John Kuo MD PhD

Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine

16055 Ventura BoulevardSuite 700Encino, CA 91436
Phone+1 310-888-8448

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Education & Training

UCLA Medical CenterPh.D., Neuroscience, 2005 - 2011
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 2004 - 2007
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000 - 2004
University of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine,Ph.D., 2001
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2000, M.D.

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2002 - 2028
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

A recognition for the most dedicated physician Vitals.com, 2014
Los Angeles' Top Doctors, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., U.S. News & World Report, 2013
Peer Reviewed Physicians Award, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

37 citations
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Management of Patients With Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas: Executive Summary.
Manish K. Aghi, Clark C. Chen, Maria Fleseriu, Steven A. Newman, Joshua Lucas
Neurosurgery. 2016-10-01
45 citations
Estradiol Modulates Translocator Protein (TSPO) and Steroid Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) via Protein Kinase A (PKA) Signaling in Hypothalamic Astrocytes
Claire Lifan Chen, John Kuo, Angela M. Wong, Paul E. Micevych
Endocrinology. 2014-05-30
26 citations
Membrane-initiated estradiol signaling in immortalized hypothalamic N-38 neurons
Reymundo Dominguez, Phoebe Dewing, John Kuo, Paul E. Micevych
Steroids. 2013-06-01

Journal Articles

Neurosteroids, trigger of the LH surge
Kuo J, Micevych P., The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 8/1/2012
Sex differences in hypothalamic astrocyte response to estradiol stimulation.
Kuo J., Hamid N., Bondar G., Dewing P., Clarkson J., Micevych P., Biology of Sex Differences, 11/22/2010
Membrane estrogen receptors stimulate intracellular calcium release and progesterone synthesis in hypothalamic astrocytes.
Kuo J., Hamid N., Bondar G., Prossnitz E.R., Micevych P., The Journal of Neuroscience, 9/29/2010

Books/Book Chapters

Specialty Review: Obstetrics and Gynecology: Cases, Questions, and Answers.
Chapter: Case #7 - Hypothyroidism, Case #12 - Contraception: Depo-Provera, Case #16 - Menopause: Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment.
Kuo J.Editors: Azziz R.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2007
The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS and PMDD.
Chapter: Neurotransmitter Physiology: The Basics for Understanding Premenstrual Syndrome.
Rapkin A.J., Kuo J.Editors: O'Brien P.M.S., Rapkin A.J., Schmidt P.J..Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL2007
McGraw-Hill Specialty Review: Obstetrics and Gynecology: Cases, Questions, and Answers
Chapter: Case #7 - Hypothyroidism
Kuo J.Editors: Azziz R.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2007

Abstracts/Posters

Estradiol Membrane Signaling Modulates the Translocator Protein (TSPO) via Protein Kinase A (PKA) in Hypothalamic Astrocytes
Kuo J, Chen C, Micevych P., 43th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 11/9/2013
Estradiol signaling regulates de novo progesterone synthesis in hypothalamic astrocytes
Kuo J, Chen C, Micevych P, 42th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, 10/13/2012
Astrocyte steroidogenesis and estrogen positive feedback on GnRH neurons
Micevych P, Kuo J., Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Science Research Conferences: Integration of Genomic and Non-Genomic Steroid Receptor Actions, Snowmass Village, CO, 7/29/2012

Lectures

Climacteric and Infertility
3/13/2014
Membrane estrogen receptor signaling in estrogen positive feedback
6/14/2013
Neuroendocrinology
4/29/2013

Other

Membrane estrogen receptor-alpha interacts with metabotropic glutamate receptor 1a to stimulate intracellular calcium release and progesterone synthesis in female hypo...
Kuo, J., UCLA Ph.D. Thesis
University of California at Los Angeles - 5/25/2011