Dr. Richard S Legro MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Reproductive Endocrinology
670 Cherry Dr Suite 202/204 Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Richard Legro is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Hershey, PA. Dr. Legro specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Legro can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Legro can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Mt Sinai Sch of Med of The City Univ of Ny, New York Ny 1987
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The proenkephalin gene (PENK) and opioid dependence.
- Polycystic ovary syndrome. Phenotype to genotype.
- Augmented androgen production is a stable steroidogenic phenotype of propagated theca cells from polycystic ovaries.
- Bone mineral density and body composition in lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Alterations in low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein subclasses among Hispanic women with polycystic ovary syndrome: influence of insulin and genetic factors.
- Rapid maturation of the reproductive axis during perimenarche independent of body composition.
- The genetics of obesity. Lessons for polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Differential activity of the cytochrome P450 17alpha-hydroxylase and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein gene promoters in normal and polycystic ovary syndrome theca cells.
- Oral contraceptive use by teenage women does not affect peak bone mass: a longitudinal study.
- Is there a male phenotype in polycystic ovary syndrome families?
- Searching for the polycystic ovary syndrome genes.
- Allelic variants of the follistatin gene in polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Role of androgens in the growth of endometrial carcinoma: an in vivo animal model.
- Spontaneous conception in the presence of stage IIIC endometrioid ovarian cancer.
Clinical Trials
- Validation and Refinement of Noninvasive Diagnostic Biomarkers for Endometriosis, The ENDOmarker Protocol
- Evaluation of Vitamin D in Women With PCOS and Sexual Dysfunction
- Improving Reproductive Fitness Through Pretreatment With Lifestyle Modification in Obese Women With Unexplained Infertility
- Optimal Treatment for Women With a Persisting Pregnancy of Unknown Location
Fellowships
- University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Keck School of Medicine of The Univ of Southern California,Los Angeles, Ca, United States
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