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Elite IVF

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1 First Canadian Place, Suite 5700
Toronto, ON, M5X 1C7

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Established

~2011

Locations

3

Doctors

2

Private IVF

From ~$10,000–$15,000 USD via partner clinics for IVF; egg donation and surrogacy priced as all-inclusive packages

About

Elite IVF is a global cross-border fertility agency — not a traditional treatment clinic — with its Toronto office at 1 First Canadian Place serving as a coordination hub for Canadian intended parents pursuing egg donation, surrogacy, and IVF through its international network of partner clinics across North America, Central America, Europe, and the Middle East. Founded in 2004 by David Sher and headquartered in Zurich, with additional offices in New York and Toronto, Elite IVF has helped more than 7,500 patients build their families over two decades. The agency coordinates fresh, frozen, shared-donor, and hybrid egg-donation programs, full-service gestational surrogacy, embryo donation, sperm donation, and preimplantation genetic testing (PGD/PGT-A/PGT-M) through its partner network, and offers hand-carried cryotransport to ship eggs, embryos, and sperm between clinics.

Programs are structured as single-price, all-inclusive packages — surrogacy programs typically range from approximately $60,000 to $120,000 USD, lower than the $120,000–$200,000 Elite IVF cites as typical for US gestational-carrier journeys, and a Money-Back Egg Donation Program offers a full refund if no live birth is achieved. Elite IVF is well-suited for Canadian intended parents facing long surrogacy or donor wait times locally, same-sex male couples needing both an egg donor and a gestational carrier, intended parents seeking donor diversity outside Canada, and patients who have exhausted local IVF options. Importantly, Elite IVF does not participate in the Ontario Fertility Program — all treatment is privately paid and delivered abroad.

Free initial consultations are available by phone or video, and Medicard financing is offered.

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What Makes Them Unique

Complex Cases & Specialty Programs

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Research & Affiliations

Marketing positions Elite IVF as a destination after failed local IVF, advanced maternal age, severe male-factor needing egg donor, gay-male couples needing both donor and surrogate, and patients in jurisdictions where surrogacy is restricted.

Treatments & Pricing

IVF

Elite IVF coordinates IVF cycles through its global network of partner clinics across North America, Central America, Europe, and the Middle East, with cryotransport of eggs, sperm, and embryos to and from your home clinic.

Price

From ~$10,000–$15,000 USD via partner clinics; single-price all-inclusive packages — does not include travel/medications unless bundled

Egg Freezing

Vitrification (fast-freezing) of eggs is offered through partner clinic labs, with a stated 99% survival rate for thawed oocytes and cryotransport between clinics.

Embryo Freezing

Embryos created during egg-donation cycles can be vitrified at partner clinics and shipped via Elite IVF's hand-carried cryotransport service to a clinic of your choice.

Egg Donation

A signature service: Elite IVF runs fresh, frozen, shared-donor, hybrid frozen-fresh, and money-back guarantee egg-donation programs, drawing from an international donor pool with rigorous medical and genetic pre-screening.

Price

Varies by program; frozen eggs ~$17,000–$22,000 USD for 5–7 eggs; fresh and shared-donor programs priced separately

Sperm Donation

Sperm donation is included in Elite IVF's third-party reproduction services, with the option to use either intended-parent sperm or pre-arranged donor sperm in any donor-egg or surrogacy program.

Embryo Donation

Elite IVF coordinates embryo adoption (frozen embryo transfer from donated embryos) and notes that surplus embryos from previous egg-donation cycles are sometimes available to other intended parents.

Surrogacy / Gestational Carrier

A signature service: full-service gestational surrogacy with two program tiers — a standard program covering medical, legal, and logistical work to pregnancy test, and an all-inclusive program with ongoing pregnancy supervision through delivery.

Price

Programs typically range ~$60,000–$120,000 USD (vs. ~$120K–$200K for typical US gestational-carrier journeys, per Elite IVF)

Pricing & Funding

Private IVF cost
From ~$10,000–$15,000 USD via partner clinics for IVF; egg donation and surrogacy priced as all-inclusive packages
Published pricing
On request
OFP-funded IVF
No
OFP-funded IUI
No
Financing options
Medicard patient financing (6 months to 6 years); single-price all-inclusive program structure; Money-Back Egg Donation Program with full refund if no live birth
Fertility tax credit info

Inclusivity & Accessibility

2SLGBTQI+ Welcoming

Surrogacy page explicitly names same-sex couples (primarily males, in conjunction with an egg donor) as a core patient group; Pulitzer Center profile notes Elite IVF helped Israeli gay couples build families through cross-border surrogacy.

Single Parents by Choice

Marketing materials describe programs as serving 'couples and individuals' and the surrogacy program is structured to support single intended parents.

Languages Offered

English

Medical Team

Pp

Direct inquiries via web form or phone; physician referrals also accepted via the Refer a Patient program

Male

Founder & CEO — not a physician; published research on egg donation and cross-border surrogacy; cited at ASRM, ESHRE conferences

SB

Elite IVF founder and CEO since 2004; based between Toronto and Zurich; recognized cross-border fertility specialist whose work has been profiled by the Pulitzer Center and World IVF Life Sciences Business

3 Locations

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MainElite IVF (Toronto)

(Coordination Office)

Not a treatment clinic with on-site lab — all medical procedures occur at partner clinics abroad

1 First Canadian Place, Suite 5700

Toronto, ON, Canada · M5X 1C7

Neighbourhood: Financial District

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Elite IVF (New York)

(Coordination Office)

100 Park Ave, Suite 1600

New York, ON, Canada

Neighbourhood: Midtown Manhattan

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Elite IVF AG (Global Headquarters)

(Global Headquarters)

Hardturmstrasse 122

CH-8005 Zurich, ON, Canada

Neighbourhood: Zurich West

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Wait Times & Referral

Initial consultation
Yes
Funded IVF cycle
Free initial consultation; no published wait time
Private treatment
N/A — not an OFP clinic
Self-referral accepted
~60 days or less from intake to start of treatment (clinic-stated average)
Referral notes
Yes

Add-on Treatments & Tests

PGD/PGS/PGT-A/PGT-M/PGT-SRICSIvitrificationcryotransport (hand-carry shipping of eggs/embryos/sperm)donor matching servicemoney-back guarantee program

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