Nicosia IVF

Outstanding success rates with an ethical approach to fertility treatment. We specialise in oocyte (egg), sperm and embryo donation. Also, we have a very successful oocyte freezing program with post-thaw survival rates reaching almost 100%. Preimplantation genetic analyses (PGD and PGS) for sex selection or genetic disorders are also offered at our centre. We colloborate with various genetic diagnostic laboratories to deliver the best possible treatment.

We have a strong embryology laboratory which is one of the main determinants of the outcome of any IVF treatment. Our laboratory is equipped with latest technology and our embryologists only prefer to use the highest quality equipment and media. All our media, including oocyte freezing media, is imported from the most known media suppliers (No self-made media is used in our laboratory). Our senior embryologist has more than 10 years of experience in the field and has a proven success record. Our other embryologist is currently doing a PhD. He is actively involved in research and follows most up-to-date developments in the field. He integrates latest research into practice in order to deliver the best treatment possible. During you treatment you will be able to communicate with one of our embryologists and be informed about every step of your treatment.

Our medical director, Dr Mehmet Emin Kaptan, was born in 1966 in Nicosia, Cyprus. After completing his high school education in Cyprus, he started his medicine degree in Turkey. He graduated from Çukurova University and continued his career as a general practitioner in Adana, Turkey. Subsequently, he started his specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Dr. Zekai Tahir Burak Women Hospital in Ankara, Turkey. He completed his speciality training in 1994 and started working as a specialist doctor in various private hospitals in Turkey until 2003.

In 2003, he returned to his home country, Cyprus, and set up his own private Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic, Sevinç Clinic. He also worked at Kyrenia Akçiçek Hospital for 5 years as a specialist. He played an active role in setting up the Early Cancer Detection Unit in Nicosia Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu National Hospital. In 2000s, he became interested in Assisted Reproductive Technology and finished his subspecialty training in infertility in 2006. Ultimately, he founded Nicosia IVF in 2006 where he had been the medical director and having conducted more than 10,000 egg retrievals and offered treatment to more than 15,000 couples.

Dr Kaptan has handled more than 5,000 donor egg cases during his career, making him one of the most experienced fertility specialists conducting egg donation procedures not only in Cyprus but worldwide. He gives presentations on fertility related topics to his peers and patients on a regular basis. He is a member of American Society for Reproductive Medicine and European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. He attends scientific conferences and supports research.