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Marcelle I. Cedars, M.D.

Director, Center for Reproductive Health

Dr. Marcelle Cedars is the director of the UCSF Center for Reproductive Health, and is a clinical specialist in the fields of in vitro fertilization, perimenopause and polycystic ovarian ovary syndrome (PCOS). As director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, she coordinates the relationship between science and research being done at UCSF and personalized care for medical center patients.

Cedars received her medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine, completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, and did her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at UCLA.

Clinics

Center for Reproductive Health
2356 Sutter St., Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7475
Fax: (415) 353-7744

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday apts. available for patients undergoing treatment

Fertility Preservation Center
2356 Sutter St., Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-9115
Fax: (415) 353-3064

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

PCOS Clinic
2356 Sutter St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 885-3674
Fax: (415) 885-3663

Hours: Two Thursdays a month
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Marcelle I. Cedars

Education

University of Texas, Southwestern School of Medicine 1981

Residencies

Parkland Hospital, OB/GYN 1982

Fellowships

Parkland Hospital, OB/GYN 1985
UCLA Medical Center, Reproductive Endocrinology 1987

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Wang ET, Cirillo PM, Kao CN, Cohn BA, Cedars MI. Birth weight and childhood growth in daughters of women with irregular menstrual cycles. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2013 Jun; 29(6):615-8.
  2. Bleil ME, Adler NE, Appelhans BM, Gregorich SE, Sternfeld B, Cedars MI. Childhood adversity and pubertal timing: Understanding the origins of adulthood cardiovascular risk. Biol Psychol. 2013 Apr; 93(1):213-9.
  3. Skillern A, Cedars M, Huddleston H. Egg Donor Informed Consent Tool (EDICT): development and validation of a new informed consent tool for oocyte donors. Fertil Steril. 2013 May; 99(6):1733-1738.e4.
  4. Lin WT, Beattie M, Chen LM, Oktay K, Crawford SL, Gold EB, Cedars M, Rosen M. Comparison of age at natural menopause in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers with a non-clinic-based sample of women in northern California. Cancer. 2013 May 1; 119(9):1652-9.
  5. Wolff EF, He Y, Black DM, Brinton EA, Budoff MJ, Cedars MI, Hodis HN, Lobo RA, Manson JE, Merriam GR, Miller VM, Naftolin F, Pal L, Santoro N, Zhang H, Harman SM, Taylor HS. Self-reported menopausal symptoms, coronary artery calcification, and carotid intima-media thickness in recently menopausal women screened for the Kronos early estrogen prevention study (KEEPS). Fertil Steril. 2013 Apr; 99(5):1385-91.
  6. Bleil ME, Adler NE, Pasch LA, Sternfeld B, Gregorich SE, Rosen MP, Cedars MI. Depressive symptomatology, psychological stress, and ovarian reserve: a role for psychological factors in ovarian aging? Menopause. 2012 Nov; 19(11):1176-85.
  7. Gianaroli L, Racowsky C, Geraedts J, Cedars M, Makrigiannakis A, Lobo RA. Best practices of ASRM and ESHRE: a journey through reproductive medicine. Fertil Steril. 2012 Dec; 98(6):1380-94.
  8. Gianaroli L, Racowsky C, Geraedts J, Cedars M, Makrigiannakis A, Lobo R. Best practices of ASRM and ESHRE: a journey through reproductive medicine. Hum Reprod. 2012 Dec; 27(12):3365-79.
  9. Rinaudo P, Shen S, Hua J, Qian S, Prabhu U, Garcia E, Cedars M, Sukumaran D, Szyperski T, Andrews C. (1)H NMR based profiling of spent culture media cannot predict success of implantation for day 3 human embryos. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2012 Dec; 29(12):1435-42.
  10. Cakmak H, Fujimoto VY, Zamah AM, Rosen MP, Tran ND, Cedars MI, Rinaudo PF. Metaphase II (MII) oocytes obtained at different time points in the same in vitro fertilization cycle. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2012 Nov; 29(11):1203-5.
  11. Bleil ME, Appelhans BM, Adler NE, Gregorich SE, Sternfeld B, Cedars MI. Pubertal timing, androgens, and obesity phenotypes in women at midlife. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Oct; 97(10):E1948-52.
  12. Bleil ME, Adler NE, Pasch LA, Sternfeld B, Gregorich SE, Rosen MP, Cedars MI. Psychological stress and reproductive aging among pre-menopausal women. Hum Reprod. 2012 Sep; 27(9):2720-8.
  13. Foyouzi N, Cedars MI, Huddleston HG. Cost-effectiveness of cytogenetic evaluation of products of conception in the patient with a second pregnancy loss. Fertil Steril. 2012 Jul; 98(1):151-5.
  14. Schuh-Huerta SM, Johnson NA, Rosen MP, Sternfeld B, Cedars MI, Reijo Pera RA. Genetic markers of ovarian follicle number and menopause in women of multiple ethnicities. Hum Genet. 2012 Nov; 131(11):1709-24.
  15. Strom CM, Bonilla-Guererro R, Zhang K, Doody KJ, Tourgeman D, Alvero R, Cedars MI, Crossley B, Pandian R, Sharma R, Neidich J, Salazar D. The sensitivity and specificity of hyperglycosylated hCG (hhCG) levels to reliably diagnose clinical IVF pregnancies at 6 days following embryo transfer. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2012 Jul; 29(7):609-14.
  16. Johnstone EB, Davis G, Zane LT, Cedars MI, Huddleston HG. Age-related differences in the reproductive and metabolic implications of polycystic ovarian syndrome: findings in an obese, United States population. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2012 Oct; 28(10):819-22.
  17. Letourneau JM, Smith JF, Ebbel EE, Craig A, Katz PP, Cedars MI, Rosen MP. Racial, socioeconomic, and demographic disparities in access to fertility preservation in young women diagnosed with cancer. Cancer. 2012 Sep 15; 118(18):4579-88.
  18. Diamond MP, Willman S, Chenette P, Cedars MI. The clinical need for a method of identification of embryos destined to become a blastocyst in assisted reproductive technology cycles. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2012 May; 29(5):391-6.
  19. Huang G, Wang D, Zeb I, Budoff MJ, Harman SM, Miller V, Brinton EA, El Khoudary SR, Manson JE, Sowers MR, Hodis HN, Merriam GR, Cedars MI, Taylor HS, Naftolin F, Lobo RA, Santoro N, Wildman RP. Intra-thoracic fat, cardiometabolic risk factors, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in healthy, recently menopausal women screened for the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS). Atherosclerosis. 2012 Mar; 221(1):198-205.
  20. Rosen MP, Johnstone E, McCulloch CE, Schuh-Huerta SM, Sternfeld B, Reijo-Pera RA, Cedars MI. A characterization of the relationship of ovarian reserve markers with age. Fertil Steril. 2012 Jan; 97(1):238-43.

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