Curriculum Vitae

REBECCA Z. SOKOL, MD, MPH, FACP PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1994-present Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 1989-1994 Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 1981-1989 EDUCATION College B.A., Human Biology and English, 1970 Pitzer College, Member of Claremont Colleges Claremont, California Medical School M.D, 1975 University of Southern California, School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Internship Internship in Internal Medicine, June1975- June 1976 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Residency Residency in Internal Medicine, June 1976- June 1978 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center UCLA School of Medicine Los Angles, California Fellowship Fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism, June,1978-June,1981 Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine Torrance, California Graduate School Masters in Public Health, 2002 Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, California HONORS AND AWARDS Selected for Who’s Who in Graduates of American Colleges and Universities, 1970 Clinical Associate Physician Award “Zona-free Hamster Ova Assay: Predictor of Male Fertility?”, National Institutes of Health, 1982-1984 New Faculty Award, Research Laboratory Support, Research and Education Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1982-1984 Endocrine Society Travel Award, 1985 Mary Putnam Jacobi Fellowship Award, 1985 Presidential Merit Award, American Society of Andrology, 1986 Member, Reproduction and Developmental Toxicology Program Review Sub-Committee of the National Toxicology Program, Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1987-1993 Member, Project Site Visit Team, National Institutes of Health, 1990 Member, Rodent Sperm Motility Methods Workshop, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1990 Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1991 Special Reviewer, Toxicology Study Section, NIH, 1991-Present Outstanding Research Poster Award, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 1995 Who’s Who Among Outstanding Clinicians, 1996-present Best Doctors in America, 1996-present Wyeth-Ayerst Outstanding Research Paper Award, ESHRE Exchange Paper, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 1997 Member, Medical Faculty Assembly, USC School of Medicine, 1997-2000 Distinguished Professor, Round Table, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1998 Member, Medical Faculty Assembly Executive Board, USC School of Medicine, 1999-2000 Serono In Training Research Award (Mentor, Senior Author), Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, 2000 National Registry of Who's Who (Life Member), 2001 Outstanding Research Poster Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2001 Poster Prize Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2001 Senior Fellowship Award, National Institutes of Health, 2001-2002 Serono In Training Research Award (Mentor, Senior Author), Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, 2002 Trainee Merit Award (Mentor, Senior Author), American Society of Andrology, 2002 Outstanding Research Paper Award, Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, April, 2003 America’s Top Physicians, 2003-present Expert Registry, National Toxicology and National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, 2003-present Member, University of Southern California Ambassadors, 2005-present US News and World Reports Top Doctors 2007-present Super Doctors, 2007-present Bruce Stewart Lectureship, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2008 America’s Top Doctors, 2011-Present CONSULTANTSHIPS Member, Board of Trustees, Pitzer College, Member, Claremont Colleges, 1991-1996. Member, Reproduction and Developmental Toxicology Program Review Sub-Committee of the National Toxicology Program, Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1987-1993 Member, Rodent Sperm Motility Methods Workshop, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1990 Member, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study Sections and Study Section Project Site Visit Teams, ad hoc since 1990 CCIR/Conrad Program, 1998 Member-at-large, National Children’s Study, 2002-2003 Expert Registry, National Toxicology and National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, 2003-present EDITORIAL BOARDS Editor, Yearbook of Infertility, 1993-1996 Editorial Advisory Board, Fertility and Sterility, 1997-2006 AD HOC EDITORIAL BOARD/ REVIEWER Acta Endocrinologica Contraception Drug Evaluations, American Medical Association Endocrinology Environmental Health Perspectives Environmental Research Fertility and Sterility International Journal of Andrology Journal of Andrology Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Life Sciences Metabolism Psychoneuroendocrinology Reproductive Toxicology Science Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Urology Year Book Publishers GRANT AND RESEARCH PRESENTATION REVIEWER American Society of Andrology American Society for Reproductive Medicine CCIR/Conrad Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Study Center, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Environmental Protection Agency Fulbright Fellowship Program March of Dimes National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health National Institutes of Health National Toxicology Program Pacific Coast Fertility Society Research and Education Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Society for Male Reproduction and Urology University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Veterans Administration World Health Organization PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: OFFICER Member, Executive Council, American Society of Andrology, 1985-1989 Member, Executive Council, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 1987-1990 Treasurer, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 1988-1989 Secretary, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 1989-1990 Member, Board of Trustees, Pitzer College, Claremont Colleges, 1990-1996 President Elect, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 1990-1991 President, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 1991-1992 Member, Board of Directors of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, American Society for Reproductive Medicine 1996-1999 Secretary-Treasurer, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, American Society For Reproductive Medicine, 2004-2005 President-Elect, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, 2005-2006 President, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, 2006-2007 Member, Board of Directors, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2005-2007 Director, Board of Directors, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2008-2011 Director and Finance Chair, Executive Board, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2010-2011 Vice President, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2012-2013 President-Elect, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2013-2014 President, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2014-2015 Past President, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2015-2017 SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Society of Andrology American Society for Reproductive Medicine American College of Physicians Pacific Coast Reproductive Society American Federation for Clinical Research Endocrine Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Western Society for Clinical Investigation Society for the Study of Reproduction Society for Male Reproduction and Urology (ASRM) National Association of Science Writers INVITED LECTURES Distinguished State of The Art Lecture, Annual Meeting, American Urology Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006. Bruce Stewart Lectureship, Annual Meeting, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, November, 2008. Women in Andrology Lectureship, American Society of Andrology, 2010. National and International Lectures 5th Annual Combined Internal Medicine-Urology Grand Rounds, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, West Los Angeles, California, June, 1982. Medical Grand Rounds, Martin Luther King Hospital, Los Angeles, California, August, 1982. UCLA School of Medicine, Do’s and Don’ts with Diet and Drugs, September, 1982. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, April, 1983. Nutrition Symposium, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, May, 1983. Combined Endocrine Grand Rounds, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, November, 1983. Grand Rounds, Department of Student Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, April, 1984. Medicine and Pediatrics Grand Rounds, White Memorial Hospital, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, April, 1984. Medical Grand Rounds, David Brotman Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, California, July, 1984. American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Southern California Section Meeting, Los Angeles, California, October, 1984. Interdepartmental Clinical Conference on Infertility in the Male, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, December, 1984. Basic Science Symposium, American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April, 1986. Clinical Symposium, American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April, 1986. Endocrine Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, June, 1986. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, December, 1986. Lead Toxicity Symposium, Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, Department of Health Services, State of California, Berkeley, California, December, 1986 and August, 1987. Medical Grand Rounds, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Long Beach, California, April, 1987. Postgraduate Course, Pacific Coast Fertility Society Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, May, 1987. Basic Science Seminar, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, November, 1987. Endocrine Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, January, 1988. Endocrine Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, April, 1988. Featured Speaker, Symposium. Assessment of Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, Ohio, June, 1988. Urology Grand Rounds, Columbia University, New York, New York, November, 1988. Workshop: Reproductive Endocrinology and Toxicity. Developmental and Reproductive Specialty Subsection, Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1989. Postgraduate Course, American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 1989. Endocrinology and Metabolism Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, October, 1989. Workshop: Drugs, Toxins, and Reproduction. American Fertility Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November, 1989. Visiting Professor, Department of Biology, California State University, Los Angeles, California, January, 1990. Endocrine Grand Rounds, Center for the Health Sciences, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, March, 1990. Endocrine Grand Rounds, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, March, 1990. Workshop: Rodent Sperm Motility Assessment. American Andrology Society, NIEHS, NIOSH, and EPA, April, 1990. Postgraduate Course, American Fertility Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, February, 1991. Featured Speaker, Resolve Organization, Los Angeles, California, March, 1991. Internal Medicine Lecture Series, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, March, 1991. Meet the Professor, Pacific Coast Fertility Society Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, April, 1991. Grand Rounds, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, West Los Angeles, California, May, 1991. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, June, 1991. ESHRE, Annual Meeting, Paris, France, July, 1991. Postgraduate Course, American Fertility Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October, 1991. Postgraduate Course, International Laparoscopy Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1992. Male Infertility Workshop, American Fertility Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1992. Postgraduate Course, American Fertility Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1992. Featured Speaker, Resolve Organization, Los Angeles, California, March, 1993. Postgraduate Course, Pacific Coast Fertility Society Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, April, 1993. Visiting Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara, California, May, 1993. Featured Speaker, Santa Barbara County Chapter, American Women’s Medical Association Meeting, Santa Barbara, California, May, 1993. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, May, 1993. Featured Speaker, Ventura Community Memorial Hospital Open Forum Lectures, Ventura, California, May, 1993. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, May, 1993. Guest Lecture, Serono Infertility Workshop, Santa Barbara, California, September, 1993. Grand Rounds, Ventura Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, California, September, 1993. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, September, 1993. Urology Day, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, November, 1993. Combined Endocrine Grand Rounds, Center for the Health Sciences, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, February, 1994. Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Conference, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, March, 1994. Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, October, 1994. Medicine Grand Rounds, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, March, 1995. Meet the Professor Round Table, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, April, 1995. Guest Lecturer, Serono Infertility Postgraduate Course, June, 1995. Featured Lecturer, DPC Symposium, American Association of Clinical Chemistry, July, 1995. Urology Grand Rounds, Department of Urology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, January, 1996. Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, March, 1996. Speaker, Clinical Debate, Annual Meeting, American Society of Andrology, April, 1996. Endocrine Clinical Conference, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, May, 1996. Endocrine and Metabolism Grand Rounds, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, May, 1996. 29th Review Course in Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, October, 1996. Featured Speaker, Resolve Organization, Los Angeles, California, November, 1996. Moderator and Chair, Symposium: Estrogens and Male Reproduction, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology, Baltimore, Maryland, February, 1997. Annual Kaiser-Permanente Infertility Nurses Symposia, June, 1997. 40th Annual USC Postgraduate Refresher Course, Maui, Hawaii, August, 1997. Medical Endocrine Grand Rounds, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, September, 1997. Resolve Organization, Los Angeles, California, September, 1997. 30th Annual Review Course in Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, September, 1997. A Review of Endocrinology: Diagnosis and Treatment. NIH Medical Education Course, Bethesda, Maryland, October, 1997. 53rd Annual Meeting-30th Annual Postgraduate Program, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, October, 1997. Grand Rounds, St. John’s Medical Center, October, 1997. 41st Annual USC Postgraduate Refresher Course, Maui, Hawaii, August, 1998. A Review of Endocrinology: Diagnosis and Treatment, NIH Medical Education Course, Bethesda, Maryland, September, 1998. Medical Endocrine Grand Rounds, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, October, 1998. 31st Annual Review Course in Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, October, 1998. Director and Moderator, Andrology Symposium, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November, 1998. Medical Grand Rounds, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, Los Angeles, California, March, 1999. CDC Symposium, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, May, 1999. Review of Endocrinology: Diagnosis and Treatment, NIH Medical Education Course, Bethesda, Maryland, October, 1999. Medical Endocrine Grand Rounds, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, March, 2000. Resolve, Los Angeles, California, March, 2000. Panelist, ICSI Workshop, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, April, 2000. Resolve Symposium, Los Angeles, California, September, 2000. 33rd Annual Review Course in Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC Keck School of Medicine, September, 2000. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grand Rounds, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, September, 2000. Internal Medicine Post Graduate Course, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, October, 2000. Annual Meeting of The American Society Reproductive Medicine, San Diego, California, October, 2000. Annual Endocrine Grand Rounds, Kaiser Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, November, 2000. Lead Symposium, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Los Angeles, California, March, 2001. Visiting Professor and Guest Lecturer, North Shore Medical Center, NYU Medical School, New York, New York, May, 2001. Speaker and Chair, Postgraduate Course on Male Reproduction. American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Orlando, Florida, October, 2001. Annual Review Course on Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC Keck School Medicine, Los Angeles, California, November, 2001. Visiting Professor and Guest Lecturer, The Albert Einstein Medical Center, San Paulo, Brazil, May, 2002. Obstetrics and Gynecology Post Graduate Course, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, October, 2002. Meet the Professor Round Table, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Seattle, Washington, October, 2002. 5th Annual Meeting of The Study for Future Families, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, October, 2002. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grand Rounds, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, March, 2003. Department of Pediatrics, Grand Rounds, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, June, 2003. Symposium, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October, 2003. Women in Reproduction Annual Breakfast, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October, 2003. Research Rounds. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, December, 2003. Endocrine Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, January, 2004. Women in Endocrinology, Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, June, 2004. Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC Keck School of Medicine, August, 2004. Endocrine Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, March, 2005. Post Graduate Course, Society for the Study of Male Reproduction at the American Urologic Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio Texas, 2005. Interactive Workshop, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2005. Post Graduate Course, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual meeting, New Orleans, 2006. Post Graduate Course, Pacific Coast Reproductive Society Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, 2006. Featured Speaker, UCSF CHE Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility, San Francisco, 2007. Featured Speaker, Oregon Environmental Council, Portland, 2007. Lecturer, Annual Meeting ESHRE Society, Barcelona, Spain, July 2008. Symposium Speaker, ESHRE Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2008. Endocrinology Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 2008. Speaker, Post-Graduate Course, Pacific Coast Reproductive Society Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, 2010. Plenary Speaker, American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 2010. Post Graduate Speaker, ESHRE Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, 2011. Interactive Workshop Chair and Speaker, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2011. Speaker, ASRM and ESHRE Best Practices Post Graduate Course, Cortina, Italy, 2012. Speaker, ASRM Interactive Workshop, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2012. Speaker, ASRM/SMRU Mini Symposium, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2012. .