GENETIC PROGRAM "My
husband and I had to make the most difficult decision of our lives. Our child
had severe birth defects. We chose your clinic per our OB/GYN doctor. My husband
and I were very pleased with the staff. Your staff made the worst day and decision
of our lives a lot easier to deal with."
- Patient comment Atlanta
SurgiCenter has been the forerunner in offering abortion and other reproductive
health services to women in the Southeast for thirty years. Although we are widely
known for our Second Trimester Termination program, many agencies are not aware
that our Fetal Anomalies Program has been in place for several years. Responding
to the increasing demands to expand and specialize this program, we have revised
our protocols and conducted extensive training for the counselors and other personnel
who may deal directly with women who are forced to re-evaluate continuing a once-planned
and anticipated pregnancy. While our philosophy is to empathetically support all
women in their decision, we recognize the special needs of these patients and
feel it is imperative that they are managed in the most responsive and caring
atmosphere possible. With this
in mind, the following additional steps have been developed:
- Additional training for
counseling staff
- In-services from local
genetic counseling centers
- Priority scheduling arrangements
- Private counseling for
patient and partner
- Retrieval of fetal tissue
for further genetic testing*
We
are dedicated to providing a warm, supportive environment and a caring, highly
trained professional staff capable of meeting the needs of each patient and we
feel we have achieved this combination at Atlanta SurgiCenter. *Fetal
tissue retrieval arrangements must be made in advance with a Genetics lab. Your
private physician will make these arrangements for you. | 
