The CEFER Reproduction Institute is a private, interdisciplinary medical center devoted to studying and treating reproduction and sexuality problems. The Institute was set up in 1977, when it established the first human Semen Bank in Spain. Since 1982, the Institute has been a pioneering center in the use of in vitro fertilization techniques.

In 1993, the CEFER Reproduction Institute established the "Foundation for Egg Donation" to help infertile women by providing them with donated eggs. That same year, the Institute introduced semen-washing procedures to allow HIV-positive men to father children without infecting their female partners. The CEFER Reproduction Institute was the first center in Spain, and the second in the world, to develop and practice semen-washing techniques.

In 1999, the CEFER Institute published the first paper in the world on a simple method for retrieving sperm from paraplegic men who do not ejaculate.

The director of the CEFER Reproduction Institute is Dr. Simón Marina, who has been working in the field of male reproduction since 1970. He was the founder and president of the Spanish Andrology Association and was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Andrology.

The importance of the relationship with patients
Infertility has a significant human side. Our aim is to develop a friendly relationship with patients and provide couples with all the information they need to be able to make informed decisions. Couples should feel comfortable with the medical staff that treats them so the nature of their infertility problem can be ascertained as fully as possible and the best way to help them can be found.

The multidisciplinary study of infertility
A number of medical specialists in different fields but with a mutual aim are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. It is very important for the people in these disciplines to work closely together when making an evaluation and providing treatment for a couple's infertility problems. The team at the CEFER Reproduction Institute consists of 25 specialists, including andrologists, gynecologists, biologists, urologists, sexologists and auxiliary staff who take care to balance the human and scientific sides of each of their functions as effectively as possible. This organizational structure allows the Institute to satisfy all patients' diagnostic and therapeutic requirements under one roof.

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