When you go see an RE, you’re seeing a medical professional who specializes solely in helping people get and stay pregnant. First, the professional will provide a consultation with a patient to determine whether there’s an issue with fertility, then proceed with testing and making a diagnosis. The questions, tests, and diagnosis provided will identify the patient’s particular cause of their infertility, whether it’s endometriosis, anovulation, male factor infertility, or another issue.

To treat a patient and help a couple start or expand their family, the RE might use assisted reproductive technologies like intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), or another treatment. We provide such treatments here at The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine, and we can help many people, including those in the LGBTQ community.

It’s common for people to use the terms “reproductive endocrinologist” and “fertility specialist” interchangeably, but the terms are very different. The reproductive endocrinologist is a board-certified doctor with many years of training, and the fertility specialist is anyone—regardless of their level of education and experience—in the general field of fertility.

Basically, a reproductive endocrinologist is fully qualified to provide fertility and pregnancy services, but a general fertility specialist isn’t necessarily qualified to help on a professional level. It’s the reproductive endocrinologist that you’ll want to see if you and your partner are serious about getting pregnant. We have a fully capable reproductive endocrinologist here at The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine.

You could ask family or friends whether they would recommend an RE to you, or you could look online for something like, “reproductive endocrinologist near me.” Instead, you could just come see us here at The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine where we have a highly capable RE in Dr. Robin Poe-Zeigler MD FACOG.

The doctor finished medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School and her four-year residency at The York Hospital in York, PA. Dr. Robin was later awarded a fellowship at The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia, and a few years after that, in 1997, she opened The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine. Since then and for 20 years now, she has helped bring thousands of healthy babies into this world! You can be very confident in the doctor’s capabilities.

Yes! Dr. Robin would be delighted to meet with you to discuss fertility, pregnancy, or a related topic. You can read all about the doctor here. She is available for couples in the Salem area and beyond.

The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine is located at OCEANA PLACE 448 Viking Drive, Suite 100 Virginia Beach, VA 23452, and you can reach us at (757) 496-5370. Call us today to learn more or to book a consultation, or go ahead and book your consultation with us online. We’d be very happy to see you and help you start or grow your family, so don’t hesitate to reach out if you need our services! We serve patients from Virginia Beach VA, Salem VA, Rudee Heights VA, Lynnhaven VA, Linkhorn Estates VA and Dam Neck VA.