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Rashmi Kudesia, MD

  • Houston Methodist reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist
  • Clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist at CCRM Fertility Houston
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Rashmi Kudesia, MD

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Media Contact: Amy Rose , 412.613.1428

Areas of Expertise

  • Egg freezing
  • Endometriosis
  • Fertility
  • IVF
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
  • Reproductive endocrinology
  • Uterine fibroids

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility | 2017
Obstetrics & Gynecology | 2014
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Duke University School of Medicine - Durham, NC | 2008
RESIDENCY
Obstetrics & Gynecology | Weill Cornell - New York Hospital - New York, NY | 2012
FELLOWSHIP
Reproductive Endocrionology & Infertility | Albert Einstein-Montefiore - Bronx, NY | 2015

Publications

Food, nutrition, and fertility: from soil to fork
Maitin-Shepard, M, Werner, EF, Feig, LA, Chavarro, JE, Mumford, SL, Wylie, B, Rando, OJ, Gaskins, AJ, Sakkas, D, Arora, M, Kudesia, R, Lujan, ME, Braun, J & Mozaffarian, D 2024, , American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 578-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.12.005

Living Your Best Life: Lifestyle Medicine for All Women
McHugh, J, Alexander, M, Kudesia, R, Krant, J, Comander, A, Tollefson, M & Geyer, C 2022, , American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 577-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276221087677

Women’s Sexual Health and Lifestyle Medicine
Alexander, M, Worthman, S, Kudesia, R & Tollefson, M 2021, . in Improving Women’s Health Across the Lifespan. CRC Press, pp. 227-240. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003110682-15

Dietary Approaches to Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health
Kudesia, R, Alexander, M, Gulati, M, Kennard, A & Tollefson, M 2021, , American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 414-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276211007113

Fertility awareness counseling reproductive healthcare provider practices and unmet patient needs
Kudesia, R, Talib, HJ & Pollack, SE 2019, , Journal of Reproductive Medicine, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 221-228.

Fertility counseling for adolescents
Kudesia, R & Talib, HJ 2019, , Pediatric annals, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. e86-e91. https://doi.org/10.3928/19382359-20190117-01

The effect of female body mass index on in vitro fertilization cycle outcomes: a multi-center analysis
Kudesia, R, Wu, H, Hunter Cohn, K, Tan, L, Lee, JA, Copperman, AB & Yurttas Beim, P 2018, , Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 2013-2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-018-1290-6

Elevated Prevalence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Cardiometabolic Disease in South Asian Infertility Patients
Kudesia, R, Illions, EH & Lieman, HJ 2017, , Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 1338-1342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0454-7


Fertility Awareness Counseling for Adolescent Girls; Guiding Conception: The Right Time, Right Weight, and Right Way
Kudesia, R, Talib, HJ & Pollack, SE 2017, , Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2016.07.004

Women’s Health
Kudesia, R, Kazmir, S, Talwar, D & Murthy, A 2017, . in Health of South Asians in the United States: An Evidence-Based Guide for Policy and Program Development. Taylor and Francis, pp. 157-176. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315366685-9


Thin endometrium after radiation therapy as an unresolved treatment challenge: a case report
Kudesia, R & Kuokkanen, S 2016, , Gynecological Endocrinology, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 701-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/09513590.2016.1177813

Advancing innovation in reproductive care
Kudesia, R 2014, , The virtual mentor : VM, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 785-786. https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.10.fred1-1410

Rescue karyotyping: A case series of array-based comparative genomic hybridization evaluation of archival conceptual tissue
Kudesia, R, Li, M, Smith, J, Patel, A & Williams, Z 2014, , Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, vol. 12, no. 1, 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-12-19

Reproductive and oncologic outcomes after progestin therapy for endometrial complex atypical hyperplasia or carcinoma
Kudesia, R, Singer, T, Caputo, TA, Holcomb, KM, Kligman, I, Rosenwaks, Z & Gupta, D 2014, , American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 210, no. 3, pp. 255.e1-255.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2013.11.001

Menopausal implications of polycystic ovarian syndrome
Kudesia, R & Neal-Perry, GS 2014, , Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 222-229. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1371094

Physician knowledge of and adherence to the revised breast cancer screening guidelines by the United States Preventive Services Task Force
Hinz, EK, Kudesia, R, Rolston, R, Caputo, TA & Worley, MJ 2011, , American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 205, no. 3, pp. 201.e1-201.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2011.04.025

Pelvic Salmonella infection masquerading as gynecologic malignancy
Kudesia, R & Gupta, D 2011, , Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 118, no. 2 PART 2, pp. 475-477. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821cfc8e

Hemostatic agent-related small-bowel obstruction following a cesarean delivery
Kudesia, R & Worley, MJ 2010, , Journal of Gynecologic Surgery, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 197-199. https://doi.org/10.1089/gyn.2009.0076

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Spanish