Main Line Fertility, a premier provider of best-in-class fertility services, congratulates five doctors on being named 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors represent the top 7% of all U.S. practicing physicians. Those with Main Line Fertility who were named Top Doctors include Allison Bloom, DO; Benjamin Gocial, MD; Michael J. Glassner, MD, and Shahab S. Minassian, MD. These physicians earned this recognition from a pool of over one million U.S. doctors.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors are nominated by their peers, after which the Castle Connolly research team evaluates specific criteria to determine who should qualify as a Top Doctor, including consideration of each nominee’s professional qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation, disciplinary history, interpersonal skills, and outcomes data. The recognition methodology has been vetted and endorsed by the Castle Connolly Medical Advisory Board.
Each of Main Line Fertility’s physicians is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist (REI), dedicated to delivering compassionate, individualized fertility care grounded in the latest advances in reproductive science and technology. The clinic is part of The Prelude Network® (Prelude), the largest network of fertility clinics in North America. Its team of innovative and empathetic reproductive endocrinologists spend real time with each family to understand their goals and develop personalized treatment plans. In total, 48 physicians across Prelude were named 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors.
"I am so proud of the team at Main Line Fertility, who have dedicated their careers to helping build families through compassionate and personalized care,” says Dr. Glassner. “We thank Castle Connolly for this recognition.”
Prelude is the clinical network of Inception Fertility™ (Inception), a family of fertility brands and the largest provider of fertility services in North America, and its physicians include innovators in fertility care who have pioneered some of today’s most advanced reproductive technologies, including vitrification, fertility preservation, and preimplantation genetic testing (PGT).
About Main Line Fertility
Main Line Fertility has emerged as the leading fertility center in the greater Philadelphia area. They strive to help individuals and couples achieve their family-building goals, combining cutting-edge technologies with personalized care. At each of our six fertility clinics, you’ll find verifiable success rates, a wide array of customized treatment plans, and financial programs. They offer comprehensive reproductive health services, including intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), fertility assessments, and more. For more information, visit www.mainlinefertility.com.
About The Prelude Network
The Prelude Network (Prelude), the fastest-growing network of fertility clinics and largest provider of comprehensive fertility services in North America, is the clinic network of Inception Fertility — a family of fertility brands that touches every part of the fertility journey, including diagnostics and treatment to financial accessibility. Each clinic, as part of Prelude, is committed to delivering the highest level of personalized fertility care by the nation's leading reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists and practitioners by focusing on excellence in science, medicine and the patient experience. The growing Prelude Network has more than 90 total locations nationwide, offering a wide range of fertility services including egg freezing, IVF, genetic testing, LGBTQ+ fertility options, and egg/embryo storage, among others. Those clinics within Prelude include Aspire Fertility Austin (Texas); Aspire Fertility Dallas (Texas) ; Aspire Fertility San Antonio (Texas); Aspire Houston Fertility Institute (Texas); Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago (Illinois); Center for Reproductive Medicine (Florida); Indiana Fertility Institute (Indiana); IVFMD (Florida); Main Line Fertility (Pennsylvania); NYU Langone Fertility Center (New York); NYU Langone RSNY (New York); Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine (Canada); Pacific Fertility Center (California); Regional Fertility Program (Canada); Reproductive Biology Associates (Georgia); Reproductive Science Center of New Jersey (New Jersey); Tennessee Fertility Institute (Tennessee), and The Reproductive Medicine Group (Florida). For more information, visit www.preludefertility.com.
About Inception Fertility
Inception Fertility (Inception) is a family of fertility brands committed to helping patients build their own families. Built by patients for patients, Inception's purpose is to achieve the highest bar in experience, science and medicine in an effort to enhance each patient's experience and achieve better outcomes. Inception's medical experts are leading pioneers in fertility care. Our doctors are some of the first to use breakthrough assisted reproductive technologies (ART) — including in vitro fertilization (IVF), preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) and fertility preservation services – and they continue to lead the industry by building on these technologies by through development, research and thought leadership. Through its growing family of national organizations — which includes The Prelude Network, the fastest-growing network of fertility clinics and largest provider of comprehensive fertility services in North America; MyEggBank®, one of the largest frozen donor egg banks in North America; BUNDL Fertility™, a multi-cycle fertility service bundling program; HavenCryo™, a long-term reproductive preservation and storage solution provider and NutraBloom®, a premium lifestyle brand with expertly formulated supplements to support individuals' health and wellness goals for preconception — Inception is working to deliver on its promise to push the envelope of what is possible for exceeding patient expectations. For more information, visit www.inceptionfertility.com.
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