About the clinic
Main treatments offered
- Artificial Insemination
- In Vitro Fertilization
- Egg Donation
- Egg, sperm, and embryo freezing
- ICSI
| Medical Team | 3 |
| Patients served | Not specified |
| Health insurance | Yes |
| Telemedicine | No |
| In operation since | 2002 |
| Average cost |
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| Average review rating | 4.5 |
| Average success rates | Information not provided |
| Address |
| Rua Blumenau, 64 – Room 1106 Adville Building Joinville – SC |
| https://clinicasatis.com.br/ |
History
The Satis Clinic, opened in 2002, operates in partnership with Dona Helena Hospital, the largest in the city of Joinville. Founded in 1916, Dona Helena Hospital was one of the first hospital institutions in the country to guarantee the ISO seal in all its services. Initially called Evangelical Ladies Relief Society, in 1956 it was renamed Evangelical Benevolent Association of Joinville, which is the hospital’s current managing organization.
Since its foundation, the Hospital has undergone several expansions and innovations, such as the inauguration of the Diagnostic Imaging Center (1992), the expansion of the Clinical Analysis Laboratory with 24-hour service (1994), and accreditation with SUS in 2004.
Satis Clinic was one of these expansions, with the goal of providing care for couples with fertility problems in Joinville and the surrounding area. As the Clinic is annexed to the hospital and obstetrics center, examinations and medical procedures are carried out together with the structure of Dona Helena Hospital.
In 2014, Dona Helena obtained an important hospital certification: Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, becoming the first institution in Santa Catarina to receive the Gold Seal Approval.
About the medical staff
The medical team consists of only three people. Dr. Fábio Choma, a gynecologist trained at the Evangelical Medical School of Paraná, serves as the clinic’s director, along with Dr. Ana Silvia Teixeira Choma, also a graduate of the same institution. The team also includes embryologist Anna Carolina Lenz Graf, who graduated from the University of Vale do Itajaí.
About costs and treatments
There is no information about costs on the website or on social media. Specific prices are provided only after a medical consultation, which costs R$350. However, users say that a standard treatment is around R$20,000. Since the clinic is attached to a private hospital, there is also the possibility of treatment through health insurance plans, such as Amil, as well as the insurance offered by the hospital itself.
Objectives
- To offer solutions for marital infertility problems and therapeutic and laboratory alternatives for fertility preservation.
- To be the leader among similar clinics in the state of Santa Catarina, offering tests, accurate diagnoses, and high rates of results.
- To be ethical, committed to caring for infertile couples, to have legal responsibility, be scientifically up-to-date, and practice excellence in performing diagnoses and therapeutic techniques.
- To make continuous technological investment and create a work environment where all employees are engaged and committed to results.
Procedures and services offered
Techniques
- Timed intercourse
- Artificial Insemination
- In vitro fertilization
- ICSI
- Embryo, sperm, and egg freezing
Specific treatments
- Same-sex couples
- Surrogacy
- Serodiscordant couples
- Azoospermic patients
Donations
- Egg donation
Costs
- The price varies a bit depending on the chosen treatment, but the total cost is around R$20,000.
Differentials
Insurance Plans and Partnerships
They have partnerships with Amil and also with Dona Helena Hospital. As the clinic operates jointly with the hospital, it uses all the infrastructure and technology offered by the hospital. There is also the option to access the clinic independently, without a health insurance plan.
Blog
They have a blog with some articles related to fertility and assisted reproduction.
Legislation
The website contains several articles and explanations about the rules established by the Federal Council of Medicine for assisted reproduction services.
The Clinic in the Media
Assisted Reproduction achieves a new milestone in Joinville
“The Assisted Reproduction Service of Dona Helena Hospital/Satis, in Joinville, marks another unprecedented case of assisted reproduction in the North Region of Santa Catarina. The treatment involved two couples and was performed through in vitro fertilization with shared egg donation. Both women are seven weeks pregnant.”
Mercado de Comunicação, 2022
Parents undergo in vitro fertilization to have a healthy child in Joinville
“When a man in his 30s held his newborn son in his arms, in the early hours of Friday at a maternity hospital in Joinville, not even a cliché like ‘miracle of life’ could convey how many obstacles had been overcome before the baby’s birth.”
@jablumenau, NSC, 2009
