--- title: "About Arbor Fertility\u00ae" date: "2026-06-05" modified: "2026-09-17" medically_reviewed: "2026-09-17" canonical_url: "https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us" # Organization & Authority organization: "Arbor Fertility" # Content Classification content_type: "Medical Education" schema_type: "MedicalWebPage" evidence_level: "Physician-Supervised Clinical Protocols" # Patient Reviews aggregate_rating: "4.9" review_count: 105 --- # About Arbor Fertility® ## Table of Contents * [About Arbor Fertility](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#about-arbor-fertility) * [Grow your family tree with Arbor Fertility®](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#grow-your-family-tree-with-arbor-fertility) * [A Midwest practice, built around the patient.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#a-midwest-practice-built-around-the-patient) * [Four things we believe, every day.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#four-things-we-believe-every-day) * [Affordable, transparent pricing](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#affordable-transparent-pricing) * [Warm clinical care](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#warm-clinical-care) * [Personalized treatment](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#personalized-treatment) * [Community access](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#community-access) * [Meet Dr. Shvetha Zarek.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#meet-dr-shvetha-zarek) * [The story in our tree.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#the-story-in-our-tree) * [The people you'll actually meet.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#the-people-you-ll-actually-meet) * [Shvetha Zarek, MD](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#shvetha-zarek-md) * [Tanesha Dorsey](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#tanesha-dorsey) * [Mickey Augustin](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#mickey-augustin) * [CeCe Wolfner, PhD](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#cece-wolfner-phd) * [Becky Kubala, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#becky-kubala-rn) * [Courtney Morton, WHNP](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#courtney-morton-whnp) * [Maribeth J. McCormack, CRNA](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#maribeth-j-mccormack-crna) * [Jessie Estros, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#jessie-estros-rn) * [Isabel Sanders, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#isabel-sanders-rn) * [Caitlin Murphy, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#caitlin-murphy-rn) * [Morgan Bolk, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#morgan-bolk-rn) * [Amanda Tayon, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#amanda-tayon-rn) * [Mary Waller, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#mary-waller-rn) * [Erin Furlong, RN](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#erin-furlong-rn) * [Lisa Ray, MS, ELD](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#lisa-ray-ms-eld) * [Jen Santiago](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#jen-santiago) * [Jill Zavitsky](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#jill-zavitsky) * [Patricia Marie Duran](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#patricia-marie-duran) * [Jessel Sintos](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#jessel-sintos) * [Mia Sangual](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#mia-sangual) * [Kathleen Babanto](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#kathleen-babanto) * [Rian Hortilano](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#rian-hortilano) * [John Wizer Dacullo](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#john-wizer-dacullo) * [Jerah Lyn Maneja](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#jerah-lyn-maneja) * [Rebekka Milagrosa](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#rebekka-milagrosa) * [Eloisa Chavez](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#eloisa-chavez) * [Jeanaldine Jumawan](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#jeanaldine-jumawan) * [Jessica Bongcawil](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#jessica-bongcawil) * [Katrina Berjida](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#katrina-berjida) * [As featured in & recognized by](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#as-featured-in-amp-recognized-by) * [Accredited & recognized](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#accredited-amp-recognized) * [Ready to start your story?](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#ready-to-start-your-story) * [A Midwest fertility practice founded by Dr. Shvetha Zarek to put compassion, affordability, and personalized care at the heart of how families are built — and to publish every price before you ever fill out a form.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/about-us#a-midwest-fertility-practice-founded-by-dr-shvetha-zarek-to-put-compassion-affordability-and-personalized-care-at-the-heart-of-how-families-are-built-and-to-publish-every-price-before-you-ever-fill-out-a-form) --- ![Sunlight filtering through a forest canopy](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/about--sunlight-filtering-through-a-forest-canopy-pexels-34070596.jpg) ## About Arbor Fertility ## Grow your family tree with Arbor Fertility® MO ![Sunlight filtering through a forest canopy](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/about--sunlight-filtering-through-a-forest-canopy-pexels-34070596.jpg) ![Cherry blossom buds on a branch in spring](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/about--cherry-blossom-buds-on-a-branch-in-spring-pexels-31189221.jpg) Our story ## A Midwest practice, built around the patient. Arbor Fertility was founded in St. Louis on a simple idea: the medicine is hard enough on its own, and the bills shouldn't be the part that breaks anyone. So we built a different kind of clinic — one that publishes every price, names every family structure, and treats your fertility journey like the personal experience it actually is. Dr. Zarek opened the practice after fifteen years of caring for fertility patients across the Midwest. She kept hearing the same thing: *I just want to know what this is going to cost.* So we put the prices on the website. All of them. Same fee schedule for everyone, no matter who you are or what your insurance looks like. We chose the name Arbor for a reason — it's the Latin word for tree, and we believe families grow the way trees do: rooted in patience, branching in unexpected directions, sturdier than you think. That metaphor lives in every part of how we work, from our $100 ROOTS™ entry-level testing to the way we name family structures explicitly. And we built Arbor to feel warmer than the cold-marble fertility clinic. Real photos, plain English, conversational answers to your awkward questions, and a doctor who gives out her cell phone number. At Arbor, you always see the doctor — not a rotating cast of providers — and our Spanish-speaking patients are supported with professional interpreter services at every visit. We call it **concierge reproductive endocrinology care** — premium-but-warm, accessible-but-personal. ## Four things we believe, every day. What we stand for These aren't lobby-wall platitudes. They're the operating principles that decide how we publish prices, how we name families, how we run consults, and how we answer the phone. ## Affordable, transparent pricing Every fee on the website, priced to be within reach. Same schedule for everyone. No quote-only pricing, no vague "starting at" language, and no surprise bills after the cycle. ## Warm clinical care CAP-accredited lab, board-certified medicine, plain-English explanations. We chose 70% warm and 30% clinical — not the other way around — on purpose. ## Personalized treatment No two paths are the same. Dr. Z personally meets every new patient, and we tailor every protocol — from gentle Needle-Free IVF to standard ICSI — to your story. ## Community access Seven locations across St. Louis, Mid-Missouri, and Southern Illinois, plus our main headquarters in Chesterfield. A 10% discount for educators, veterans, first responders, and healthcare workers. Care should reach the whole region. ![Dr. Shvetha Zarek](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/homepage/home--dr-zarek_7.jpg) Founder spotlight ## Meet Dr. Shvetha Zarek. Dr. Z is a double board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist with over 15 years of experience caring for fertility patients across the Midwest. A second-generation doctor and proud daughter of immigrants, she trained at Georgetown, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, George Washington University, and the National Institutes of Health — and she founded Arbor to make every part of that institutional excellence feel like a real conversation between two humans. She personally meets every new patient, gives out her cell phone number, and answers her own messages. She has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor and a St. Louis Magazine Top Doctor — both seven years running — and the #1 Reproductive Endocrinologist in Missouri on RateMDs. But she'd rather you remember her as the doctor who told you the price before the second visit. [Read Dr. Z's full bio](/providers/shvetha-zarek-md) ![Arbor Fertility tree mark — leaves, hearts, and handprints forming a canopy above two figures](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/arbor-logomark-tree-transparent.png) ## The story in our tree. Our logo *Arbor* is Latin for tree — and ours is grown from the families we serve. Look closely and the whole story is there. **A canopy of leaves, hearts, and little handprints.** Growth, love, and the children at the center of everything we do — every handprint a family's story. **Two figures where the trunk should be.** Parents reaching upward, their arms becoming the branches. Families are what hold the tree up — and the tree shelters them back. **Rooted in warm gold, crowned in deep green.** The earth tones that keep our care grounded and human; the greens of a canopy still growing. They're the same colors you'll find on every page of this site. It's the promise in our name, and on our door: **Grow Your Family Tree®**. ## The people you'll actually meet. Our team Nurses, embryologists, and counselors who remember your story between visits — and a physician who gives out her cell phone number. Physicians ## Shvetha Zarek, MD ![Shvetha Zarek, MD at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--shvetha-zarek-team.jpg) Founder & Reproductive Endocrinologist Patient & Practice Services ## Tanesha Dorsey ![Tanesha Dorsey at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--tanesha-dorsey.jpg) Financial Counselor ## Mickey Augustin ![Mickey Augustin at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--mickey-augustin.jpg) Financial Counselor ## CeCe Wolfner, PhD ![CeCe Wolfner, PhD at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--cece-wolfner-phd.jpg) Marketing & PR Director Clinical Nursing Team ## Becky Kubala, RN ![Becky Kubala, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--becky-kubala-rn.jpg) Owner, P.A.R.I.N.T.S. ## Courtney Morton, WHNP ![Courtney Morton, WHNP at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--courtney-morton-whnp.jpg) Women's Health Nurse Practitioner ## Maribeth J. McCormack, CRNA ![Maribeth McCormack, CRNA at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--maribeth-mccormack-crna.jpg) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist ## Jessie Estros, RN ![Jessie Estros, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--jessie-estros-real.jpg) Fertility Nurse ## Isabel Sanders, RN ![Isabel Sanders, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--isabel-sanders-real.jpg) Fertility Nurse ## Caitlin Murphy, RN ![Caitlin Murphy, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--caitlin-murphy-rn.jpg) Fertility Nurse ## Morgan Bolk, RN ![Morgan Bolk, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--morgan-bolk-rn.jpg) Fertility Nurse ## Amanda Tayon, RN ![Amanda Tayon, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--amanda-tayon-rn.jpg) Fertility Nurse ## Mary Waller, RN ![Mary Waller, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--mary-waller-rn.jpg) Fertility Nurse ## Erin Furlong, RN ![Erin Furlong, RN at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--erin-furlong-rn.jpg) Fertility Nurse Clinical Support ## Lisa Ray, MS, ELD ![Lisa Ray, MS, ELD — placeholder initials tile (headshot pending)](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/lisa-ray-placeholder-initials.png) Embryology Laboratory Director ## Jen Santiago ![Jen Santiago at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--jen-santiago-real.jpg) Lab Supervisor ## Jill Zavitsky ![Jill Zavitsky at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--jill-zavitsky.jpg) Sonographer Operations & Support ## Patricia Marie Duran ![Patricia Marie Duran at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--patricia-marie-duran.jpg) Virtual Assistant ## Jessel Sintos ![Jessel Sintos at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--jessel-sintos.jpg) Virtual Assistant ## Mia Sangual ![Mia Sangual at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--mia.jpg) Virtual Assistant ## Kathleen Babanto ![Kathleen Babanto at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--kathleen-babanto.jpg) Virtual Assistant ## Rian Hortilano ![Rian Hortilano at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--rian-hortilano.jpg) Virtual Assistant ## John Wizer Dacullo ![John Wizer Dacullo at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--john-wizer-dacullo.jpg) Virtual Assistant & Financial Counselor ## Jerah Lyn Maneja ![Jerah Lyn Maneja at Arbor Fertility.](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/staff/about--jerah-lyn-maneja.jpg) Virtual Assistant ## Rebekka Milagrosa ![Rebekka Milagrosa — Arbor Fertility team member](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/team/rebekka-milagrosa-tan.jpg) Virtual Assistant ## Eloisa Chavez ![Eloisa Chavez — Arbor Fertility team member](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/eloisa-chavez.png) Virtual Assistant, Clinical Team ## Jeanaldine Jumawan ![Jeanaldine Jumawan — Arbor Fertility team member](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/jeanaldine-jumawan.png) Virtual Assistant, Financial Team ## Jessica Bongcawil ![Jessica Bongcawil — Arbor Fertility team member](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/team/jessica-bongcawil-tan.jpg) Virtual Assistant, Financial Team ## Katrina Berjida ![Katrina Berjida](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/team/katrina-berjida-tan.jpg) Virtual Assistant, Financial Team ## As featured in & recognized by Recognition ![Inside Columbia magazine](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/logos/logo--inside-columbia.jpeg) ![The Edwardsville Intelligencer](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/logos/logo--press-feature.jpg) ![St. Louis Magazine](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/logos/logo--st-louis-magazine.jpeg) ![St. Louis Business Journal](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/logos/logo--st-louis-business-journal.webp) ![Ladue News](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/ladue-news-logo.png) ![Scout Guide St. Louis](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/scout-guide-logo.png) ![SART Member](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/homepage/badges/badge-sart-member.png) ![REI Protect Seal of Approval](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/homepage/badges/badge-reiprotect-seal.png) ![College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited laboratory](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/logos/logo--capital-magazine.png) ![#1 REI in Missouri on RateMDs](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/homepage/badges/badge-rei-missouri.png) ![St. Louis Magazine Top Doctor — 7 years running](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/logos-r2/badge-stl-magazine.png) ![Castle Connolly Top Doctors, 7 Years](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/homepage/badges/badge-castle-connolly.png) ![Google 5.0 Rating](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/homepage/badges/google-rating.png) ![FertilityIQ 9.9/10 Rating](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/homepage/badges/fertilityiq-rating.png) ![ASRM Nursing Center of Excellence — Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, valid through 2029](https://www.arbor-fertility.com/sites/default/files/about/logos/ncoe-asrm-nursing-badge.png) ## Accredited & recognized Also recognized as Castle Connolly Top Doctor and St. Louis Magazine Top Doctor — both 7 years running — and RateMDs #1 Reproductive Endocrinologist in Missouri. ## Ready to start your story? Every fertility journey at Arbor begins with a 30-minute consult — $100 virtual, $200 in person. Dr. Z personally meets every new patient. Bring your questions; we'll bring the price sheet. [Schedule a consult](/get-started) [See our pricing first](/pricing) ## A Midwest fertility practice founded by Dr. Shvetha Zarek to put compassion, affordability, and personalized care at the heart of how families are built — and to publish every price before you ever fill out a form. [Schedule a consult](/get-started) Meet the team behind Arbor Fertility — founded by Dr. Shvetha Zarek to make world-class fertility care personal, transparent, and affordable in St. Louis.