Women & Infants Fertility Center is the reproductive endocrinology and infertility program of Women & Infants Hospital, a major women's health hospital in Providence, Rhode Island that is part of the Care New England health system. Located at 90 Plain Street in downtown Providence, this fertility program provides the full spectrum of fertility evaluation and treatment services within the resources of one of the most respected women's health institutions in the northeastern United States. Women & Infants Hospital is a teaching affiliate of Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School, bringing academic medicine to reproductive care in Rhode Island. Rhode Island has a fertility insurance mandate, making many services at this clinic accessible to patients with qualifying state-regulated insurance plans. For a statewide overview of Rhode Island fertility resources, visit our Rhode Island fertility clinics directory. A related listing, Providence Fertility Institute, Inc. (slug: providence-fertility-institute-inc-cranston-ri), is separately listed in the Fertlo database; patients may wish to compare both listings.
Physicians and Clinical Team
Women & Infants Fertility Center is staffed by reproductive endocrinologists who hold academic appointments at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The physicians are board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology with subspecialty fellowship training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. The academic affiliation means physicians are engaged in clinical research that directly informs their patient care. The care team includes reproductive endocrinology fellows, fertility nurses, embryologists, genetic counselors, and patient coordinators. Women & Infants Hospital's comprehensive women's health focus provides access to maternal-fetal medicine, genetics, and other subspecialties within the same institution.
Services and Treatments
Women & Infants Fertility Center provides:
- Comprehensive fertility evaluation — hormonal bloodwork, antral follicle count, hysterosalpingography, saline infusion sonography, semen analysis, and genetic carrier screening
- Ovulation induction — oral and injectable protocols with monitoring
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
- In vitro fertilization (IVF) — conventional and individualized stimulation protocols
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-A and PGT-M)
- Frozen embryo transfer (FET)
- Fertility preservation — egg and embryo cryopreservation for elective and oncofertility
- Third-party reproduction — donor egg, donor sperm, and gestational carrier coordination
- Recurrent pregnancy loss evaluation
- Male infertility evaluation — in coordination with urology
- Reproductive surgery
Laboratory and Success Rates
Women & Infants Fertility Center's IVF laboratory operates within the Women & Infants Hospital system, maintaining CLIA and CAP certification and academic medical center quality standards. The laboratory employs vitrification for cryopreservation and extended blastocyst culture. SART outcome data is reported and publicly accessible.
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
Women & Infants Hospital is nationally recognized for women's health, and its fertility center benefits from that reputation and the depth of its clinical infrastructure. Patients from across Rhode Island and nearby southeastern Massachusetts seek care here. The Providence Plain Street location is accessible by car and public transit (RIPTA) and is central to the state's population. For patients with complex diagnoses, the academic medical center setting and access to Brown-affiliated subspecialty care is a meaningful advantage.
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Insurance and Financing
Rhode Island has a fertility insurance mandate requiring most state-regulated group health insurance plans to cover fertility treatment. Women & Infants Fertility Center participates with Rhode Island insurance plans. Self-funded ERISA employer plans are not subject to the Rhode Island mandate. The financial counseling team can assist with benefit verification and prior authorization.
Other mandate states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland also require insurers to cover IVF and related fertility treatments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Women & Infants Hospital affiliated with Brown University? Yes. Women & Infants Hospital is a teaching affiliate of Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School. The reproductive endocrinologists at the Fertility Center hold faculty appointments at Brown, and the academic affiliation drives a research-active clinical environment.
Does Rhode Island's fertility mandate cover IVF at Women & Infants? Yes. Rhode Island's fertility insurance mandate applies to most state-regulated group health plans, and Women & Infants Fertility Center participates with these plans. Coverage specifics vary by plan tier and clinical eligibility criteria. The financial counselors can verify your specific coverage before treatment begins.
What is the Providence Fertility Institute, and is it related to this clinic? Providence Fertility Institute, Inc. is separately listed in the Fertlo database (slug: providence-fertility-institute-inc-cranston-ri), associated with a Cranston, RI address and pointing to the Women & Infants fertility website. This suggests the two listings may represent the same clinical program under different organizational registrations or locations. Patients should contact the clinic directly to clarify the relationship between the two entries.
How does Women & Infants' academic affiliation benefit fertility patients? The Brown affiliation means that physicians are engaged in research that keeps clinical protocols current with the latest evidence. Fellows in training participate in patient care under attending supervision, which enriches the clinical team. The academic environment also supports access to subspecialty expertise within Care New England and Brown-affiliated facilities.