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Beth Karlan, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Los Angeles, CA

BethKarlanMD

Obstetrics & Gynecology Los Angeles, CA

Gynecologic Oncology

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Vice Chair, Women's Health Research Director, Cancer Population Genetics

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  • Office

    UCLA Medical Center
    100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 383
    Los Angeles, CA 90095
    Phone+1 310-794-7274
    Fax+1 310-794-7274

Summary

  • Beth Y. Karlan, M.D. is Professor and Vice Chair of Women’s Health Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She is also Director of Cancer Population Genetics at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA. Dr. Karlan’s research focuses on ovarian and other women’s cancers as well as inherited cancer susceptibility. She has authored over 350 research publications and is an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor. Dr. Karlan is Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journals Gynecologic Oncology and Gynecologic Oncology Reports, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. In 2012, Dr. Karlan was appointed by the White House to serve on the National Cancer Advisory Board, and in 2015 she was elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine.

Education & Training

  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982 - 1986
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1982
  • Harvard-Radcliffe College
    Harvard-Radcliffe CollegeB.A., Biochemical Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1986 - 2026
  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynecologic Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Lifetime Achievement Award International Gynecologic Cancer Society, 2021
  • Giants of Cancer Care, Gynecologic Malignancies OncLive, 2019
  • Director's Service Award National Cancer Institute, 2018
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Association of p16 Expression with Prognosis Varies Across Ovarian Carcinoma Histotypes: An Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis Consortium Study  
    Robert P Edwards, Beth Y Karlan, Andrew Berchuck, The Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research
  • Variants in Genes Encoding Small GTPases and Association with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility  
    Julie M Cunningham, Robert P Edwards, Elizabeth M Poole, Tanja Pejovic, Karen Lu, Kunle Odunsi, Beth Y Karlan, Christine S Walsh, Douglas A Levine, Andrew Berchuck, Da..., PLoS One
  • Functional Mechanisms Underlying Pleiotropic Risk Alleles at the 19p13.1 Breast–Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Locus  
    Susan M Domchek, Beth Y Karlan, Katherine L Nathanson, Kenneth Offit, Banu K Arun, Andrew Berchuck, Patricia A Ganz, Douglas A Levine, Nature
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Morbidity of triplemodality therapy in the management of early stage cervical cancer.
    Park SK, Axtell AE, Hakimian B, Li A, Leuchter R, Karlan B, Rimel BJ, Walsh C, Cass I, Western Association of Gynecologic Oncologists Meeting, Truckee, CA, 6/25/2014
  • A KRAS hotspot mutation correlates with MLH1 methylation in endometrial carcinomas with microsatellite instability: A potential triage tool for Lynch Syndrome evaluation.
    Cohen J, Wiedemeyer R, Karlan B, Walsh C, Society of Gynecologic Oncology 45th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer, Tampa, FL, 3/22/2014
  • Genomic characterization of grade 3 endometrial carcinoma.
    Cohen J, Goodman M, Karlan B and Walsh C, Society of Gynecologic Oncology 45th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer, Tampa, FL, 3/22/2014
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Lectures

  • The prognostic significance of ADAM metallopeptidase domain 12 in advanced stage serous ovarian cancer. 
    Truckee, CA - 6/25/2014
  • Occult and subsequent gynecologic cancers following risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomies (RRSO) in BRCA mutation carriers. 
    Truckee, CA - 6/25/2014
  • "The Mechanics of Writing and Publishing Great Papers: Perspecitive from the Editor-in-Chief of Gynecologic Oncology", Inaugural Lecturer 
    University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL - 11/15/2013
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Other

  • "Interview for Lifescript.com" 
    Beth Young Karlan, MD
    1/1/2013
  • "Interview for Studio 11" 
    Beth Young Karlan, MD
    1/1/2013
  • CA-125: To monitor or not to monitor? 
    Rustin G, Karlan BY and Markman M
    http://www.medscape.com
    3/8/2012
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Authored Content

  • Disappointing but Important: Cervical Cancer OUTBACK Trial’s Negative ResultsJune 2021

Press Mentions

  • Researchers Finds How the Ovarian Cancer Can Develop in Women
    Researchers Finds How the Ovarian Cancer Can Develop in WomenJanuary 3rd, 2022
  • Health News | Research Explains How Ovarian Cancer Begins in High-Risk Women
    Health News | Research Explains How Ovarian Cancer Begins in High-Risk WomenJanuary 2nd, 2022
  • Human iPSC-Derived Fallopian Tube Organoids Reveal the Origins of Common Ovarian Cancer
    Human iPSC-Derived Fallopian Tube Organoids Reveal the Origins of Common Ovarian CancerDecember 29th, 2021
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Professional Memberships