Doctor Jeff Cragun

Doctor Jeffrey R. Cragun, MD, FACOG

Dr. Cragun has consistently been recongnized as one of "The Best Doctors in Medicine" by his peers. He completed both medical school and residency in OB/Gyn at UCLA. For four years, he was on the faculty of the School of Medicine at UC Davis. He has special skills in endoscopic surgery having done close to 1000 laproscopic hysterectomies. He enjoys woodworking and biking in his spare time. He is married and the father of four.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

1968-1972 Pioneer High School, San Jose, California; Diploma

1972-1973 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

1976-1978 Bachelors of Science, Chemistry

1978-1982 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine,

Los Angeles, California. Doctor of Medicine

1982-1986 Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology

UCLA Hospital and Clinics, Los Angeles, California

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

1986-1990 Assistant Professor (full time teaching faculty)

Division of Reproductive Biology and Medicine

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of California, Davis

1990- Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of California, Davis

(Duties: Teaching Residents advanced laparoscopic techniques including LAVH, and laser surgery)

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

1990- Private Practice

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical Clinic of Sacramento

(Practice involves advanced operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, treatment of infertile couples including advance reproductive technologies plus general obstetrics and gynecology)

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

1990-1997 Director of Research

CHW Medical Foundation

1994- Medical Director

Women’s & Children’s Health

Mercy Healthcare Sacramento

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:

1983 State of California, Board of Medical Examiners; License No. G 51481

1988 American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Board Certification

Recertified 1997

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1983 American Medical Association, Member

1984 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fellow

1985 American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Member

1993 American College of Physician Executives, Member

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Das SK, Cragun JR, Wheeler ES, Goshgarian G, and Miller TA. Free grafting of the omentum for soft tissue augmentation: A preliminary laboratory study. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 68:556-560, 1981.

2. Das SK, Cragun JR, Idler R, Miller TA. Autogenous free muscle grafts and regeneration in rabbits: A preliminary laboratory study. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 69:500-508, 1982.

3. Growdon WA, Apodaca L, Cragun JR, Peterson EM, and de la Meza LM. Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection occurring in the second twin of an asymptomatic mother - Failure of a modern protocol. Journal of the American Medical Association, 257:508-511, 1987. Also published in the Journal of the American Medical Association India, 1:453-456, 1987.

4. Cragun JR, and Chang RJ. Polycystic ovarian disease. In: Bardin CW (ed.): Current Therapy in Endocrinology and Metabolism. B.C. Decker, Inc., Philadelphia, 1988.

5. Cragun JR, and Chang RJ. Treatment of hyperprolactinemia: Bromocriptine. In: Barbieri RL and Schiff I (eds.): Reproductive Endocrinology Therapeutics. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1988.

6. Vance ML, Cragun JR, Reimnitz C, Chang RJ, Rahsef E, Blackwell RE, Miller M, Molitich ME. CV205-502 treatment of hyperprolactinemia. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 68:336-339, 1989.

7. Anderson RE, Cragun JR, Chang RJ, Stanczyk RZ, Lobo RA. A pharmacodynamic comparison of human urinary follicle stimulating hormone and human menopausal gonadotropin in normal women and polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertility and Sterility, 52:216-220, 1989.

8. Blackwell RE, Chang RJ, and Cragun JR. Prolactin disorders in fertility. In: Seibel MM (ed.): Infertility: A Comprehensive Text. Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, 1989.

9. Cragun JR, and Chang RJ. Polycystic ovary syndrome. In: Quilligan E and Zuspan FP (eds.): Current Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology, W.B. Saunders, Co., Philadelphia, 1989.

10. Erickson GF, Magoffin DA, Cragun JR, Chang RJ. The effects of insulin and insulin-like growth factors -I and -II on estradiol production by granulosa cells of polycystic ovaries. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 70:894-902, 1990.

11. Stewart DR, Celniker AC, Taylor CA, Cragun JR, Overstreet JW, Lasley BL. Relaxin in the peri-implantation period. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 70: 1771-1773, 1990.

12. Munro CJ, Stubenfeldt GH, Cragun JR, Addeigo LA, Overstreet JW, Lasley BL. The relationship of serum estradiol and progesterone concentrations to the excretion profiles of their major urinary metabolites as measured by radioimmunoassays. Clinical Chemistry, 37:838-844, 1990.

13. Chang RJ, and Cragun JR. Bromocriptine for hyperprolactinemic patients. Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America, 1:93-100, 1990.

14. Cragun JR, and Chang RJ. Polycystic ovarian disease. In: Kassirer JP (ed.): Current Therapy in Internal Medicine. B.C. Decker, Inc., Philadelphia, 1991.

15. Erickson GF, Magoffin DA, Garzo VG, Cragun JR, Chang RJ. Comparison of aromatase activity in granulosa cells of polycystic ovaries and a size-matched dominant follicle. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1991.

16. Chang RJ, and Cragun JR. Medical and surgical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. In: Dunaif D, Givens J, Merriam G, Haseltine F (eds.): Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Inc., Cambridge, 1991.

17. Stewart DR, Cragun JR, Boyers SP, Oi R, Overstreet JW, Lasley BL. Serum relaxin concentrations in patients with out-of-phase endometrial biopsies, Fertility and Sterility, 57, 453 - 455, 1991.

18. Lasley BL, Overstreet JW, Stewart DR, Boyers SP, Cragun JR, Taylor CA. Biomarkers for assessing environmental hazards to female reproduction. Symposium on Environmental Hazards, 1991.

19. Stewart DR, Celniker AC, Hess DL, Taylor CA, Cragun JR, Overstreet JW, Boyers SP, Lasley BL. The relationship of hCG to relaxin secretion in peri-implantation spontaneous abortions. Clinical Endocrinology, 38:379-385, 1993.

20. Golub MS, Working PK, Cragun JR, Cannon RA, Green JD. Effect of recombinant human relaxin on blood pressure in the late pregnant rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). Obstetrics and Gynecology, 83:85-88, 1993.

21. Cragun JR, and Chang RJ. Polycystic ovary syndrome. In: and Zuspan FP and Quilligan E(eds.): Current Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology, W.B. Saunders, Co., Philadelphia, 1994.

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