Dr. Lynn Westphal, MD
Obstetrician/Gynecologist - Reproductive Endocrinology
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Dr. Lynn Westphal, MD is a Obstetrician/Gynecologist - Reproductive Endocrinology practicing in Palo Alto, CA
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Provider Training
| University | Degree | Focus | Graduated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University School of Medicine- Stanford Ca | Other Degree | 1987 | |
| Stanford University School of Medicine | Medical Degree | 1987 |
| Institution | Focus | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Residency - Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Not Specified | |
| Residency - University of California, Los Angeles | 1989 | |
| Residency - Stanford University Medical Center | 1991 | |
| Residency - Stanford University Hospital, Reproductive Endocrinology; Ucla Medical Center, Obstetrics And Gynecology | Not Specified | |
| Fellowship - Stanford University Endocrinology - Molecular Bio. | 1993 | |
| Fellowship - UCSF REI | 1995 | |
| Fellowship - UCSF Medical Center CA | 1995 | |
| Fellowship - UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco CA | 1995 | |
| Internship - UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA | 1988 | |
| Internship - UCLA Medical Center CA (1988) | Not Specified |
| Certification | Cert. Body | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Not Specified |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Not Specified |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 1993 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology Sub-Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology/Fertility | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 1997 |
Experience & Accolades
| Position | Organization | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Member | Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center | 2007 - 2014 |
| Member | Stanford Cardiovascular Institute | 2006 - 2014 |
| Fellowship Director | Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility | 2005 - 2014 |
| Director | Women's Health - Stanford | 2005 - 2014 |
| Distinction | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Preserving Fertility in Cancer Patients, Telly Award | 2005 |
| Publication | Publisher | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Publication | JOURL OF UROLOGY | Frequency of the Male Infertility Evaluation: Data from the tiol Survey of Family Growth | 2013 |
| Other Publication | PloS one | Stress and Anxiety Scores in First and Repeat IVF Cycles: A Pilot Study. | 2013 |
| Other Publication | REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE | Outcomes of trophectoderm biopsy on cryopreserved blastocysts: a case series | 2012 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS | Oocyte retrieval following continued stimulation five days beyond ovulation yields live birth | 2012 |
| Other Publication | GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY | Integration and safety of fertility preservation in a breast cancer program | 2012 |
| Other Publication | REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE | Testosterone concentrations in early pregncy | 2012 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Early pregncy testosterone after ovarian stimulation and pregncy outcome | 2012 |
| Other Publication | REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE | Oocyte cryopreservation as a fertility preservation measure for cancer patients | 2011 |
| Other Publication | HUMAN REPRODUCTION | Mood disorders in oocyte donor candidates: brief report and implications for future research | 2011 |
| Other Publication | Massie, J. A., Shahine, L. K., Milki, A. A., Westphal, L. M., Lathi, R | Ovarian stimulation and the risk of aneuploid conceptions | 2011 |
| Other Publication | ISRN obstetrics and gynecology | Age-Related Success with Elective Single versus Double Blastocyst Transfer. | 2011 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Day 2 versus day 3 embryo transfer in poor responders: a prospective randomized trial | 2011 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Is infertility a risk factor for female sexual dysfunction? A case-control study | 2010 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE | Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation | 2010 |
| Other Publication | PROCEEDINGS OF THE TIOL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AM | Deep phenotyping to predict live birth outcomes in in vitro fertilization | 2010 |
| Other Publication | PLOS ONE | Parthenogenic Blastocysts Derived from Cumulus-Free In Vitro Matured Human Oocytes | 2010 |
| Other Publication | OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | Asian Ethnicity and Poor Outcomes After In Vitro Fertilization Blastocyst Transfer | 2010 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Ovarian stimulation for fertility preservation in patients with cancer | 2010 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS | Timing of Breast Cancer Treatments with Oocyte Retrieval and Embryo Cryopreservation | 2009 |
| Other Publication | PLOS ONE | Poor Prognosis with In Vitro Fertilization | 2009 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on in vitro fertilization outcome | 2009 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Normal pregncy after tetraploid karyotype on trophectoderm biopsy | 2009 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Effect of methotrexate exposure on subsequent fertility | 2009 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Laparoscopy in women with unexplained infertility: a cost-effectiveness alysis | 2009 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS | Embryo quality before and after surgical treatment of endometriosis in infertile patients | 2009 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Basal follicle-stimulating hormone as a predictor of fetal aneuploidy | 2008 |
| Other Publication | PLOS ONE | Defining Human Embryo Phenotypes by Cohort-Specific Prognostic Factors | 2008 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Obstetric outcomes in donor oocyte pregncies compared with advanced materl age in in vitro | 2008 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Aneuploidy in the miscarriages of infertile women | 2008 |
| Other Publication | CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | Normal pregncy resulting from a non-pronuclear oocyte at the time of examition for fertilization | 2008 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Elective single blastocyst transfer in women older than 35 | 2008 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS | Cytogenetic testing of anembryonic pregncies compared to embryonic missed abortions | 2007 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | A comparison of letrozole to godotropins for ovulation induction | 2007 |
| Other Publication | AMERICAN JOURL OF SURGERY | Egg retrieval with cryopreservation does not delay breast cancer treatment | 2007 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE | Comparison of obstetric outcomes | 2007 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Risk of monozygotic twinning with blastocyst transfer decreases over time: an 8-year experience | 2007 |
| Other Publication | AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | Von Willebrand disease presenting as recurrent hemorrhage after transvagil oocyte retrieval | 2007 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Effect of reduced oxygen concentrations on the outcome of in vitro fertilization | 2007 |
| Other Publication | Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology | Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Fertilityblend | 2006 |
| Other Publication | Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology | Comparison of GnRH antagonist cycles with | 2006 |
| Other Publication | J Reprod Contracep | Aromatase inhibitors for IVF poor responders | 2006 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Innovations in fertility preservation for patients with gynecologic cancers | 2005 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | The dilemma of endometriosis: is consensus possible with an enigma? | 2005 |
| Other Publication | Fertility and sterility | Embryo cryopreservation after diagnosis of stage IIB endometrial cancer | 2005 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Monochorionic triplet gestation after in vitro fertilization using donor oocytes | 2005 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS | Evaluation of urine toxicology screens in an oocyte donor population | 2005 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Evaluation of mixed protocols with Bravelleg((R)) (human-derived FSH) | 2004 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Elective single blastocyst transfer | 2004 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS | The effect of a two-hour | 2004 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE | A nutritiol supplement for improving fertility in women - A pilot study | 2004 |
| Other Publication | Reproductive biomedicine online | Administration of recombint human FSH | 2003 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS | Comparison of the sex ratio with blastocyst transfer and cleavage stage transfer | 2003 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Significance of one pronucleus before fertilization | 2003 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS | Effect of ICSI on subsequent blastocyst development and pregncy rates | 2003 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Incidence of monozygotic twinning with blastocyst transfer compared to cleavage-stage transfer | 2003 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | Accuracy of day 3 criteria for selecting the best embryos | 2002 |
| Other Publication | AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | FIRST REPORT OF A VAGIL FOREIGN-BODY PERFORATING INTO THE RETROPERITONEUM | 1995 |
| Other Publication | ELDASOURI, I., Frances, A., Westphal, L. M. | IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH-FACTOR | 1993 |
| Other Publication | HUMAN REPRODUCTION | EXPOSURE OF HUMAN SPERMATOZOA TO THE CUMULUS | 1993 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | INTERLEUKIN-1 TYPE-I RECEPTOR MESSENGER-RIBONUCLEIC-ACID EXPRESSION IN HUMAN ENDOMETRIUM THROUGHOUT | 1993 |
| Other Publication | HUMAN REPRODUCTION | ZO OPENING WITH 308-NM XECL EXCIMER LASER IMPROVES FERTILIZATION BY SPERMATOZOA FROM LONG | 1993 |
| Other Publication | FERTILITY AND STERILITY | FLUORESCENCE STAINING OF NUCLEAR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC | 1993 |
| Other Publication | ANESTHESIOLOGY | USE OF MIDAZOLAM INFUSION FOR SEDATION FOLLOWING CARDIAC-SURGERY | 1987 |
| Other Publication | ANESTHESIA AND ALGESIA | COMPARISON OF PROPOFOL WITH METHOHEXITAL FOR OUTPATIENT ANESTHESIA | 1986 |
| Other Publication | ANESTHESIOLOGY | MIDAZOLAM INFUSION FOR SEDATION IN THE INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT - EFFECT ON ADREL-FUNCTION | 1986 |
| Other Publication | DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY | GODOTROPINS AND THE TIMING OF PROGESTERONE-INDUCED MEIOTIC MATURATION OF XENOPUS-LAEVIS OOCYTES | 1985 |
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EnglishMedical Specialties
- Obstetrician/Gynecologist - Sub-Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Years In Practice: 32 (started in 1994)
Accepts New Patients: Yes
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Practice At 900 Welch Rd Suite 350
900 Welch Road Suite 350Palo Alto, CA 94304
Westphal Lynn M MD
300 N Pasteur Dr a260Stanford, CA 94305
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4756 El Camino RealLos Altos, CA 94022
Practice Colleagues
Ramya Sethuram, MD - Obstetrician/Gynecologist
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