Marc Kalan MD

00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:09.734 I came into practice fertility medicine through a long journey, 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:10.854 as most doctors do. 00:00:10.920 --> 00:00:13.734 I always wanted to be a doctor growing up. 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:14.934 My dad was a doctor. 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:16.440 My grandpa was a doctor. 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:18.374 For some time, I thought I wanted to be one. 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:19.520 I didn't want to be one. 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:23.014 And then at some point in college, I decided I really wanted to do it. 00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:24.294 I went to med school. 00:00:24.360 --> 00:00:26.667 I delivered my first baby, and I was like, 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.233 "Sold! I deliver babies the rest of my life." 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:33.300 Right about that time, I was introduced into fertility medicine. 00:00:33.367 --> 00:00:36.040 Here I am 25 years later. 00:00:36.467 --> 00:00:39.200 It's a big honor to be able to participate 00:00:39.567 --> 00:00:44.433 in really profoundly important parts of a person's life. 00:00:44.506 --> 00:00:48.894 I have a family. I have two kids who are grown now, which is unbelievable. 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:49.960 I'm happily married. 00:00:50.026 --> 00:00:54.240 I live in the general area around here, the Vinegar Hill. 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:55.560 I grew up here. 00:00:55.760 --> 00:00:58.238 In fact, I was an orderly at Tarzana Hospital, 00:00:58.438 --> 00:00:59.854 which is where we operate now. 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:02.574 I feel like there's a right doctor for most people. 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:04.665 I encourage people to find that person for them 00:01:04.865 --> 00:01:07.454 because that makes the process go a lot more smoothly. 00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:10.133 Working with patients, building relationships 00:01:10.367 --> 00:01:14.200 and helping them along their way in their reproductive journey, 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:18.120 regardless of where that journey leads, that's rewarding in and of itself.