Dr Beth Karlan - Appointment Process [Updated 2025]

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About Dr Beth Karlan

SPECIALTY / SUBSPECIALTIES: Obstetrics & Gynecology / Gynecologic Oncology
SUBSPECIALTIES : Gynecologic Oncology
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS : UCLA Medical Center + 1
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE : 21+
GENDER : Female

LANGUAGE : English

Professional Statement

Dr Beth Karlan, a physician and scientist with a 30-year career, is a globally renowned authority on ovarian cancer and other heritable malignancies. She is the Vice Chair of Women’s Health Research and a professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, as well as the Director of the Cancer Population Genetics program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr Beth Karlan received her BA in biochemistry from Harvard University in 1978 and her MD in Medicine from the same institution in 1982. She completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency in 1986 and was a research fellow at Yale University in 1987. In 1989, she joined the UCLA faculty as a clinical fellow; in 2001, she was promoted to professor; and in 2019, she was named Vice Chair.

Education & Professional Experience

Medical School & Residency

Yale-New Haven Hospital
Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982-1986
Harvard Medical School
Medical School
Harvard-Radcliffe College
B.A., Biochemical Sciences

Licensure & Certifications

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Certified in Gynecologic Oncology
CA State Medical License

Active through 2024

Dr Beth Karlan’s Honors, Recognitions & Awards

ACS Fellow, 2018
Super Doc
ACOG Fellow
Whos Who
Checkbook Top Doc
Director’s Service Award, 2018
Pioneer in Medicine Award, 2016
Triumph Award, 2016
Distinguished Service Award, 2015
Claudia Cohen Prize for Outstanding Gynecologic Researcher, 2015
Rosalind Franklin Exellence in Ovarian Cancer Research Award, 2015
10 Women Leaders Who Impact LA, 2012
Nominated for the PROSE Award (Gynecologic Oncology: Clinical Practice & Surgical Atlas), 2012
Professorship, 2011
Honoree, 2011
Selected to attend Harvard Physician Leadership in Academic Medicine Program, 2008
M.D. Prize for Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research, 2008
Early Detection Professorship, 2006
America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, 2005
Public Service Award, 2001
Women of Distinction, Hadassah, 1998
Mother of the Year, 1998
Nat King Cole Research Award (Research for Women’s Cancers), 1998
Award for Excellence, 1996
Board of Governors’ Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Oncology, 1995
James F. Nolan Award, 1993
Richard F. Dwyer-Eleanor W. Dwyer Award for Excellence, 1993
Scholar Award, 1992
Clinical Oncology Career Development Award, 1990
J. G. Moore Award, 1988
Meehan-Miller Award, 1986
James Hudson Brown/Alexander B. Coxe Fellowship, 1986
ACOG-Ortho Academic Training Fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1986