Diane Woodford, MD

About

Diane Woodford was born in Washington State and grew up in a military family that kept moving, living in several countries before she became a doctor. She says that upbringing is where her insistence on inclusive care comes from. Today she is the physician New Direction Fertility Centers lists for Las Vegas — the brand’s Henderson, Nevada office, where consultations and cycle monitoring happen and IVF procedures are coordinated to its Gilbert, Arizona laboratory.

She is double board-certified: in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her medical degree came from Albany Medical College in 1999, her obstetrics and gynecology residency from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2003, and her reproductive endocrinology fellowship from the University of Louisville, where she also finished a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Sciences in 2006. The brand’s biography places her career in both private practice and a faculty appointment at the University of Washington, with more than two decades in reproductive medicine.

What her role here is not: founder or medical director. New Direction identifies Mark Amols as its founder, and the brand’s SART report lists him as medical director. Woodford’s listed clinical focus is her own — compassionate, inclusive fertility care — and the practice describes how she and her colleagues work in three steps: start from your whole history, explain what is known and what is still uncertain, and change the treatment as your body responds rather than following a fixed template.

Clinical Expertise

• Infertility evaluation: consultation that works from your history, prior treatment and testing, and states what the findings mean and what remains open
• IVF treatment planning: stimulation and laboratory strategy designed around your response, with retrieval, embryo culture and transfer performed at the practice’s Gilbert laboratory
• Cycle monitoring: ultrasound and bloodwork tracking during a stimulation cycle, available at the Henderson office
• IUI (intrauterine insemination): offered at this address as a first-line option when evaluation suggests it can help
• Egg freezing and fertility preservation: planning for preservation cycles, with retrieval and vitrification coordinated to the laboratory
• Third-party family building: guidance on donor eggs, donor sperm and gestational carrier paths
• Shared decision-making as method: she describes her standard as giving patients the care she would want for herself, with evidence-based support at a point in life she calls vulnerable

Why Choose Dr. Woodford

Two certifications rather than one. Board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology plus Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility means the general and subspecialty sides of your care were examined separately.

Twenty-plus years across both academic and private settings. Her career includes a faculty appointment at the University of Washington alongside private reproductive medicine practice, which is the range most patients cannot judge from a clinic brochure.

Formal research training, not just clinical habit. Her Louisville fellowship came with a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Sciences. When a recommendation rests on evidence, she is trained in how that evidence was gathered — relevant when a clinic’s own success numbers are brand-level rather than office-level, as they are at this address.

A stated philosophy of inclusion. The brand lists her clinical focus as compassionate, inclusive fertility care, and her biography ties that to a childhood spent across different countries. Patients looking for donor gamete, gestational carrier or LGBTQ+ paths are matched to a physician whose profile leads with that framing.

One physician for the local half of your care. Consultations, monitoring and IUI at the Henderson office run through the practice that plans your treatment, and telemedicine consultation is available; the laboratory steps take place in Arizona.

Professional Affiliations

Active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Double board-certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Training: Albany Medical College (1999), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center residency (2003), University of Louisville fellowship and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Sciences (2006). Our sources name no committee seats, no society offices, no publication count and no hospital appointments beyond the University of Washington faculty role, and give no dates for when she joined New Direction or for the length of her Washington appointment.

Suitable For

• Patients starting their fertility workup in the Las Vegas area: consultations run in Henderson or by telemedicine, which suits anyone who wants an evaluation before deciding how far to travel for treatment
• Anyone planning egg freezing or other fertility preservation: preservation planning is offered at this address, with the retrieval coordinated to the practice’s laboratory
• Inclusive family building, including donor gametes and gestational carriers: third-party family-building guidance is a listed service here, and her stated focus is inclusive care
• Patients who want the reasoning, not just the instruction: her profile centers shared decision-making, and the practice describes its physicians as saying what is known, what is uncertain and why a step may help
• Anyone weighing IVF with cross-state logistics: this is the right profile for a patient who wants monitoring near home and understands that egg retrieval and embryo transfer mean travel to Arizona. If you need the retrieval itself at your consultation address, ask before you book