ArkLaTex Fertility and Reproductive Medicine, located at 2401 Greenwood Rd in Shreveport, Louisiana, serves patients throughout the tri-state ArkLaTex region — the area where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas converge. The Greenwood Rd address is in a medical and professional corridor on Shreveport's south side, accessible from the I-20 and I-49 corridors that connect the city to Bossier City, Texarkana, Marshall, TX, and beyond. For patients across a wide swath of northwest Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, and northeast Texas, ArkLaTex Fertility is one of the few dedicated reproductive medicine practices within a reasonable driving distance. Louisiana patients can explore additional providers through the Louisiana fertility clinic directory.
Physicians and Clinical Team
ArkLaTex Fertility is led by board-certified reproductive endocrinologists with fellowship training from ACGME-accredited programs. The ArkLaTex region — which takes its name from the three states it spans — has limited subspecialty medical density outside of Shreveport's concentration of health systems (Willis-Knighton, CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier, and LSU Health Shreveport). This reality means that ArkLaTex Fertility serves as a primary fertility care resource for a very large geographic area, and the clinical team carries the responsibility of being accessible to patients for whom a trip to Dallas, New Orleans, or Little Rock may represent a significant logistical and financial burden.
Board-certified REIs complete a minimum three-year fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility following OB/GYN residency and are tested by ABOG on both the medical and surgical aspects of the subspecialty. The clinical staff includes reproductive nurses who coordinate patient care during stimulation and monitoring cycles, sonographers trained in reproductive ultrasound, embryologists managing the laboratory phase of IVF, and patient coordinators who assist with the administrative aspects of fertility treatment.
Services and Treatments
ArkLaTex Fertility and Reproductive Medicine offers a comprehensive range of fertility services appropriate to its regional hub role, including:
- Initial fertility consultation and diagnostic evaluation
- Ovarian reserve testing (AMH, antral follicle count, FSH)
- Semen analysis and male-factor evaluation
- Ovulation induction with oral and injectable medications
- Cycle monitoring with ultrasound and bloodwork
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
- In vitro fertilization (IVF) — see also our IVF guide
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-A, PGT-M)
- Frozen embryo transfer (FET)
- Egg freezing and embryo banking
- Donor sperm coordination with licensed banks
- Recurrent pregnancy loss evaluation and management
- Hormonal and endocrine disorder evaluation
- Endometriosis assessment and referral
Laboratory and Success Rates
ArkLaTex Fertility's IVF laboratory operates under Louisiana Department of Health oversight and federal CLIA requirements. The laboratory is responsible for the in vitro phase of IVF: egg maturity assessment, fertilization (conventional and ICSI), extended embryo culture through blastocyst, blastocyst grading and selection, biopsy for PGT when elected, and vitrification. In a regional market with limited competition, laboratory quality is a particularly important consideration — patients should feel comfortable asking the clinical team about the lab's performance metrics and staff credentials.
Patients should review the most current cycle-level data published by the CDC's ART Surveillance program and the SART Clinic Summary Report.
Patient Experience
Shreveport is the seat of Caddo Parish and the third-largest city in Louisiana, sitting at the intersection of I-20 (connecting Dallas to the west and Jackson, MS to the east) and I-49 (connecting New Orleans to the south and Texarkana to the north). This geography makes Shreveport a genuine hub for the tri-state region, and ArkLaTex Fertility's name explicitly reflects its role as a resource for patients across this multistate catchment area.
The Greenwood Rd address in south Shreveport is in a commercial and medical corridor near Shreveport's established residential neighborhoods. Patients from Bossier City — directly across the Red River from Shreveport and part of the same metropolitan area — are within a short drive. Patients from Longview and Marshall, TX (approximately 50–70 miles west), and Texarkana (approximately 70 miles northwest), may find the Shreveport clinic more accessible than traveling to Dallas. Patients from El Dorado, AR or Magnolia, AR (approximately 60–80 miles north) are similarly within the clinic's effective service area.
The ArkLaTex region has a significant African American population — particularly in Caddo Parish and surrounding northwest Louisiana parishes — and substantial rural poverty. Practices serving this region have an opportunity and responsibility to provide care that actively addresses access barriers, including cost, transportation, and awareness. Community-level trust-building and culturally responsive care are dimensions of clinical quality that matter as much as technical fertility outcomes in this context.
Considering At-Home Insemination?
Not every fertility journey begins in a clinic. At-home intracervical insemination (ICI) is a lower-cost, private option that suits patients with no known fertility diagnosis — including single parents by choice, same-sex couples, and people who want to try a few cycles before committing to clinical treatment.
At-home insemination kits like those from MakeAMom come with step-by-step instructions designed for donor or partner sperm. Kits are a one-time purchase that can be reused until conception succeeds, require no clinic visit, and arrive in plain, discreet packaging. Many patients use them as a first step while working toward a fertility consultation — or alongside ovulation tracking while they wait for an appointment slot.
If you have a known fertility diagnosis, have been trying for 12 months without success (six months if you're over 35), or your physician has already recommended IUI or IVF, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist is the right next step.
Insurance and Financing
Louisiana does not have a state-mandated infertility insurance benefit, and neither do Arkansas or Texas — the other two states in the clinic's catchment area. Patients throughout the ArkLaTex region therefore face primarily out-of-pocket fertility treatment costs unless their employer has voluntarily added fertility benefits to their plan. Major employers in the Shreveport area — health systems, Barksdale Air Force Base, energy companies, and casino-resort employers — vary considerably in whether they offer fertility coverage.
Out-of-pocket IVF costs in the Shreveport market are generally somewhat lower than coastal metro markets, typically in the range of $10,000–$14,000 per fresh retrieval cycle before medications, with medications adding $3,000–$5,000. For patients in rural areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas, travel costs may add meaningfully to the total. ArkLaTex Fertility's financial team can assist with cost planning, insurance verification, and referrals to third-party financing. Pharmaceutical assistance programs from major fertility drug manufacturers are available to qualifying patients and can meaningfully reduce medication costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does ArkLaTex Fertility treat patients from Arkansas and Texas? Yes. The clinic's name reflects its regional mission to serve patients across the ArkLaTex tri-state area. Patients from southwest Arkansas (including Texarkana, AR side, El Dorado, Camden, and Magnolia) and from northeast Texas (Longview, Marshall, Texarkana, TX side, and surrounding communities) regularly travel to Shreveport for care. Patients from these areas should discuss their geographic situation when scheduling to explore any monitoring coordination options.
Is there a difference in coverage if I live in Texas or Arkansas but seek care in Louisiana? Insurance coverage is generally determined by the state where your insurance plan is regulated — not where you receive care. Since none of Louisiana, Texas, or Arkansas has a fertility insurance mandate, the mandate status issue is consistent across the region. However, specific plan terms vary by employer and insurer, so patients should verify their fertility coverage directly with their insurer regardless of where they receive care.
What is the ArkLaTex region and why is the clinic named for it? The ArkLaTex region is the informal name for the three-state convergence area around Texarkana and Shreveport — encompassing parts of Arkansas (Ark), Louisiana (La), and Texas (Tex). The name reflects the economic, cultural, and geographic ties that bind these communities and is used by regional businesses, government agencies, and healthcare systems to signal their multi-state service footprint. ArkLaTex Fertility's name is a direct statement that it exists to serve this entire region, not just the city of Shreveport.
How does the clinic support patients who must travel a significant distance? For patients traveling 50–100 miles or more for care, the logistics of multiple monitoring appointments can be a real barrier. ArkLaTex Fertility may be able to coordinate some monitoring with a local OB/GYN or laboratory — particularly for IUI cycles — reserving visits to Shreveport for the key procedures (follicle trigger, IUI, egg retrieval, embryo transfer). Patients who face significant travel should raise this during their initial consultation so the team can structure a plan that is both clinically appropriate and logistically practical.