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Biography

Originally from Harrisburg, PA, Dr. Kara Nguyen received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and Masters in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University. She completed two sub-specialty fellowships in Clinical Genetics at the National Institutes of Health and Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. With her research in stem cells and infertility, she was recognized as the first OB/GYN accepted into the prestigious Clinical Investigator Training Program of Harvard Catalyst. She has also served on the Committee on Genetics for the American College of OB/GYNs and is an active member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Dr. Nguyen is triple-board certified in OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, and Clinical Genetics. She served as the Division Director for PinnacleHealth’s OBGYN Department and now delivers fertility care to the greater Central PA region

Languages

• Vietnamese
• English

Education

• Pennsylvania State University (Grad. 1999)
• Johns Hopkins University (Grad. 2004)
• Thomas Jefferson University (Grad. 2005)

Other Specialties

• Geneticist

Areas of Expertise

• Male infertility
• Female infertility
• Infertility
• In vitro fertilization (IVF)
• Egg freezing
• Low sperm count
• Uterine fibroids
• Genetic testing
• Tubal ligation reversal
• Uterine polyps
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Endometriosis
• Premature ovarian failure
• Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Awards & Recognitions

• William H. Slate Research Award
• Christiana Care Health System Medical-Dental Staff Clinical Discussion Award
• NIH Intramural ACGME Loan Repayment Program
• ACOG/JSOG Shingo Exchange Program
• NIH Extramural Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program
• New England Fertility Society/Ferring Pharmaceuticals Research Grant
• Clinical Investigator Training Program Award, Harvard University

Publications & Research

• Pre-IVF evaluation of the infertile woman, 2012
• The day I made a difference, May 2009
• Benign Cervical Lesions, October 2009
• Maternal XX/X chromosome mosaicism in donor oocyte in vitro fertilization (IVF). Middle East Fertility Society Journal., 3/6/12