Welcome to the Berkley Center, founded by Dr. Mike Berkley, a leader in treating male and female infertility with natural medicine. We have expanded our services to holistically assist women in other areas of their lives, for more information visit our Berkley Center for Woman's Health. If you are trying to conceive, welcome and read on.
A Sensible and Sensitive Complementary Medical Approach to the Treatment of Male and Female Infertility
The Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness, a focal point for natural fertility treatment in New York City, is directed by Mike Berkley, Licensed Acupuncturist, Nationally Board Certified Herbalist, and Doctor of Acupuncture (RI).
The Berkley Center is world renowned for treating reproductive disorders with acupuncture, natural fertility medicine, nutrition, and fertility massage. We take a comprehensive approach to increasing your fertile wellness with natural fertility treatment. We even use natural fertility drugs (herbal medicine) which have been shown to be very effective in treating infertility when related to endometriosis, PCOS, high FSH, low sperm count, sperm DNA fragmentation, low ovarian reserve and even advanced maternal age.
Each and every member of The Berkley Center team is a fertility specialist. Each is highly trained in his or her own respective discipline. In fact, many of our professionals have served in fertility clinics as consultants.
We Have A 35 to 40% Success Rate!
Studies have shown that using acupuncture and herbal fertility medications in conjunction with IVF or IUI increase the chances of conceiving by up to 40% (see medical articles).
The Berkley Center’s focus is on healing the underlying cause or causes of infertility. Our approach is straightforward: first we help you to achieve greater overall health, then we focus on greatly enhancing your reproductive function.
At the Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness you will be treated with kindness, warmth and compassion. We are a people-oriented healthcare center located in the heart of Midtown; not a factory.
At the Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness we have been treating male factor infertility for many years based on the knowledge of 3000 years of traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture and herbal medicine in conjunction with certain vitamins and amino acids promote significant change in pathologic sperm. We have had excellent results in improving sperm count, improving morphology and motility as well as reducing sperm DNA fragmentation percentages.
The Berkley Center Team,
TransformingPatients into
Parents for 13 Years
A ‘good’ embryo is created by combining a ‘good’ egg and a ‘good’ sperm. Embryos created with poor quality sperm are, in my opinion, based on thirteen years of clinical experience, one of the main reasons for failed IVF cycles including those undergoing donor egg transfers even though fertilization with ICSI is facilitated.
Frequently the doctor will report that the embryo is “beautiful”, yet the cycle fails. You can no more judge the quality of an embryo by visualization than one can judge the health of a person by visualization. For example, the healthiest looking man can be HIV positive. Or, the healthiest looking woman can have breast cancer. One cannot judge a book by its cover.
The best and most reliable means of improving fertility outcomes either as a result of intercourse; IUI or IVF is to first improve the quality of the components that are responsible for the creation of the embryo; sperm and egg. See studies on acupuncture and sperm improvement.
A Letter to London
Many countries prohibit sex selection. In the UK for example, all licensed reproductive medicine Centers are forbidden from carrying out such procedures except for the purpose of sex-linked diseases.
Some countries including the United Kingdom have legislation that limit the maximum number of embryos that can be transferred. Obviously, the fewer embryos transferred, the greater the reduction of probability of success in IVF cycles.
Also, the United Kingdom has passed new legislation which abolishes the anonymity of gamete donors (egg, sperm and embryo donors).
These reasons alone make doing IVF cycles in the U.S., attractive where these prohibitions don’t exist.
At the Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness, where complementary modalities such as acupuncture, massage therapy, and nutritional counseling are employed to increase IVF outcomes we welcome our friends from London and the United Kingdom.
Best wishes on your journey to family.
Mike Berkley, Licensed Acupuncturist; Board Certified Herbalist; Fellow, American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine
Founder and Director, The Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness
From the meticulous and comprehensive initial intake to the effective follow-through treatments, our specialists utilize the most modern & cutting-edge techniques in complementary medicine to treat a wide array of fertility disorders, including poor ovarian reserve, poor egg quality, luteal phase defect, chronic miscarriage, thin endometrium, endometriosis, irregular periods, amenorrhea, hyperprolactinemia, PCOS, idiopathic infertility, low sperm count, poor morphology, poor motility, sperm DNA fragmentation, blood-clotting and immunological disorders all of which contribute to infertility and repeated miscarriage.
We are New York City’s most specialized and unique fertility clinic. While most patients dread their frequent visits to the doctor’s office during this challenging time, all our patients love coming to The Berkley Center to relax, to receive support and to speak with our fertility consultants. We share the same goals: excellence in patient care and making your dreams come true. From infertility to family….. every day at The Berkley Center.
The Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness is the only complementary medicine practice completely devoted to treating infertility. Other complementary medicine fertility clinics treat everything from neck pain to back pain, from headaches to insomnia. We are the original acupuncture fertility clinic in NYC which specializes in the treatment of infertility.
Committed to making babies since 1997.
A Journey worth taking starts with the first step…
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Step 2
To schedule your initial consultation today and to jumpstart your success in having your baby call 877.965.BABY or 212.685.0985. For your convenience, we are open Monday through Friday from 8:00am until 7:00pm. We are available 24/7/365 for pre and post embryo transfer acupuncture treatments.
Listen to Juliet from New York. She's 11 weeks pregnant!
"Having come from a long line of fertility goddesses, I was perplexed... I just wasn't getting pregnant... I pored over information... I discovered Dr. Berkley and - thank goodness! After my initial visit I felt much better. I knew I was in good hands and I had hope." Juliet
Listen to Stephanie from New York. Dr. Berkley helped her get pregnant twice!
"I have a new beautiful little girl who I can hug, and I have Dr. Berkley to thank for helping me get there. I certainly recommend you do everything to possibly reach your goal." Stephanie
We treat patients from many reproductive medicine clinics including:
- Batzofin Fertility Services www.batzofinfertilityservices.com
- NY Weill Cornell
- Saint Barnabas
- Long Island IVF
- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility (CRMI)
- Connecticut Fertility Associates
- Kofinas Fertility Institute
- Cooper Center for IVF
- RMA
- NYU
- The Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine
- New Hope Fertility
- St. Lukes-Roosevelt-Continuum Reproductive Care
- And others…
"Dr Berkley may be one of a kind. If not, he is certainly rare, as he limits his practice to women's health in the infertility and reproductive endocrine sphere. Though he performs non-traditional procedures, he works from a medical history taken in the mode of Western Medicine. Based on his study of Western science, he tailors his approach to the patient with a full understanding and in concert with the reproductive endocrinologist's treatment. He never insists that his way is the only solution. Of course he knows the studies which Western Medicine has done of the acupuncture approach as well. These provide a basis of the integration of the care carefully tailored to the individual patient."
Joe Massey, M.D.
"Dr. Berkley is a unique individual in that he combines his extensive knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and herbal practice with an impressive grasp of western practices and the treatments the patients are undertaking. He has dedicated his practice to working with couples coping with fertility disorders and is constantly trying to find the best approach for their complex problems. By combining eastern and western methods, Dr. Berkley and I are able to synergize treatment modalities, getting the best that each discipline has to offer for any given situation.
Being so close in physical proximity, our patients are readily able to maximize their time commitments during treatment. Patients might receive pre-transfer acupuncture, walk down the hall for their transfer and have the post transfer treatment right in the transfer room without even getting off the table. This is clearly advantageous and provides maximal benefit for the tranquility we seek to provide for our patients undertaking these stressful procedures."
Joel H. Batzofin, MD, FACOG
Medical Director, Batzofin Fertility Services
“Dr. Berkley’s reputation in the community of Oriental reproductive medicine is unsurpassed. His ongoing efforts to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western reproductive medicine have contributed greatly to both fields of fertility treatment, and most importantly, to the patients who seek his assistance.”
Randine Lewis, Ph.D., L.Ac
The Fertile Soul
The Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness
16 East 40th Street
Second Floor
New York NY 10016
mikeberkley@berkleycenter.com
212.685.0985
877.965.BABY
