About Global Surrogacy Services
Helping Families Navigate Surrogacy With Clarity and Care
Surrogacy brings together intended parents, surrogates, fertility clinics, attorneys, insurance considerations, travel plans, family expectations, and personal decisions. GSS helps organize those moving parts so visitors know what belongs in the agency process, what belongs with medical professionals, and what requires legal review.
The agency works with intended parents, prospective gestational surrogates, and donors who need clear information before they commit to a next step. The tone of that support matters. People do not need pressure when they are making decisions this personal. They need informed guidance and direct answers.
Meet Surrogacy Agency Founder
Global Surrogacy Services was founded by Shana Melamed, Pharm.D., whose background in fertility pharmacy helped shape the agency’s practical, detail-oriented approach to surrogacy.
Before founding GSS, Shana owned and operated a fertility pharmacy, where she worked closely with intended parents, surrogates, reproductive endocrinologists, OB/GYNs, and other professionals involved in fertility care. That experience gave her a direct understanding of medication timing, clinic communication, medical coordination, and the questions families face during fertility treatment.
Her professional background also includes teaching pharmacology to nursing students, lecturing on pharmaceutical compounding to medical residents at UCLA and USC, participating in university study programs, and being named Businesswoman of the Year by the City of Beverly Hills.
Those experiences continue to influence how GSS approaches surrogacy support: with organization, communication, and respect for the medical and personal details involved.
Why Families Choose Global Surrogacy Services
Global Surrogacy Services is based in Beverly Hills, California, but our work reaches far beyond one city. Intended parents, surrogates, and donors come to us with different histories, family structures, locations, and questions. Some are just beginning to explore gestational surrogacy. Others come to us after years of fertility treatment, embryo creation, donor decisions, or medical recommendations.
Our founder, Shana Melamed, Pharm.D., spent decades in the fertility field before starting GSS, working closely with intended parents, surrogates, reproductive endocrinologists, OB/GYNs, and other fertility professionals. That background shapes how we support each case. We understand the medical timing, communication, trust, and personal consideration that surrogacy requires.
We welcome couples and individuals from different backgrounds, countries, and family-building paths, including LGBTQ+ intended parents, single parents, international intended parents, surrogates, and donors. Every person comes to us with a different reason for reaching out, and we take that seriously.
Families choose GSS because they want more than a form, a checklist, or a generic agency experience. They want a team that understands how personal this decision is. Our role is to keep communication open, explain what comes next, and help each client understand the people, professionals, and steps involved from the first conversation forward.
Conveniently Located in Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills, CA
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