Physician

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Jeffrey S. Rakoff, MD practices Obstetrics & Gynecology. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College. He over the years received 3 awards: "Top MD", "Fellow (FACOG)" and "Super Doctor". Jeffrey Rakoff is also a published doctor. He has 22 paper published. The most recent paper is: Characterization of the inappropriate gonadotropin secretion in polycystic ovary syndrome.

Publications

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• Studies on the role of luteinizing hormone releasing factor in the control of the menstrual cycle.
• The effect of acutely administered 2-hydroxyestrone on the release of gonadotropins and prolactin before and after estrogen priming in hypogonadal women.
• Characterization of the inappropriate gonadotropin secretion in polycystic ovary syndrome.
• An integrated direct functional test of the adenohypophysis.
• Calcification of the pituitary stalk associated with the clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia.
• Tuberous sclerosis in the aetiology of the so-called idiopathic epilepsies and psychoses.
• Increased luteinizing hormone sensitivity to dopamine inhibition in polycystic ovary syndrome.
• Prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in anovulatory women.
• Changes in pituitary hormones during and following transsphenoidal removal of prolactinomas.
• XO-XY mosaicism and nonfluorescent Y chromosome.
• Elucidation of mechanism(s) of the nocturnal rise of testosterone in men.
• Hypothalamic hypopituitarism in an adolescent girl: assessment by a direct functional test of the adenohypophysis.
• Prolactin and growth hormone release in response to sequential stimulation by arginine and synthetic TRF.
• The In Vitro Fertilization Program at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California.
• Intrauterine insemination with husband's washed sperm.
• In vitro fertilization. The Scripps Clinic experience.
• The impairment of progesterone-induced pituitary release of prolactin and gonadotropin in patients with hypothalamic chronic anovulation.
• Correlations between seminal radioimmunoreactive prolactin, sperm count, and sperm motility in prevasectomy and Infertility clinic patients.
• Correlation of the effects of dexamethasone administration on urinary 17-ketosteroid and serum androgen levels in patients with hirsutism.
• Progesterone induced acute release of prolactin in estrogen primed ovariectomized women.
• Inhibition of gonadotropin and prolactin release by dopamine: effect of endogenous estradiol levels.

Schools

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• Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University Thomas Jefferson University

• Uc San Diego Hospital

Conditions Treated

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• Female Infertility
• Ovarian Cysts

Doctors Specialties

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• Obstetrics
• Gynecology

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
• Access Plus Savenet
• Basic PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• LocalPlus
• Open Access Plus
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• PacifiCare HMO

Awards

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• Top MD
• Fellow (FACOG)
• Super Doctor

Education

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• University of California San Diego
• Jefferson Medical College

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