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About
Rachel Mandelbaum invented a way to do IVF without the daily abdominal injections that define the experience for most patients. She calls it Needle-Free IVF: a small subcutaneous catheter delivers stimulation medication continuously, so patients skip the weeks of self-injection. It is the kind of practical innovation that comes from listening to what people dread about treatment — and it sits alongside a research career with more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.
She trained at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, where she led the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society as president, then completed residency at LAC+USC and an REI fellowship through USC and HRC Fertility. She holds clinical faculty at USC and has pursued early-embryo development research in collaboration with Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz’s laboratory at Caltech, work that sits at the front edge of stem-cell and embryo biology.
Her recognition is steady: the ASRM Prize Oral Award in 2019 and the Pacifica Coast Reproductive Society’s Excellence in Training Award in 2023 and 2024. She sees patients in English and Spanish across HRC’s West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills clinics, with a clinical focus that includes PCOS and congenital uterine anomalies.
Clinical Expertise
- Needle-Free IVF: A stimulation method she developed to remove daily self-injection from treatment
- IVF and Reproductive Medicine: Full-cycle care across complex diagnoses
- PCOS: Ovulatory and metabolic management, a named clinical interest
- Congenital Uterine Anomalies: Diagnosis and reproductive planning for structural differences
- Early-Embryo Research: Collaboration at Caltech on embryonic development
Why Choose Dr. Mandelbaum
She removed the needles. Needle-Free IVF is a patient-experience innovation she built, not a protocol she adopted.
A hundred-plus papers, and a Caltech collaboration. A prolific researcher linked to one of the most prominent embryo-biology labs in the world.
Teaching recognized twice. Back-to-back PCRS Excellence in Training awards and the ASRM Prize Oral Award.
Professional Affiliations
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Pacifica Coast Reproductive Society. UCLA AOA honor society president; clinical faculty at USC.
Suitable For
- Patients who fear injections: Needle-Free IVF removes the daily self-injection
- PCOS patients: A standing clinical and research focus
- Congenital uterine anomalies: Structural diagnosis and family planning
- Spanish-speaking patients: Bilingual care in West LA and Beverly Hills