About the International Institute for Gender Selection
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| Lexington, Kentucky USA | Amman, Jordan |
Our home clinic, located in the heart of the Bluegrass, has been an incredibly successful program for patients from all over the world suffering from infertility. |
We now have an aggressive referral program with a world-renowned center for IVF/PGD in Amman, Jordan. We are referring all of our cases for family balancing from that region of the world, to the Amman clinical location. |
The International Institute for Gender Selection was founded in 1998 by Professor Dr. Panayiotis Zavos as a means to help families who, for varying reasons, are in need for a specific gender for their child.
About Professor Dr ZAVOS, Ed.S., Ph.D.
Professor Zavos is recognized worldwide as the leading researcher and a true pioneer on many aspects of human reproductive madicine. He is a strong authority in the areas of male reproductive physiology, gamete physiology, male infertility, Andrology and all other ART procedures including the development of several in-vitro techniques including IUI, IVF and somatic cell nuclear transfers. He is regarded in many scientific circles around the World as the “Father of Andrology” because of his many contributions in the area of male infertility diagnosis and treatment. Professor Zavos is also recognized as an international authority on smoking and its effects on human reproductive performance.
- Founder and President of the Zavos Organization
- President and CEO of Zavos Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., a private corporation that markets infertility products and technologies, in the USA and worldwide
- Founder, Director and Chief Andrologist of the Andrology Institute of America
- Founder and Director of the Reprogen Organization
- Founder and Executive Director of the Home Fertility Network
- Professor Emeritus of Reproductive Physiology-Andrology at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, KY, USA
- Honorary Professor, China Academy of Science
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General Disclaimer
The information on this site is intended for information and educational purposes only. Professor Zavos is not a real medical doctor and therefore nothing on this site, nor any correspondence with him, should not be taken as medical advice. Contacting the International Institute for Gender Selection does not constitute a patient/doctor relationship.








