Dr. Carolina Sueldo, LLC — An Honest Editorial Review

Among fertility clinics in Florida, Dr. Carolina Sueldo's practice in Fort Lauderdale occupies a niche that patients in Broward County have historically had to drive south to Miami or north to Boca Raton to find: a boutique, single-REI reproductive endocrinology practice where the same board-certified physician handles the consultation, the protocol design, the monitoring, and the transfer. The practice operates publicly as Ceibo Fertility Center — the clinical brand Dr. Sueldo founded — and as a Florida LLC under her name. Both refer to the same office at 4801 N Federal Highway, Suite 300.

The LLC structure matters because it signals an independent, owner-operated practice rather than a private-equity-backed network clinic. For patients evaluating the crowded South Florida fertility market, that ownership model is one of the more meaningful dividing lines between clinic types.

Training and Credentials

Dr. Carolina Sueldo is a double board-certified physician — in both Obstetrics & Gynecology (American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013) and in the subspecialty of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (ABOG subspecialty board, 2017). She earned her medical degree from Universidad del Salvador School of Medicine in Argentina, completed her OB/GYN residency at UCSF Fresno (University of California, San Francisco's Fresno campus), and completed her REI fellowship at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.

Her published research is indexed on PubMed and spans reproductive medicine topics including assisted reproductive technology protocols, embryo transfer, oocyte cryopreservation, and ovarian stimulation — a publication record that places her inside the academic REI community despite practicing in a boutique setting. She is licensed to practice medicine in Florida.

Services and Specialties

Ceibo Fertility Center advertises the full arc of services a subspecialty REI practice would be expected to offer. Services include:

• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
• Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) and ovulation induction
• Egg freezing and fertility preservation
• Donor egg pathways and third-party reproduction
• Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT)
• LGBTQ+ family building, including reciprocal IVF pathways
• PCOS and endometriosis management
• Fertility diagnostics, hormonal workup, and telemedicine consultations

The clinic markets itself as "Fort Lauderdale's first boutique fertility center" and emphasizes a direct-care model in which patients may use out-of-network insurance benefits rather than in-network billing. That distinction is discussed in more detail in the insurance section below.

Success Rates

Prospective patients evaluating any IVF program should check SART's Clinic Summary Report and the CDC ART Success Rates database for published cycle outcomes. As a relatively recently-opened boutique center, Ceibo's multi-year SART history may still be building; patients should ask during consultation about current cycle volume, fertilization and blastulation rates, and age-stratified per-transfer outcomes. Our how to read IVF success rates guide covers which numbers genuinely matter and which are cherry-picked for marketing.

Patient Experience

Dr. Carolina Sueldo, LLC currently holds a 5.0 rating across 10 Google reviews — a small sample that reflects the practice's boutique scale, but uniformly positive. Public reviews consistently emphasize direct physician access (Dr. Sueldo personally returns calls and emails rather than delegating to a rotating provider pool), unhurried appointment time, and clear communication about protocols and costs. This is the typical profile of a solo-REI practice, and the trade-off is structural: fewer providers and less redundancy than a large network, but more continuity of care across an entire cycle.

The office is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (closed Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday).

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 REI is the right next step.

Insurance and Cost in Florida

Florida does not have a state insurance mandate for fertility diagnosis or IVF treatment. That means coverage is entirely a function of your employer's voluntary benefit election, and many Florida patients pay entirely out of pocket. Ceibo Fertility Center operates as a direct-care practice, meaning it is not contracted as in-network with commercial insurers; patients with out-of-network fertility benefits may submit for partial reimbursement, but the billing model puts cost transparency up front rather than negotiating through insurer contracts. Patients should ask for a detailed written fee schedule at consultation and, separately, verify their own plan's out-of-network fertility benefit before committing.

For state-by-state context, see our fertility insurance mandates by state guide and the IVF cost by state breakdown.

Location and Contact

Practice name: Dr. Carolina Sueldo, LLC (operating as Ceibo Fertility Center) Address: 4801 N Federal Highway, Suite 300, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Phone: (954) 715-7232 Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Website: ceibofertilitycenter.com (and drcarolinasueldo.com)

The office is on the east side of Federal Highway / US-1 between Oakland Park Boulevard and Commercial Boulevard, serving Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Pompano Beach, and greater Broward County.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Carolina Sueldo, LLC the same practice as Ceibo Fertility Center? Yes. "Dr. Carolina Sueldo, LLC" is the Florida legal entity; "Ceibo Fertility Center" is the public-facing clinical brand. They refer to the same office at 4801 N Federal Highway, Suite 300 in Fort Lauderdale, with the same physician (Dr. Carolina Sueldo) and the same phone number. If you see both names across directory listings and insurance paperwork, it is one practice.

Is Dr. Sueldo a reproductive endocrinologist or a general OB/GYN? Both. She is board-certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG, 2013) and in the subspecialty of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (ABOG subspecialty board, 2017). REI is the fellowship-trained subspecialty most appropriate for IVF, complex infertility workup, donor-egg cycles, and fertility preservation — and double certification is the credential patients should look for when evaluating any fertility clinic.

Does the practice accept my insurance? Ceibo is a direct-care practice and is not typically contracted in-network with commercial insurers. Patients with out-of-network fertility benefits through their employer may be eligible for partial reimbursement; the practice can provide itemized superbills to submit. Because Florida has no fertility insurance mandate, most patients pay out of pocket regardless of clinic. Verify your plan's out-of-network fertility benefit before consultation, and see fertility insurance mandates by state for broader context.

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