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Brenda S Houmard, MD, PhD

Brenda S Houmard, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Women’s Health Care Center (Roosevelt)
4245 Roosevelt Way NE
Box 354765
Seattle, WA 98105-6920

Main | Affiliations | Publications

Academic Office:
Clinic Appts:
(206) 543-3423
(206) 598-5500
Specialties:
• Infertility evaluation and management
• Menstrual abnormalities
• Recurrent pregnancy loss
• Birth defects of the uterus and vagina
• Excess hair growth
Licensure:
• Washington, 1998
Certification:
• Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2006
• Active candidate for subspecialty board certification
  in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 2012
Joined UW Medicine: 7/1/01
Education:

• PhD degree in Reproductive Physiology
    (Ohio State University, 1992)
• MD degree
    (Ohio State University, 1994)
• Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    (Ohio State University, 1998)
• Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
    (University of Washington, 2001)

Professional 
Organizations:

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Seattle Gynecological Society
• Society for the Study of Reproduction
• Washington State Medical Association

Selected 
Publications:

Klein NA, Houmard BS, Hansen KA, Woodruff TK, Sluss PM, Bremner WJ, Soules MR. Age-related analysis of inhibin A, inhibin B, and activin A relative to the intercycle monotropic follicle-stimulating hormone rise in normal ovulatory women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004;89:2977.

Houmard BS, Hansen KA, Woodruff TK, Sluss PM, Bremner WJ, Soules MR. Age-related analysis of inhibin A and B relative to the monotropic FSH rise in normal ovulatory women. Ann Endocrinol 2003;64:86

Klein NA, Harper AJ, Houmard BS, Sluss PM, Soules MR. Is the short follicular phase in older women secondary to advanced or accelerated dominant follicle developement? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002;87:5746-50.

Houmard BS, Juang MP, Soules MR, Fujimoto VY. Factors influencing pregnancy rates with a combined clomiphene/gonadotropin protocol for non-ART fertility treatment: review of 658 cycles. Fertil Steril 2002;77:384-386.

Goff BA, Lentz GM, Lee D, Houmard BS, Mandel LS. Development of an objective assessment of technical skills for obstetric and gynecology residents. Obstet Gynecol 2000;96:146-150.

Houmard BS, Seifer DB. Infertility treatment and informed consent: Current practice by reproductive endocrinologists. Obstet Gynecol 1999;93:252-257.

Houmard BS, Guan Z, Stokes BT, Ottobre JS. Activation of elements of the phosphatidylinositol pathway in the primate corpus luteum by prostagladin E2. Mol Human Reprod 1996;2:829-834.

Houmard BS, Guan Z, Stokes BT, Ottobre JS. The effects of gonadotropin on the phosphatidylinositol pathway in the primate corpus luteum. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1994;104:113-120.

Houmard BS, Guan Z, Stokes BT, Ottobre JS. Activation of the phosphatidylinositol pathway in the primate corpus luteum by prostaglandin F2a. Endocrinology 1992;131:743-748.

Houmard BS, Guan Z, Kim-Lee M, Stokes BT, Ottobre JS. The effects of elevation and depletion of intracellular free calcium on progesterone and prostaglandin production by the primate corpus luteum. Biol Reprod 1991;45:560-65.


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