The Prelude Network® (Prelude), the largest and fastest-growing network of fertility centers in North America, today celebrates 48 of its physicians across 15 clinics within its expansive network who are named a 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctor.
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.
Part of Inception Fertility™ (Inception), a family of fertility brands and the largest provider of fertility services in North America, Prelude’s clinics span throughout California, Texas, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, Florida, Tennessee, and Western Canada. Prelude specialists 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).
Dr. Jamie Grifo, Program Director at NYU Langone Fertility Center and Chief Executive Physician of Inception, was named a 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the 27th year in a row. Dr. Grifo shares, “I’d like to personally congratulate my colleagues across the entire Prelude Network for being recognized for their commitment to reproductive medicine and patient care,” says Dr. Grifo. “As reproductive specialists, we understand that patients look to us for compassionate and science-based guidance that will result in the best pregnancy outcomes and it is within that responsibility that we continue to move this field of medicine forward.”
Each clinic within Prelude is dedicated to patient experience and providing compassionate, personalized fertility care through a full range of comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI), LGBTQ+ family building, third party reproductive services, fertility preservation, genetic testing, and more.
“Our physicians exemplify the highest standards of care and leadership in reproductive medicine,” says TJ Farnsworth, founder and CEO of Inception Fertility. “We congratulate them on this achievement and thank them for the meaningful impact they make for patients every day.”
Those Prelude clinics who are included in the 2026 Top Doctor by Castle Connolly are Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois), Aspire Fertility Austin (Austin, Texas), Aspire Fertility Dallas (Dallas, Texas), Aspire Houston Fertility Institute (Houston, Texas), Aspire Fertility San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas), Center for Reproductive Medicine (Orlando, Florida), Indiana Fertility Institute (Carmel, Indiana), IVFMD (Miami, FL), Main Line Fertility (Philadelphia, PA), NYU Langone Fertility Center (New York, New York), NYU Langone Reproductive Specialists of New York (New York, New York), Pacific Fertility Center (San Francisco, California), Reproductive Biology Associates (Atlanta, Georgia), Reproductive Medicine Group (Tampa, Florida), Tennessee Fertility Institute (Nashville, Tennessee).
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. 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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