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The Institute of Life is the assisted reproduction (IVF) unit of IASO, a private maternity and gynaecology hospital of the IASO Group on Kifisias Avenue in Marousi, in the northern suburbs of Athens. IASO began operating in 1996, and the group established the Institute of Life inside the hospital in 2015. The unit and its egg cryopreservation bank are licensed by the Greek National Authority of Assisted Reproduction; the licences were published in the Government Gazette on 12 December 2016. A second Institute of Life fertility centre operates in Kalamata.
After an expansion and redesign of the hospital's ground floor, the unit occupies about 1,500 m² on a single level. Its team page lists more than 60 obstetrician-gynaecologists working as fertility specialists, a clinical embryology team of more than 25 under a laboratory manager, a psychologist and nursing staff. Dr. Themis Mantzavinos is Scientific Director, and Dominique de Ziegler and Giles Palmer are listed as international scientific advisors. The embryology laboratory uses EmbryoScope Plus time-lapse incubators, the RI Witness electronic sample-tracking system, a four-stage HVAC air-filtration system with positive pressure, Olympus SLICSI and PolarAIDE polarised-light microscopy, TMC hydraulic anti-vibration tables, Octax NaviLase laser hatching and the ERICA artificial-intelligence embryo-ranking software, alongside a separate andrology laboratory. Services include IVF and ICSI, intrauterine insemination, natural-cycle and mini IVF, freezing of eggs, embryos, sperm, testicular and ovarian tissue, preimplantation genetic testing and endometrial testing.
Patients travelling from abroad are supported by IASO's International Patient Department, which provides information before the visit, checks medical data in advance, helps with travel to and from the hospital and keeps patients informed about their care during and after their stay. Appointment requests can ask for contact by Skype or telephone, and the unit offers psychological support and counselling. The hospital is about 27 km by road from Athens International Airport (ATH).
Dr. Themis Mantzavinos
Scientific Director, Institute of Life – IASO
Dr. Themis Mantzavinos has been Scientific Director of the IASO Institute of Life since 1 January 2016 and President of the Hellenic Society of IVF Doctors since 2004. A graduate of the University of Athens Medical School, he trained in assisted reproduction at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, USA, from 1981 to 1984 and held academic posts at the University of Athens from 1977 until 2001, latterly as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He founded the IVF units at MITERA Maternity Hospital (1986) and Euromedica (1989) and ran the IVF unit at Aretaieio University Hospital from 1997 to 2001.
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Accreditation
ISO 9001:2015
International Organization for Standardization — Assisted reproduction and cryopreservation services – certified by TÜV Hellas (TÜV Nord)
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ELOT EN 15224:2017
ELOT EN 15224:2017 Quality management systems for healthcare services — Assisted reproduction (IVF) units of IASO Group's clinics – certified by TÜV Hellas (TÜV Nord) since 2016
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TEMOS
TEMOS International – Quality in Reproductive Care — Medically Assisted Reproduction Unit – Institute of Life IASO, assessed against the standard since 2015
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Eggs collected after ovarian stimulation are fertilised with sperm in the laboratory, and a resulting embryo is cultured and then transferred to the uterus.
Eggs, sperm, testicular tissue or ovarian tissue are frozen and stored for possible later use, for example before cancer treatment or to delay pregnancy.
Treatment that follows the woman's natural cycle or uses low-dose (semi-natural) stimulation, aiming to collect one or a small number of eggs.
Sperm is prepared in the laboratory and placed directly into the uterus around the time of ovulation.
ICSI and P-IMSI microinjection
Blastocyst culture and laser-assisted hatching
Embryo vitrification and frozen embryo transfer
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-A, PGT-M, niPGT-A)
Endometrial and immunological testing
Male fertility testing
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Scientific Director
Assisted reproduction (IVF), Obstetrics and gynecology
Address
37-39 Kifisias Avenue, 151 23 Agios Thomas, Marousi, Athens, Greece
Weather
Athens has a Mediterranean climate with long, hot and dry summers and mild, wetter winters. Most of the year's rain falls between November and February.
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