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About
Several of the milestones that defined American assisted reproduction carry Richard Paulson’s name. He helped deliver the first birth in the United States from a frozen embryo, showed that egg donation could enable pregnancy in women of advanced reproductive age, pioneered natural-cycle IVF, was first to use GnRH antagonists in IVF, and reported the first pregnancies in women over fifty. These were not incremental papers; they redrew what clinicians believed possible.
He has directed USC Fertility since 1986 and leads the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility as professor at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, practicing across four decades. The field has handed him its institutional keys as well: past president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and the Pacifica Coast Reproductive Society; past ABOG examiner; and Editor-in-Chief of Fertility & Sterility Reports, having previously served as deputy editor of Fertility and Sterility.
He has been named to Best Doctors in America continuously since 1994 and received the American Fertility Association’s Howard and Georgeanna Jones Lifetime Achievement Award. He practices at HRC Fertility’s Pasadena location.
Clinical Expertise
- Advanced Maternal Age and Egg Donation: The physician who demonstrated donor eggs could achieve pregnancy at 50-plus
- Embryo Cryopreservation and Freezing: Central figure in the first US birth from a frozen embryo
- Natural-Cycle and Minimal-Stimulation IVF: Developed lighter protocols long before they were fashionable
- Diminished Ovarian Reserve and Repeat Failure: Complex-case management at the highest academic level
- Third-Party Reproduction: Donor-egg and related programs
Why Choose Dr. Paulson
The firsts are his record. Frozen-embryo birth, egg donation for older women, natural-cycle IVF, GnRH antagonists in IVF — a résumé of field-defining outcomes.
He ran the field’s institutions. Past president of ASRM, SREI and PCRS, and now editor of a national fertility journal.
Four decades at USC Fertility. Continuous leadership of one of the country’s leading academic programs since 1986.
Professional Affiliations
Past President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and the Pacifica Coast Reproductive Society, and of the Los Angeles Obstetrical and Gynecological Society; past examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Editor-in-Chief of Fertility & Sterility Reports and former Deputy Editor of Fertility and Sterility.
Suitable For
- Women of advanced reproductive age: The pioneer of egg donation for pregnancy past 50
- Frozen-embryo and donor-egg programs: Directly helped build both in the US
- Severe low-response and repeat-failure cases: Academic-level management of the hardest diagnoses
- Complex infertility referrals: A reference physician for the field’s toughest problems