Dr. Lorraine C. King, MD

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Get to know Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr. Lorraine C. King, who serves patients in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. King is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist who has been in practice for more than 45 years. She is affiliated with the departments of Primary Care, Gynecology, and Women’s Services at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals has 908 licensed acute care beds with major programs in a wide range of clinical specialties. It is part of the Jefferson Health System and it joined as a founding member in 1995. Previously, the hospital was a division of Thomas Jefferson University.

With a passion for her field, Dr. King also serves as an Assistant Professor at Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia. Founded in 1824, Sidney Kimmel Medical College has awarded more than 31,000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other private medical school in the nation. 

Throughout the doctor’s career, she has received several awards and recognitions, including Compassionate Doctor Recognition in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2018 and Patients’ Choice Award and 2008, 2009, and 2018. She also remains a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Endocrine Society, the Florida Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Philadelphia County Medical Society, the Medical Society of New Jersey, and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

Back in 1971, Dr. King earned her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She then went on to complete her internship, residency, and fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Shortly after, she became board-certified through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a non-profit organization that provides board certification for practicing obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States and Canada.

Reproductive endocrinology and infertility is a surgical subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology that trains physicians in reproductive medicine addressing hormonal functioning as it pertains to reproduction, as well as the issue of infertility. Reproductive endocrinologists are fertility/infertility specialists. They are the only doctors trained in providing fertility treatments using assisted reproductive technology such as in-vitro fertilization and egg freezing.

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