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2017 Speaking Engagements

• 1/12/2017, Biomedical Research Minor at UCLA Lecture, Part I - Dumesic DA
• 2/1/2017, UCLA Endocrine Lecture for Fellows - Dumesic DA
• 2/7/2017, Biomedical Research Minor at UCLA Lecture, Part II - Dumesic DA
• 2/10/2017, Adipose Structure-Function Characteristics in Lean PCOS Women, University of Rochester, NY - Dumesic DA
• 3/4/2017 Hirsutism and PCOS-Physiology and Epidemiology in Infertility. Frontiers in Reproductive Medicine: A Comprehensive Review and Update. Alexandria Virginia - Dumesic DA
• 3/16-18, 2017 Zakopane, Poland. - Dumesic DA
  1. The Microenvironment of the PCOS Oocyte
  2. Lipotoxicity and PCOS
  3. Developmental Origins of PCOS
• 3/31/2017 Altered Adipose in PCOS. Update Meeting of the AE-PCOS Society, Orlando FL. - Dumesic DA
• 5/4/2017 Frontiers in Reproduction. Wood's Hole, MA - Dumesic DA
• 5/23-25/2017 Recent Developments in the Lean PCOS Patient. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD - Dumesic DA

Recent Lectures, Awards, and Publications (2014 to present)

For further academic achievements, please view our Fertility Doctors page or select the picture or name of our reproductive endocrinologists.

Zain Al-Safi, MD

Invited Lecturer

• UCLA Medical Center /Santa Monica, Community Seminar, Female Fertility Preservation Update, August 2016
• UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Female Fertility Preservation, July 2016
• UCLA Health Webinar, Egg Freezing and Female Fertility Preservation, May 2016

Awards

• Society for Reproductive Investigation, SRI-Pfizer President’s Presenter’s Award, SRI Annual Meeting, 2015.
• Endocrine Society, Early Career Forum Travel Award, Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, 2015.
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine Corporate Member Council In-training Travel Grant, ASRM Annual Meeting, 2014.

Publications

• Al-Safi ZA, Liu H, Carlson NE, Chosich J, Harris M, Bradford AP, Robledo C, Eckel RH, Polotsky AJ. Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Lowers Serum FSH in Normal Weight but not Obese Women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2016; 101(1): 324-333. [PMID: 26523525].
• Al-Safi ZA,  Liu H, Carlson NE, Chosich J, Lesh J, Robledo C, Bradford AP, Gee NA, Phang T, Santoro N, Kohrt W, Polotsky AJ. Estradiol Priming Improves Gonadotrope Sensitivity and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Obese Women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2015; 100(11): 4372-81. [PMID: 26425884].
• Bradford AP, Jones K, Kechris K, Chosich J, Montague M, Warren WC, May MC, Al-Safi Z, Kuokkanen S, Appt SE, Polotsky AJ. Joint MiRNA/mRNA expression profiling reveals changes consistent with development of dysfunctional corpus luteum after weight gain. PLoS One, 2015; 10(8). [PMID: 26258540].
• Al-Safi ZA, Polotsky AJ. Obesity and Menopause. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol, 2015; 29(4): 548-53. [PMID: 25579233].
• Al-Safi ZA, Edil BH, Post MD, Pearlman NW, Alvero R. Fertility Preservation in a Patient with Benign Multicystic Peritoneal Mesothelioma. J Surg Oncol, 2014; 110(4): 372-4. [PMID: 24861198].
• Al-Safi ZA, Santoro N. Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Menopausal Symptoms. Fertil Steril, 2014; 101(4): 905-915. [PMID: 24613533].

Presentations

• Al-Safi ZA, Liu H, Chosich J, Harris M, Bradford AP, Robledo C, Eckel RH, Carlson NE, Polotsky AJ. Omega 3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Does Not Improve Relative Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism In Obese Women. American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 71st Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2015.
• Al-Safi ZA, Chosich J, Bradford A, Liu H, Carlson N, Robledo C, Santoro N, Gee N, Polotsky AJ. Improvement of Corpus Luteum Function in Obese Women is Associated with Reduced Pro-inflammatory Cytokines After Exogenous Estradiol Treatment. Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) 62nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2015.
• Al-Safi ZA, Chosich J, Berenbaum K, Bradford A, Santoro N, Polotsky AJ. Reduction of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines is Associated with Improvement of Gonadotropin Sensitivity in Obese Women. Prize Paper Plenary Session, American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 70th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, October 2014.

Kathleen Brennan, MD

Invited Lecturer

• Invited Lecturer: UCLA/West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Endocrinology Ground Rounds “Infertility, Beyond the Basics” September 16, 2016
• Invited Lecturer: UCLA Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine “Recurrent Pregnancy Loss” June 24, 2016
• Invited Lecturer: Arthur Ashe Student Health Center Grand Rounds “Polycystic Ovary Syndrome” December 14, 2015
• Invited Lecturer: UCLA/West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Endocrinology Ground Rounds “Obesity and Fertility: Does Too Much Bacon Affect the Eggs?” November 13, 2015
• Invited Panelist: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Preparing for Residency Interviews/Mock Interviews October 7, 2015
• Invited Lecturer: UCLA Department of OBGYN Grand Rounds “Obesity and Fertility: Does Too Much Bacon Affect the Eggs?” September 25, 2015
• Invited Lecturer: UCLA Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Academic Advancement Program (for under-represented minorities and disadvantaged students) Biochemical Research Seminar “Infertility and IVF – the Medical Approach” August 28, 2015
• Invited Physician Panelist: UCLA American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) October 23, 2014
• hysician Panelist, Distinguished Speaker: California Women’s Conference May 19, 2014
• Invited Lecturer: Southern California OBGYN Conference “Obesity and Fertility: Does Too Much Bacon Affect the Eggs?”   May 10, 2014

National Activities

• Member, American Society of Reproductive Medicine
• Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Reviewer, Fertility and Sterility
• Reviewer, Obstetrics and Gynecology (The Green Journal)

Publications

• Younger J, Kapphahn K, Brennan K, Sullivan SD, Stefanick ML. Association of Leptin with Body Pain in Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2016: Epub ahead of print.
• Song Y, Huang YT, Song Y, Hevener AL, Ryckman KK, Qi L, LeBlanc ES, Kalauskaite R, Brennan K, Liu S. Birthweight, mediating biomarkers and the development of type 2 diabetes later in life: a prospective study of multi-ethnic women. Diabetologia 2015:58(6):1220-30.
• Stern JH, Grant AS, Thomson CA, Tinker L, Hale L, Brennan KM, Woods NF, Chen Z. Short sleep duration is associated with decreased serum leptin, increased energy intake and decreased diet quality in postmenopausal women. Obesity 2014:22(5):E55-61.

Gautam Chaudhuri, MD, PhD

Daniel A. Dumesic, MD

Invited Lecturer

• The Lean PCOS Patient. Endocrine Grand Rounds Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, September 20, 2016
• PCOS in the Wild OBGYN Grand Rounds UCLA. Aug 12, 2016
• The Barker hypothesis and epigenetics - optimizing the health of our IVF offspring. IVF Course San Diego, CA, July 17-20, 2015
• Understanding PCOS; its Origins and its Future. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Resident Research Day, Jun 1, 2016
• Understanding Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: basic science improving clinical care CTSI/Catalyst UCLA-wide Women's Health Research Symposium 4/6/2016
• PCOS CTSI/Catalyst Women’s Health Research Symposium. Carnesale Commons, UCLA, April 6, 2016.
• Reproductive Challenges of Infertile Couples. Endocrine Society, April 3, 2016
• Anovulation and PCOS UC Harbor Division of Medical Endocrinology, March 9, 2016.
• Lipotoxicity and the Development of PCOS, Peacocks, Borgo dei Conti, Perugia, Italy, Oct 8, 2015
• Lipotoxicity: At the Crossroads of Metabolic and Reproductive Dysfunction  UCLA OBGYN Grand Rounds, September 4th,  2015
• Understanding PCOS and its Diagnosis. Advancements in PCOS Research. PCOS Awareness Symposium, UCLA. July 25, 2015
• Barker Hypothesis: Optimizing the Health of Our IVF Offspring May Also Involve Paying Attention to the Male Contribution . IVF Conference, Santa Barbara, July 19-22, 2015.
• Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research Research (SCCPIR) Meeting, National Institutes of Health May 19-20, 2015
• Historical Perspective of PCOS and its Implications to Research Investigation. Frontiers in Reproduction. Marine Biology laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, May 7, 2015
• Invited Lecturer. Beyond Current Perspectives of PCOS. Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey. March 24, 2015
• Invited lecture, Reproductive Challenges of the Infertile Couple. The Endocrine Society’s 97th Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, March 4-8, 2015
• Chairman, Clinical/Translational Symposia: Implications and Management of Altered Architecture in PCOS: Ovary, Fat and Sleep? The Endocrine Society’s 97th Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, March 4-8, 2015.
• PCOS and Adipogenesis.12th Annual Meeting of the AEPCOS Society, Kauai, Hawaii, October 22-23, 2014
• Barker Hypothesis: How can we optimize the health of our IVF offspring. 27th Annual IVF and Embryo Transfer Meeting. Santa Barbara, CA July 16, 2014

Awards

• Star Award for More than 10 Years of Contributions to Research for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, October 15-19, 2016
• March 2014 - The David Geffen School of Medicine, Stein/Oppenheimer Endowment Award

National Activities

• Tresurer, Androgen Excess-Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society, 2016 to 2018
• Member, American Society of Reproductive Medicine Practice Committee, October 2014-October 2015
• Guest Editor, Inflammatory Factors in Reproductive Medicine, Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 2015
• Chairman, Clinical/Translational Symposia: Implications and Management of Altered Architecture in PCOS: Ovary, Fat and Sleep? The Endocrine Society’s 97th Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, March 5-8, 2015.
• Reviewer, National Institutes of Health, Integrative and Clinical Endocrinology and Reproduction Study Section (ICER), 2015-2018.
• Reviewer, American Society for Reproductive Medicine:  eLearn Continuing Medical Education Program; Obesity, 2015
• Co-Chairman Moderator, New Insights into the Pathophysiology of PCOS. 16th International Congress of Endocrinology and The Endocrine Society’s 96th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Chicago Illinois, June 21-24, 2014.

Publications

• Abbott DH, Levine JE, Dumesic DA.  Translational Insight Into Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) From Female Monkeys With PCOS-like Traits. Curr Pharm Design. In press
• Dumesic DA, Guedikian AA, Madrigal V, Phan J, Hill DL, Alvarez JP, Chazenbalk GD. Cumulus Cell Mitochondrial Resistance To Stress In Vitro Predicts Oocyte Development During Assisted Reproduction. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2016;101:2235-45
• Cardoso RC, Veiga-Lopez A, Moeller J, Beckett E, Pease A, Keisler DH, Keller E, Madrigal V, Chazenbalk G, Dumesic D, Padmanabhan V. Developmental Programming: Impact of Gestational Steroid and Metabolic Milieu on Adiposity and Insulin Sensitivity in Prenatal Testosterone-Treated Sheep. Endocrinology 2016;157:522-535
• Dumesic DA, Gambone J. Amenorrhea, Oligomenrrhea, and Hyperandrogenic Disorders. In: Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fifth Edition. Hacker NF, Moore JG and Gambone JC (eds). Elsevier Saunders, 2016.
• Simerman AA, Hill DL, Goldstein E, Grogan T, Elashoff D, Manrriquez MN, Clarke NJ, Chazenbalk Gd, Dumesic DA. Intrafollicular Cortisol Levels Inversely Correlate with Cumulus Cell (CC) Lipid Content As a Possible Energy Source During Oocyte Meiotic Resumption In Women Undergoing Ovarian Stimulation For In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Fertil Steril 2015;103:249-57.
• Dumesic DA, Meldrum D, Katz-Jaffe MG, Krisher RL, Schoolcraft WB. The Oocyte Environment: Follicular Fluid and Cumulus Cells are Critical for Oocyte Health.  Fertil Steril 2015;103:303-15.
• Arora CP, Kacerovsky M, Zinner B, Ertl T, Ceausu J, Rusnak I, Shurpyak S, Sandhu M, Hobel CJ, Dumesic DA, Vari SG. Disparities and relative risk ratio of preterm birth in six Central and Eastern European centers. Croat Med J 2015;56(2):119-27.
• Chithiwala ZH, Lee HC, Hill DL, Jellerette-Nolan T, Fissore R, Grow D, Dumesic DA. Phospholipase C-Zeta deficiency as a Cause for Repetitive Oocyte Fertilization Failure During Ovarian Stimulation for In Vitro Fertilization with ICSI. J Assist Reprod Genet 2015: ePub DOI 10.1007/s10815-015-0531-1
• Dumesic DA, Oberfield SE, Stener-Victorin E, Marshall JC, Laven JS, Legro RS. Scientific Statement on the Diagnostic Criteria, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Genetics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Endocr Rev 2015;36(5):487-525
• Sundheimer LW, Kathiresan A, Dumesic D, Parvataneni R, Shamonki M. A Cost-benefit Analysis of Hysteroscopic Polypectomy Before Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation and Intrauterine Insemination in Infertile Women. J Reprod Med, In press.
• Jumabay M, Abdmaulen R, Ly A, Cubberly MR, Shahmirian LJ, Heydarkhan-Hagvall S, Dumesic DA, Yao Y, Boström KI. Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Mouse and Human White Mature Adipocytes. Stem Cells Transl Med 2014;3:161-171
• Vagi SJ, Baumgartner EA, Sjodin A, Calafat AM, Dumesic D, Gonzales L, Kato K, Silva MJ, Ye X, Azziz R. Exploring the Potential Association Between Brominated Diphenyl Ethers, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Organochlorine Pesticides, Perfluorinated Compounds, Phthalates, and Bisphenol A in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: a Case-Control Study. BMC Endocr Disord 2014;14:86. doi:10.1186/1472-6823-14-86
• Dumesic DA, Goodarzi MO, Chazenbalk GD, Abbott DH. Intrauterine Environment and PCOS. Sem Reprod Med 2014;32:159-165
• Amin M, Simerman A, Cho M, Singh P, Briton-Jones C, Hill D, Grogan T, Elashoff D, Clarke NJ, Chazenbalk GD, Dumesic DA. 21-Hydroxylase-Derived Steroids in Follicles of Nonobese Women Undergoing Ovarian Stimulation for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Positively Correlate with Lipid Content of Luteinized Granulosa Cells (LGCs) as a Source of Cholesterol for Steroid Synthesis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014;99:1299-1306
• Simmerman AA, Dumesic DA, Chazenbalk GD. Pluripotential Muse Cells Derived from Human Adipose Tissue: a New Perspective on Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy. Clin Transl Med 2014;3:12-20. PMCID:4041046
• Lee HC, Amy M, Dumesic D, Grow D, Fissore R, Jellerette-Nolan T. Protein Phospholipase C Zeta1 Expression In Patients With Failed ICSI But With Normal Sperm Parameters. JARG 2014;6:749-756.
• Keller E, Chazenbalk GD, Aguilera P, Madrigal V, Grogan T, Elashoff D, Dumesic DA, Abbott DH. Impaired Preadipocyte Differentiation Into Adipocytes in Subcutaneous Abdominal Adipose of PCOS-like Female Rhesus Monkeys. Endocrinology 2014;7:2696-2703.
• Simerman AA, Perone MJ, Gimeno ML, Dumesic DA, Chazenbalk GD. A mystery unraveled: nontumorigenic pluripotent stem cells in human adult tissues. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2014;7:917-929. PMCID:4100978
• Nicol LE, O'Brien TD, Dumesic DA, Grogan T, Tarantal AF, Abbott DH. Abnormal Infant Islet Morphology Precedes Insulin Resistance in PCOS-Like Monkeys. PlosOne 2014;9(9): e106527. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106527.

Presentations

• Akopians AL, Madrigal V, Fisch S,Ramirez E, Margolis D, Thomas AM, Grogan T, Abbott DA, Haykal R, Chazenbalk GD, Dumesic DA. Hyperandrogenism Is Associated With Preferential Fat Deposition Of Visceral Versus Subcutaneous (SC) Abdominal Fat In Lean Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Women. 72st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, October 15-19, 2016, O-117.
• Phan JD Madrigal VK, Guedikian A, Ding X, Li XM, Dumesic DA, Chazenbalk GD. Immunological, Structural And Stem Cell Characteristics Of Subcutaneous (SC) Abdominal Adipose In Lean Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Women Versus Normoandrogenic Ovulatory (NL) Women. 72st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, October 15-19, 2016, P-383
• Guedikian AA, Lee AY, Wright EA, Madrigal VK, Phan JD, Alvarez JP, Chazenbalk GD, Dumesic DA. Cumulus Cell Mitochondrial Resistance To Stress In Vitro Predicts Oocyte Development During In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) CTSI/Catalyst UCLA-Wide Women's Health Research Symposium, April 6, 2016, Los Angeles, CA.
• Phan JD, Fisch S, Azatyan K, Guedikian A, Madrigal V, Li X, Dumesic D, Chazenbalk G. Abnormal Genetic Profile of Subcutaneous (SC) Adipose Stem Cells (ASCs) from Lean Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women CTSI/Catalyst UCLA-Wide Women's Health Research Symposium, April 6, 2016, Los Angeles, CA, Best Student Abstract.
• Abbott DA, Dumesic DA, Lewis KC, Edwards AK, Wallen K, Wilson ME, Appt SE. Clustering of PCOS-like Traits in Female Macaques. 98th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Boston, MA, April 1-4, 2016, Poster SUN 161.
• Lu C, Chazenbalk G, Dumesic D, Padmanabhan P. Gestational Testosterone Excess Inhibits Visceral Stem Cell Differentiation into Adipocytes in Female Sheep. 98th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Boston, MA, April 1-4, 2016, Poster SUN 159.
• Chazenbalk GD, Phan JD, Madrigal V, Ding X, Li X, Dumesic D. Abnormal Expression Of Genes Governing Adipogenesis And Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Formation In Subcutaneous Abdominal Adipose Stem Cells (SC-ASCs) Of Lean Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Women. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, October 17-21, 2015, O-49.
• Alvarez JP, Guedikian AA, Chazenbalk GD, Dumesic DA. Resistance Of Cumulus Cell (CC) Mitochondria To Stress In Vitro As A Predictor Of Oocyte Competence During Ovarian Stimulation For In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, October 17-21, 2015, O-120.
• Dumesic DA, Madrigal V, Ramirez E, Margolis DJ, Thomas A, Grogan TR, Chazenbalk GD. Structure-Function Relationships Of Subcutaneous (SC) Abdominal Adipocytes with Metabolic Function In Lean Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Normoandrogenic Ovulatory Women. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, October 17-21, 2015, O-53.
• Abbott DH, Dumesic DA, Rayome BH, Wallen K, Wilson ME, Wagner JD, Appt SE, Levine JE. PCOS-like traits in naturally-occurring hyperandrogenic female monkeys. 13th Annual Meeting of the Androgen Excess-PCOS Society. Siracusa, Italy, October 4-6, 2015.
• Chazenbalk GD, Madrigal V, Ramirez E, Keller E, Haykal R, Dumesic DA. Adipogenic Determinants of Insulin Sensitivity (Si) in Lean PCOS Women. National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI) Research Meeting. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, May 19-20, 2015, P-14.
• Dumesic DA, Phan JD, Madrigal V, Ding X, Li X, Chazenbalk GD. Abnormal Subcutaneous (SC) Abdominal Adipocyte Size and SC-Adipose Stem Cell (ASC) Gene Profile Are Related to Adipogenesis and Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Formation in Lean Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Women. National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI) Research Meeting. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, May 19-20, 2015, P-19.
• Phan JD, Madrigal V, Ding X, Li X, grogan T, Dumesic DA, Chazenbalk GD. Abnormal Subcutaneous (SC) Abdominal Adipocyte Size and SC-Adipose Stem Cell (ASC) Gene Profile Are Related to Adipogenesis and Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Formation in Lean Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Women. UCLA Science Poster Day, May 12, 2015, Poster 292.
• Madrigal VK, Agress A, Williamson LT, Kamdar V, Grogan T, Elashoff D, Chazenbalk GS, Dumesic DA. Inflammatory Subcutaneous (SC) Abdominal Adipose Dysfunction Accompanies Massively Enlarged Polycystic Ovaries in a Severely Insulin-Resistant PCOS Woman Receiving GnRH Agonist. 97th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, San Diego CA, March 5-8, 2015, Poster THR-096.
• Kaing A, Kathiresan ASQ, Dumesic D, Shamonki M. Attributes that Fellowship Directors Value in Selection of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellows. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 18-22, 2014, P-304.
• Sundheimer LW, Kathiresan A, Dumesic D, Parvataneni R, Shamonki M. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hysteroscopic Polypectomy Prior to Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation and Intrauterine Insemination in Infertile Women. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 18-22, 2014, P-491.
• Simerman AA, Hill DL, Goldstein E, Grogan T, Elashoff D, Manrriquez AN, Clark N, Chazenbalk GD, Dumesic DA. Cortisol May Promote Cumulus Cell (CC) Lipid Utilization As An Energy Source During Oocyte Meiotic Resumption in Women Undergoing Ovarian Stimulation for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 18-22, 2014, P-352.
• Agress A, Williamson LT, Madrigal V, Grogan T, Chazenbalk GD, Dumesic DA. Massively Enlarged Polycystic Ovaries Despite Pituitary Desensitization to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) for Suppression of Ovarian Hyperandrogenism: A Case Report. Annual UCLA School of Medicine Josiah Brown Poster Fair, July 31, 2014.
• Sundheimer LW, Kathiresan A, Dumesic D, Parvataneni R, Shamonki M. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hysteroscopic Polypectomy Prior to Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation and Intrauterine Insemination in Infertile Women. Southern California Obstetrical and Gynecological Assembly, Marina Del Rey, May 9th, 2014.
• Kaing A, Kathiresan ASQ, Dumesic D, Shamonki M. Attributes that Fellowship Directors Value in Selection of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellows. Southern California Obstetrical and Gynecological Assembly, Marina Del Rey, May 9th, 2014.

Lindsay Kroener, MD

Awards

• Sports Spectacular Endowed Fellowship Award, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center award for outstanding fellow research, 2015.
• Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, In-training scholarship, 2015.

Invited Lectures

• The Impact of ART on Placentation and Prenatal Outcomes, Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, University of California Los Angeles, May 27, 2016.
• The Impact of ART on Placentation and Prenatal Outcomes, Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, April 20, 2016.

Publications

• Lee B, Kroener L, Xu N, Wang ET, Banks A, Williams J, Goodarzi M, Chen Y, Tang J, Wang Y, Gangalapudi V, Pisarska MD. Function and hormonal regulation of GATA3 in human first trimester placentation. In Press, Biology of Reproduction.
• Xu N, Barlow G, Cui J, Wang ET, Lee B, Akhlaghpour M, Kroener L, William J, Rotter J, Chen YI, Goodarzi M, Pisarska MD. Alternations in genome-wide methylation profiling in first trimester chorionic villi from pregnancies conceived with in vitro fertilization.  In Press, Reproductive Sciences..
• Kroener L, Wang ET, Pisarska M. Predisposing factors to abnormal first trimester placentation and the impact on fetal outcomes. Semin Reprod Med. 2015 Dec 22 [Epub ahead of print]. PMCID: 26696276.
• Kroener L, Ambartsumyan G, Pisarska M, Briton-Jones C, Surrey M, and Hill D. Increased blastomere number in cleavage-stage embryo is associated with higher aneuploidy. Fertil Steril. 2015 Mar;103(3):694-8. PMCID: 25557243.

Presentations

• Kaing A, Kroener L, Tassin R, Li M, Liu L, Bulayos R, Hubert G, Shamonki M.  Earlier day of blastocyst trophectoderm biopsy is predictive of embryonic euploidy across all age groups in both autologous and donor cycles: Essential data for counseling patients.  American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 2016.  Accepted for poster presentation.
• Lee B, Kroener L, Xu N, Wang ET, Banks A, Goodarzi M, Chen Y, Rotter J, Williams J, Pisarska MD.  Hormonal Regulation of GATA3 in First Trimester Placentation.  Society for Study for Reproduction, San Diego, CA, 2016, P-139.
• Kroener L, Banks A, Recupero A, Wang ET, Farber C, Turner S, Rich S, Pisarska MD. Identification of Receptor Ligand Pairs at the Maternal Fetal Interface.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Montreal, QC, Canada, March 16-19, 2016, P-785.
• Kroener L, Akopians A, Pisarska M, Wang ET.  Use of cryopreserved embryos for a second pregnancy. Annual Meeting for the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, October 17-21, 2015, P-548.
• Kaing A, Kroener L, Brower M, Hill D, Danzer H, Barritt J.  “No diagnosis” embryos after PGS should not be discarded: Rebiopsy and reanalysis demonstrate the majority are euploid with comparable pregnancy rates. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, October 17- 21, 2015, Baltimore, P-450.
• Goldstein E, Kroener L, Hill D, Danzer H, Surrey M, Ghadir, Barritt J.  One pronucleus zygotes, derived both from ICSI and insemination, rarely develop to quality blastocysts and they are significantly less likely to be frozen or transferred.  Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coastal Reproductive Society, Indian Wells, March 11-15, 2015,P-28.
• Goldstein E, Kroener L, Hill D, Danzer H, Surrey M, Ghadir, Barritt J.  Embryos developing after a failure to visualize pronuclei at the time of fertilization check very rarely produce blastocysts to transfer or freeze.  Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coastal Reproductive Society, Indian Wells, March 11- 14, 2015, P-29.
• Kroener L, Ambartsumyan G, Huang A, Yee B.  Impact of lead follicle size in clomiphene citrate-only minimal stimulation in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles.  Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Honolulu, October 18-22, 2014, O-193.
• Kroener L, Goldstein E, Hill D, Danzer H, Surrey M, Ghadir S, Barritt J.  Intracytoplastmic sperm injection (ICSI) of day-1 delayed maturation oocytes results in poor embryo development in those highly compromised cycles. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Honolulu, October 18-22, 2014, P-553.
• Kroener L, Chen J, Pisarska M, Wang E.  Fertility and contraceptive knowledge in reproductive-age Hispanic population.  Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Honolulu, October 18-22, 2014, P-9.