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About
“I am interested in the health of children conceived with the help of infertility treatments.” For Paolo Rinaudo that is not a tagline — it is the research program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that studies how embryos develop before implantation and what growing outside a living body (in vitro culture) does to a child’s long-term health. He also edits the literature he contributes to: he is an Associate Editor of Fertility and Sterility, one of the most-read journals in reproductive medicine, and has authored more than 70 articles in leading medical journals.
In clinic, Rinaudo cares for patients with fertility problems and conditions tied to endocrine or hormone function — his named areas include infertility in women, recurrent pregnancy loss and menopause. He is a UCSF professor and consults in English and Italian.
He is among a small group of U.S. academic fertility physicians trained entirely in Europe first: both his MD (1992) and his PhD came from the University of Turin. He moved to the United States for clinical training, completing obstetrics and gynecology residency at Yale (Yale-New Haven Hospital) and a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Clinical Expertise
- Female infertility: Evaluation and treatment, including IVF, guided by evidence he helps curate as a journal editor
- Recurrent pregnancy loss: Assessment of hormonal and developmental factors behind repeated losses
- Menopause: Hormonal management and long-term health planning
- Endocrine and hormone disorders: Fertility problems rooted in systemic endocrine function
- Embryo development research: A laboratory program on pre-implantation development and the long-term consequences of in vitro culture
Why Choose Dr. Paolo Rinaudo
His desk is upstream of the research. As Associate Editor of Fertility and Sterility, he evaluates new reproductive medicine studies before they reach other clinicians — his practice sits closer to the evidence pipeline than most.
NIH-funded science on the question patients ask last. Children born through IVF — are they healthy long-term? That is the subject of his federally funded research, and it informs how he counsels patients about lab and culture decisions.
Two degrees from Turin, American board-trained. An MD/PhD from the University of Turin with Yale residency and Penn fellowship gives him depth in both European endocrine tradition and U.S. ART practice — with Italian-language consultations available.
Professional Affiliations
Member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Associate Editor of Fertility and Sterility. Professor, UCSF. Research abstracts presented at medical conferences in the U.S. and abroad.
Suitable For
- Women with fertility problems: Care grounded in current reproductive medicine evidence
- Hormonal or endocrine disorders: Infertility complicated by thyroid, metabolic or reproductive hormone dysfunction
- Recurrent pregnancy loss patients: Evaluation informed by his own research on early embryo development
- Menopause: Management by a reproductive endocrinologist, not a generalist
- Italian-speaking patients: Consultations available in Italian as well as English