Investigator Risa Kagan, M.D., FACOG

Dr. Kagan is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist, graduating from New York University and the Albany Medical College of Union University. She completed her internship-residency at the University of California San Francisco in 1982. Subsequently, Dr. Kagan moved to Berkeley to practice with OB/Gyn Fertility Specialists Medical Group.

Since October 2005, she has been practicing gynecology with the East Bay Physicians Medical Group. Dr. Kagan also continues to teach medical students and residents and is a clinical professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco. In addition to her gynecology practice, she was previously co-medical director of the Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education (FORE) in Oakland, CA. She is currently a medical consultant at FORE, and principal investigator on several clinical research trials involving women’s health. She is a North American Menopause Society (NAMS) certified Menopause Practitioner and is certified by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry. She specializes in gynecology with particular focus on gynecologic surgery and women's health issues such as menopause and osteoporosis. She serves on national committees developing standards for menopause and osteoporosis care and is actively involved in several professional organizations including the North American Menopause Society where she was the 2005-2006 chair of the professional education committee. In October 2006, she was elected to the NAMS Board of Trustees.

Dr. Kagan has been listed for many years as one of the best Bay Area physicians in SF Magazine. She lives in Berkeley, CA, with her husband, Dr. Richard Stern, an interventional cardiologist, and has three children.

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