Dr. Emily S Lukacz MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
4520 Executive Drive San Diego CA, 92121About
Dr. Emily Lukacz is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Lukacz specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Lukacz can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Lukacz 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
University of Michigan, Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI Medical Degree
UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA Other Degree
Co-Director, Women's Pelvic Medicine Center Medical Degree
Professor of Reproductive Medicine Medical Degree
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled comparison of the effect of nitrofurantoin monohydrate macrocrystals on the development of urinary tract infections after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and/or stress urinary incontinence with suprapu
- The correlation of urethral mobility and point Aa of the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system before and after surgery.
- High costs of urinary incontinence among women electing surgery to treat stress incontinence.
- Pyometra after Le Fort colpocleisis resolved with interventional radiology drainage.
- Paracervical compared with intracervical lidocaine for suction curettage: a randomized controlled trial.
- Continence pessary compared with behavioral therapy or combined therapy for stress incontinence: a randomized controlled trial.
- Prevalence and risk factors for mesh erosion after laparoscopic-assisted sacrocolpopexy.
- Mixed incontinence: comparing definitions in non-surgical patients.
- A healthy bladder: a consensus statement.
- Posterior vaginal compartment prolapse and defecatory dysfunction: are they related?
- Urinary tract infections.
- Robotic-assisted and laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy: comparing operative times, costs and outcomes.
- Impact of surgically induced weight loss on pelvic floor disorders.
- Accidental bowel leakage in the mature women's health study: prevalence and predictors.
- Quality of life impact in women with accidental bowel leakage.
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