William Schoolcraft, MD - Colorado Fertility Doctor

William Schoolcraft

Founder and Chief Medical Officer of CCRM Fertility

Dr. William Schoolcraft is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of CCRM Fertility. For over 35 years, Dr. Schoolcraft and his colleagues have helped families conceive more than 100,000 babies through fertility treatments. CCRM Fertility has pioneered significant research breakthroughs in IVF, including in vitro culture of human embryos to the blastocyst stage, novel protocols for the treatment of poor responders, and blastocyst comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS). He has an extensive background in IVF treatment, IUI treatment, PCOS treatment, gestational surrogacy, and many other areas.

Dr. Schoolcraft completed his medical training at the University of Kansas and finished his residency in obstetrics and gynecology in 1983 at UCLA. After his fellowship at UCLA under the direction of Dr. David Meldrum, one of the pioneers in the field of IVF, Dr. Schoolcraft established CCRM. Within its first five years of operation, Dr. Schoolcraft had begun to develop a national reputation for excellence in both pregnancy and delivery rates.

Considered a leading authority on fertility, Dr. Schoolcraft has been interviewed by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Denver Post, Men’s Health, Today.com, and has appeared as a fertility expert on numerous television programs, including Good Morning America, The Doctors and multiple Colorado news programs. Dr. Schoolcraft is also the author of the books “Your Fertility. Your Family.: The Many Roads to Conception” and “If At First You Don’t Conceive: A Complete Guide to Infertility from One of the Nation’s Leading Clinics.”

Dr. Schoolcraft has authored countless international peer-reviewed scientific articles, which have documented the Center’s high success rates including novel methods to stimulate multiple follicular growth, blastocyst comprehensive chromosomal screening, single blastocyst transfers, novel protocols for the treatment of poor responders and vitrification methods for oocyte and embryo cryopreservation.

For 22 years in a row, 5280 Magazine has named Dr. Schoolcraft a “Top Doctor” in the state of Colorado. Dr. Schoolcraft is also one of a handful of physicians that is Board Certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis as a high complexity clinical laboratory director.

Dr. Schoolcraft has also been named Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2005 in Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility.

What patients are saying about Dr. Schoolcraft

“Let’s just say, thank goodness for second opinions as Dr. Schoolcraft disagreed with what we were previous told. He explained how his facility was different. He was genuine and upfront. After meeting with him, we felt as though we were finally in the right place with the right people. We pulled the trigger and proceeded with our last attempt at building a family. CCRM should have been our first facility. Everything was different and because of that second opinion, we received our first positive pregnancy test after 6 1/2 years of trying to conceive and are getting ready to start our second trimester. Best of all, we have another embryo to proceed forward with when the time is right. We will always be thankful and grateful for Dr. Schoolcraft, his top-notch lab, and all of his staff.”

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“Dr. Schoolcraft is hands down the best fertility specialist in the country – possibly the world. He is super intelligent, research based, and his bedside manner is very caring and empathetic. I saw countless doctors over 6 years of infertility. None came close to him in any way. He has mad skills. I would recommend him without hesitation to anyone who wants to see their family grow. He even followed my care across the country through my first trimester. I only wish that I had found him sooner.”

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“Dr. Schoolcraft is one of the best reproductive endocrinologists in the world. He started CCRM and built it into a fertility mecca. The lab and embryologists are also some of the best in the world and they have pioneered techniques that other clinics simply cannot do. The nurses at CCRM are also on the ball and very good at communicating. The geneticists are top notch. Basically this is a team of highly trained experts that are there to help you – and everyone’s journey is unique. The difference is noted from the minute you step through the doors. They see patients from all over the US and the World because they are the best! I flew from out of state to be seen, because my local IVF clinics could not help us get pregnant. Now we are pregnant with our miracle baby after 9 years of trying. If you want success stop wasting your money at other clinics, and go to CCRM and Dr. Schoolcraft. Thank you Dr. Schoolcraft for everything you do in the REI world.”

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“After two failed attempts at another IVF clinic, we decided to go to CCRM and I’m so glad we did. There is a reason CCRM is the best in the nation. We were lucky that we live in Colorado but even if you are in another state it is well worth the trip. I highly recommend Dr. Schoolcraft and the entire CCRM team (especially his nurse Valerie, who was amazing!)”

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