fertility Medical Center IVF (American Fertility Medical Center)

About AFMC Fertility Medical Center

AFMC Fertility Medical Center is an assisted reproductive technology (ART) clinic at 1370 Valley Vista Drive in Diamond Bar, California, positioned for patients from both Los Angeles and Orange County. The clinic keeps most of the cycle under one roof: an in-house surgical suite for egg retrieval and embryo transfer, on-site imaging (TVUS, 3D TVUS, SIS, HSG), and an embryology lab it reports as CAP-accredited. The team the clinic shows on its site is four people: a reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) specialist as Medical Director, a PhD laboratory director, an anesthesiologist, and an affiliated urologist from Cedars-Sinai for the male side of treatment. The website is Chinese-friendly, and the Medical Director also consults in Arabic. AFMC’s stated focus areas include egg and sperm donation, egg and embryo freezing, gestational surrogacy coordination, LGBTQ+ family building, genetic testing, and embryo and oocyte transport.

On outcomes, you will not find AFMC-specific success percentages on the CDC. Under CDC NASS reporting rules, the clinic’s 2022 reporting year fell below the publication threshold in every age group: 34 intended retrievals in total (11 under age 35, 8 at ages 35-37, 6 at ages 38-40, 9 over 40), which CDC reports only as fractions — 5 live births of 11 retrievals under 35, 5 of 8 at 35-37, 0 of 9 over 40, with the 38-40 group suppressed. This is a small, boutique-scale program by cycle count; the national average cycle volume recorded in our data sits in the hundreds, and we do not convert that into ratios because cycle-count averages in our sources mix reporting bases.

The national live-birth benchmarks on this page (53.5% under 35, 39.8% at 35-37, 25.6% at 38-40, 9.5% over 40) come from the SART 2022 National Summary, while the clinic’s own counts come from CDC NASS 2022. Different registries and different reporting conventions mean these figures cannot be lined up against each other, and with fewer than 20 cases per age group at AFMC, any percentage computed from those denominators would swing wildly on a single outcome. Read the CDC fractions as a case count, not as a grade. The clinic’s own success-rate page cites CDC 2021 national aggregates (453 reporting clinics, 413,776 ART cycles, 91,906 infants) and claims that clinics like AFMC “rank among the top in the United States” — that ranking language is clinic-published marketing, and the page itself publishes no clinic-specific rate to verify it against.

Accreditations & Awards

• CAP (College of American Pathologists) and CLIA — logos displayed in the clinic’s site footer; the clinic describes its IVF lab as CAP-accredited with Day 3 and Day 5 (blastocyst) culture (clinic-reported; our research pass did not verify the certificates at the issuing bodies)
• CDPH (California Department of Public Health), FDA — logos displayed in the site footer
• ABOG, ASRM, AAB, CDC — logos displayed in the site footer; our sources do not record which specific physician or lab holds each of these, so treat them as institutional branding until verified
• ABB dual certification for the laboratory director — clinical consultant (December 2011) and high complexity clinical laboratory director (November 2011), per his published profile
• Anesthesiologist certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology, per his profile
• First PGD case in Syria (2010) — recorded in the Medical Director’s CV at Raed Fertility Center, which she directed from 2006
• Patient testimonials — the homepage publishes named patient accounts of successful transfers; these are selected quotes on the clinic’s own site, not independent review data

Why Choose AFMC Fertility Medical Center

• Chinese-language-friendly care in Southern California. The clinic markets itself as Chinese-friendly, with a Simplified Chinese site version and bilingual coordination staff; the Medical Director also works in Arabic. If you speak Chinese, you can get through the full cycle without an interpreter of your own.
• Retrieval and transfer without outside referrals. The in-house surgical suite covers egg retrieval and embryo transfer on site, which keeps the two highest-stakes moments of a cycle inside the clinic.
• A urologist on the team page. AFMC lists an affiliated Cedars-Sinai-trained urologist for male-factor surgery (varicocelectomy, vasectomy reversal, sperm retrieval), so a male-factor workup does not send you to an unrelated practice.
• A lab directed by a certified laboratory director. Rather than an unnamed lab, AFMC’s lab director holds dual ABB certification and built his career on oocyte and blastocyst vitrification, the core technique behind egg freezing and embryo banking.
• Real cost levers, published. A financial counselor walks you through fees, partner-pharmacy programs offer 25%-75% discounts on fertility medications, and financing partners provide installment plans (clinic-reported).
• Inclusive family-building programs. Gestational surrogacy coordination, donor eggs and embryos, and a named LGBTQIA+ program covering transgender partners and gay and lesbian family building appear in both the clinic’s service menu and its CDC service listing.

IVF & Fertility Services

• IVF — ovarian stimulation, monitoring, egg retrieval, fertilization and embryo transfer
• ICSI — single-sperm injection for male-factor infertility
• IUI — intrauterine insemination, used as a first-line option
• Egg freezing and fertility preservation — oocyte vitrification for elective and medical indications
• Embryo freezing — vitrified embryo banking (listed with CDC alongside donor egg and donated embryo programs)
• Donor egg and donor sperm programs — coordination for patients needing donated gametes; donated embryo programs listed
• Gestational surrogacy — coordination and support for gestational carrier journeys
• LGBTQ+ family building — services for transgender partners and gay and lesbian couples building families
• Genetic testing — embryo genetic testing, including PGT-A screening
• Male and female fertility testing — hormone panels, semen analysis and ovarian reserve workups
• Embryo and oocyte transport — domestic and international shipping for patients treated elsewhere or traveling
• Diagnostic imaging — TVUS, 3D TVUS, saline sonohysterography (SIS) and hysterosalpingography (HSG) on site

Fees & Packages

There is no published price list. Our sources do not state what an AFMC cycle fee includes or which add-ons (medications, ICSI, PGT-A, freezing and storage, donor coordination) are billed separately. What the clinic does publish is how it lowers the bill: a financial counselor who itemizes costs before you commit, national pharmacy partnerships offering 25%-75% discounts on fertility medications, and financing partners that set up installment plans. Ask for written quotes that separate the cycle fee from medications, anesthesia, genetic testing and storage, and confirm which pharmacy discount program applies to your protocol.

Patient Journey

1. Consultation — book a consult with the reproductive team to review your history and goals.
2. Fertility evaluation — targeted testing follows, on site where possible: hormone and ovarian reserve panels for you, semen analysis for your partner, imaging as indicated.
3. Personalized treatment plan — the physician recommends a path (IVF, IUI, donor gametes, preservation), and the financial counselor prices it out at this stage.
4. Cycle treatment and monitoring — stimulation with ultrasound and bloodwork monitoring; retrieval and transfer happen in the in-house surgical suite with the clinic’s anesthesiologist.
5. Pregnancy confirmation and follow-up — a blood test confirms the outcome and the team follows you from there.

Each patient is assigned their own care coordinator who tracks the process from the first visit onward, per the clinic’s site. The clinic also states it is “available anytime” for its patients; specific wait times between steps are not published in our sources.

Local Legal Framework

Our sources for this clinic record no specific California statute governing its ART services, and we will not import legal claims from other pages. What is documented: the clinic holds a California clinic footprint under CDPH oversight (logo displayed), and its CDC-listed services include donor egg, donated embryo, embryo and egg cryopreservation, and gestational carrier — all categories California licenses and registers. The Medical Director’s laboratory and clinical scope include embryo genetic testing; the clinic’s site does not reproduce the consent framework around it. If your plan involves surrogacy, donor gametes, interstate embryo transport, or embryo disposition decisions, have a California family-law attorney review your contracts before a cycle starts; the clinic’s own research dossier notes no state-level legal analysis to quote.

Location

• Address: 1370 Valley Vista Dr, Suite 135, Diamond Bar, CA 91765, United States
• Phone: +1 909-777-8888