Richard J Paulson, MD

Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Alia Tutor Chair in Reproduction Endocrinology

Vice Chair of Administrative Affairs

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Director, Fellowship Program

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Overview

Dr. Richard Paulson is the Director of USC Fertility, and has been with the practice since 1986. He is also a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.

Dr. Paulson has been rated one of “The Best Doctors in America” continuously since 1994. He has published several landmark investigations addressing the effect of age upon female fertility, including the first observation that egg donation could be used to extend the reproductive lifespan in women over 40. Dr. Paulson’s work has extended to fertility in women over the age of 50 and, in 1997, he reported a successful pregnancy in the oldest woman on record at the time, aged 63.

Awards

  • The American Fertility Association: Howard and Georgeanna Jones Lifetime Achievement Award, 2005
  • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California: Excellence in Teaching Award, 2004
  • Good Housekeeping: Best Doctors for Women, 1997
  • 2002
     -: America’s Top Doctors, 2002
     – 2014

Publications

  • A universal 6iL/E4 culture system for deriving and maintaining embryonic stem cells across mammalian species. Cell Res. 2026 08; 36(8):611-628.. View in PubMed
  • Reply of the Author: “Unexplained” does not mean, “not understood”. F S Rep. 2026 Jun; 7(3):255.. View in PubMed
  • Efficacy and safety of estrogen therapy for prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Womens Health (Lond). 2026 Jan-Dec; 22:17455057261459264.. View in PubMed
  • Automation in the gamete laboratory: have we reached a turning point? F S Rep. 2026 Jun; 7(3):171-172. Paulson RJ . . View in PubMed
  • Plan for the next step after a failed transfer cycle: “Doctor, what are we going to do differently?” F S Rep. 2026 Apr; 7(2):97-98. Paulson RJ . . View in PubMed
  • Current reproductive endocrinology and infertility practices regarding Rh-immune globulin administration in early pregnancy. F S Rep. 2026 Feb; 7(1):86-89.. View in PubMed
  • The problem with calling it “unexplained infertility”. F S Rep. 2026 Feb; 7(1):1-2.. View in PubMed
  • Reply of the author: Response to Letter-to-the-Editor. F S Rep. 2025 Dec; 6(4):519.. View in PubMed
  • Fertilization triggers early proteomic symmetry breaking in mammalian embryos. Cell. 2025 Dec 24; 188(26):7428-7444.e21.. View in PubMed
  • RhD immune globulin administration after early pregnancy loss following fertility treatment: time for national guidelines. F S Rep. 2025 Dec; 6(4):409-410.. View in PubMed