General Practitioners

• Male Infertility
  Her special areas of expertise are: Endometriosis, Male Infertility, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Egg Donation, and Tubal Factor Infertility. Dr. Borkowski believes that patients should play an active role in their medical care.

Gynecologists

• Gynecology
  Dr. Borkowski completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Francis hospital of Evanston followed by a Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and has successfully completed her Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology.
• Female Infertility
• Obstetrics
• Endometriosis
  In vitro fertilization is an assisted reproductive technology (ART) that begins with extracting multiple eggs from a woman’s ovaries. The eggs are then cleaned and either manually combined with sperm and allowed to fertilize on their own, or injected with sperm (intracytoplasmic sperm injection; ICSI). The intended result is the development of embryos which are then incubated to the blastocyst stage (5 days) in the laboratory. At the end of the 5 day period, all good quality embryos are graded and then either placed into the patient’s uterus or frozen for use in another cycle. IVF is the treatment of choice for many infertility problems such as tubal damage, ovulation disorders, male factor, endometriosis, previous sterilization, genetic disorders, LGBTQ family building, and when other procedures have failed. IVF is used extensively around the world and has the highest success rate of all ART procedures.
• Pregnancy

Endocrinologist

• Endocrinology
  Dr. Borkowski is actively involved in teaching reproductive endocrinology throughout the country. Her numerous awards include “The Award for Professional Excellence,” “Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s First Place Research Award,” “Young Investigator Award,” and “Female MD of the Year.”
• Thyroid

Radiologist

• Chemotherapy
  Egg freezing, also known as oocyte cryopreservation, is a method used to save a woman’s ability to get pregnant in the future. It is often used to delay childbearing as well as prior to radiation or chemotherapy for cancer. The process involves taking fertility medications for about a week to help with the growth of multiple eggs. The eggs are then retrieved from the ovaries, frozen, and stored for later use. Since the eggs have not been fertilized by sperm they can be thawed in the future and fertilized with known or anonymous, fresh or frozen sperm, allowing for multiple future options. Although the overall chance of becoming pregnant from frozen eggs is very good, the younger a woman is when she freezes her eggs, the higher the chance that those eggs will eventually result in a pregnancy.