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Summer 2008 Featured Physician: Lubna Pal
Dr. Lubna Pal is Director of the Reproductive Aging and Bone Health Program at Yale Reproductive Endocrinology, specializing in the areas of infertility, reproductive aging and menopause, low bone mineral density (osteopenia and osteoporosis), and reproductive endocrinology. She is Board Certified in both Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility and is certified by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry for interpretation of bone mineral density studies. Her clinical interests are reproductive endocrinopathies including polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), central reproductive disturbances attributable to hypothalamic and pituitary disorders, and obesity–related reproductive dysfunction. Dr. Pal’s research interests include the areas of ovarian reserve, specifically skeletal and cardiovascular implications of declining ovarian reserve in premenopausal women, metabolic implications of PCOS, and menopause. She has recently been awarded a Pilot Grant from the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) Research Partnership Program, a program of the Yale Clinical Care Investigation (YCCI), to study Vitamin D therapy as a treatment for women suffering from PCOS. |
