Medical Letter

Westwood Cryobank Medical Group, Inc.

New Location!

9301 Wilshire Blvd. - Suite 208

Preserving Your Ability to Have Children

The Tyler Medical Clinic established an in-office bank for freezing and storing sperm more than forty-five years ago, less than ten years after the world's first successful pregnancy using frozen sperm was reported. We were one of the first such banks in the southwestern United States, and now we are among the first in the world to store not only sperm but also human eggs, embryos, and testicular and ovarian tissue.

The Tyler Medical Clinic was opened more than 50 years ago and is still at the same location across the corner from UCLA School of Medicine. To our knowledge, it is the oldest institution specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility in the southwest part of the country.

The founder, E. T. Tyler, M.D. pioneered many tests and procedures in this field. In 1947, he described his technique of insemination, in 1956, he reported results of successful pregnancies from frozen sperm. For many years, the cryobank at the Tyler Medical Clinic was the only one in this part of the country.

For many years, the cryobank at the Tyler Medical Clinic was the only one in this part of the country. Later, other cryobanks were opened. The personnel of the Tyler Medical Clinic were helpful in establishing many new cryobanks banks in Southern California and we were particular in passing high standards in donor selection and screening, in the technique of cryopreservation and record-keeping to these new cryobanks.

The Westwood Cryobank is doing a truly excellent job. Recently, we were successful in establishing a pregnancy using sperm cryopreserved in our bank for almost twenty years.