Title:

• Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Department:

• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Locations:

Areas of Treatment:

• Ovulation Induction
• In Vitro Fertilization
• Fertility Surgery
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
• Endometriosis
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Male Infertility
• Uterine Anomalies
• Asherman's Syndrome

Specialties:

• Infertility

Sub-specialties:

• Reproductive Endocrinology

Background:

Dr. Bendikson graduated with undergraduate honors from UCLA before heading east to attend medical school at New York Univeristy.  After finishing her residency at Harvard Medical School she completed her subspecialty training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the internationally renowned Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at Cornell University Medical College under the direction of Zev Rosenwaks, M.D.  After her schooling, Dr. Bendikson decided to return to southern California to join USC Fertility.  Dr. Bendikson holds the title of assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. It is her goal to provide the highest quality care for her patients and to help them fulfill their desire of giving birth to a healthy baby.

Education:

• B.S., Psychobiology with honors, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
• Doctor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 2000

Internships:

• New York University School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000 - 2001

Residencies:

• Harvard Medical School, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001 - 2004

Fellowships:

• Weill Cornell Medical Center - New York Presbyterian Hospital, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 2004 - 2008

Board Certification:

• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Endocrinology)

Professional Society Memberships:

• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• The American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Awards:

• Dr. Bendikson was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in 2011.
• Nominated for the Promising Young Clinician Award 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, 2006
• Administrative Chief Resident Harvard Integrated Residency Program, 2003
• James E. Constantine Obstetrics and Gynecology Award New York University School of Medicine, 2000
• Phi Beta Kappa University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
• Amy Burnham Onken Leadership Award University of California, Los Angeles, 1996

Languages:

• English