Michael DiMattina, MD
Medical Director

Dr. Michael DiMattina is the Director of Dominion Fertility in Arlington, Virginia which he founded in 1987. In 2008, his peers voted him as the top infertility doctor in the Washington, D.C. area in Washingtonian magazine, and since 1992 he has been listed multiple times as a top doctor. He is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology, and subspecialty certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Dr. DiMattina is a clinical associate professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University Hospital. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Chemistry from the American University. He then performed cancer research at the National Institutes of Health before attending medical school at the Medical College of Virginia.

Dr.DiMattina completed his internship/residency at Georgetown University, and his fellowship in Reproductive Medicine at Georgetown and the NIH. During that time he studied advanced techniques in IVF at Kings College Hospital in London, England. He has been performing IVF since 1984, and has had many firsts in the field of Reproductive Medicine.

1987- First successful GIFT baby in Washington, D.C.

1988- First successful ZIFT baby in Washington, D.C.

1988- First successful IVF baby in Arlington, VA

1990- First successful IVF frozen-thawed pregnancy in Arlington, VA

1994- First successful IVF-ICSI baby in Arlington, VA

1995- First successful Ova Donor IVF baby in Arlington, VA

1998- First successful cryo-thawed IVF sibling pregnancy in the world. (People magazine, Oct. 12,1998)

2008- First successful Natural Cycle IVF baby in the Washington, D.C. area

2009- First successful Natural Cycle IVF sibling pregnancy in the Washington, D.C. area

In December 2006, Dr.DiMattina was one of only three American doctors to attend the "First World Congress in Natural Cycle IVF" in London, England, and in March 2007 he performed the first successful Natural Cycle IVF procedure in the Washington, D.C. area. His current interests are in unstimulated and Natural Cycle IVF.

Since 1986, Dr. DiMattina has actively taught the Georgetown University OB/GYN medical students and residents, and for this, was awarded the ACOG, "Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology National Faculty Award" for excellence in teaching in 2007.

Dr. DiMattina is co-author of the book "100 Questions and Answers About Infertility." He also volunteers his time at a local non-profit OB/GYN clinic providing GYN care to indigent patients.

John David Gordon, MD
Co-Director

Dr. John David Gordon is the Co-Director of Dominion Fertility and a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The George Washington University in Washington D.C. As a professor, he provides weekly lectures in Reproductive Endocrinology to the Obstetrics and Gynecology interns, residents, and medical students from The George Washington University. He is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and subspecialty certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Dr. Gordon graduated summa-cum-laude from Princeton University with a degree in Biology. He attended medical school at Duke University. Dr. Gordon was an intern in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University Medical Center and his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Gordon is the editor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Infertility, a best-selling handbook with over 150,000 copies in print that is used worldwide by medical students, residents, physicians, and women's healthcare providers. Dr. Gordon has been honored on numerous occasions for his educational activities including the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) National Resident Teaching Award three times in the past 9 years.

Patients are welcome to post questions to Dr.Gordon on the INCIID website where he has moderated the IVF and High-Tech Treatments bulletin board for nearly a decade. Also, you can visit Dr.Gordon's blog at www.100infertilityquestions.com, a project that he launched in conjunction with the publication of the book,"100 Questions and Answers About Infertility," that he co-authored with Dr.DiMattina.

Dr.Gordon has been listed as one of Washington's Top Doctors in the Washingtonian Magazine survey.

Dr. Andrea Reh
Reproductive Endocrinologist

Dominion Fertility is pleased to announce the expansion of our practice with the addition of a new reproductive endocrinologist to our team. Dr. Andrea Reh joined us in August of 2010 to meet the growing needs of new patients and our practice.

Dr. Reh was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated magna-cum-laude from Cornell University with a bachelor of arts in biology. She then received her medical degree at Georgetown University here in Washington D.C., where she graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. Dr. Reh completed her internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. During residency, she served as the administrative chief resident and was selected as an outstanding resident in Gynecologic Endoscopy by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.

Dr. Reh completed her Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the NYU Fertility Center with the NYU School of Medicine in New York City. During this time, she received the Berlex Foundation Faculty Development Research Award and authored several publications. Dr. Reh has also given numerous presentations at national meetings on issues related to IVF stimulation protocols, donor egg, fertility preservation, blastocyst transfer, and thyroid disease.
Dr. Reh is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Laboratory Specialists

Awie Botes, BSC, ELD (ABB)

Awie Botes is the Dominion Fertility Embryology Laboratory Director, and has over 30 years experience in the field. Born and raised in South Africa, Awie completed his Bachelors of Science in Human Physiology and Genetics while living there. He began his career in a human genetics laboratory actively doing research and development in in vitro fertilization and human cytogenetics. During that time he was instrumental as Laboratory Manager, developing two of the very first successful in vitro fertilization laboratories in South Africa where the first IVF baby was born in 1983.

In 1992, Awie relocated to the United States and worked as Laboratory Manager in two different clinics in California. During this time he became board certified as Technical Supervisor in Embryology and Andrology through the American Board of Bioanalysis. In 2002, Dominion Fertility was fortunate to have Awie join us to lead our embryology team. In 2004, he became board certified as an Embryology Laboratory Director through the American Board of Bioanalysis.

For the past 7 years, Awie has utilized his extensive experience with tissue culture, human genetics and embryology to refine the quality of the laboratory techniques employed at Dominion. Patient identity and isolation has dramatically improved, and our pregnancy and implantation rates are comprable to the best in the world today.

Awie's close association with the development of IVF, and the inception of the technologies, leads him to continually strive to improve the quality and technology used in our IVF lab today. Some of the state of the art technologies we now offer as routine laboratory services include blastocyst culturing, Natural Cycle IVF, Natural Cycle FET (frozen embryo transfer), and vitrification (fast freezing) of embryos with much higher survival rates.

With the assistance of our highly qualified and dedicated embryologists, Awie will continue to improve outcomes at Dominion Fertility. He has a motto, "Every embryo counts," and to that end, he strives to help every patient couple become a family.

In January 2009, Awie traveled back to South Africa to attend the wedding of a twin he helped conceive in the first IVF laboratory he set up there. Awie has maintained a close relationship with this family because seeng them struggle to go from a professional couple in a sterile house, to a family in a home has been an inspiration to him in his career.

• Gerry Celia, PhD
• Ning Xu, M.D.
• Lisa Ensign, M.S.
• Enzo Algarme, B.S.
• Mark Henein, B.S.

Our laboratory team offers unparalleled service and attention to detail. Under the direction of Awie Botes, ELD, with almost 30 years of IVF experience, doctors Gerry Celia, PhD, TS and Ning Xu, MD, operate a state-of-the-art facility that offers both new and established technologies to assure you the highest level of care. This relationship between you and our laboratory begins almost immediately upon admission to the practice. Following a review of your history, laboratory staff and physician meet to develop a fertility plan designed specifically for you.

In addition to our embryology laboratory, our in-house andrology and endocrinology laboratories, staffed by clinical scientists Lisa Ensign and Enzo Algarmo, give us the ability to diagnose and modify any treatment plan. This means that Dominion Fertility provides the most effective and personalized program to help you build your family.

At Dominion Fertility we believe that our dedication to personalized care, leadership in innovation, and unparalleled laboratory technique will continue to guide our IVF programs to further heights of success.

Practice Administrator
Jennifer Burton, C.P.C., C.M.O.M., C.M.I.S.

IVF and Ova Donor Coordinator
Natalie Sofia, R.N.

Nurse Coordinator
Amy Pond, R.N.

Nursing Staff

• Theanae Boersma, L.P.N.
• Erin Dailey, L.P.N.
• Mary Ann Harms, L.P.N.
• Nakisha Henderson, L.P.N.
• Samantha Smith, L.P.N.
• Christina Lopez, M.A.

Financial Department Manager
Charla Wynn, C.P.C.

Financial Counselors

• Yvonne McManus
• Noreen Obina
• Mary Brown

Marketing

• Melissa Sapio
• Amy Kelly

Patient Services Supervisor
Nancy Banks

Patient Servicees

• Lynnette Pardo Guadalupe
• Nicole Fraser
• Nancy Murillo