Dr. Lila Nachtigall, MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
251 East 33rd Street New York New York, 10016About
Dr. Lila Nachtigall is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in New York, New York. Dr. Nachtigall specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Nachtigall can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Nachtigall 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
New York Medical College
New York Med Coll- Valhalla Ny 1960
Board Certification
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Serum estradiol-binding profiles in postmenopausal women undergoing three common estrogen replacement therapies: associations with sex hormone-binding globulin, estradiol, and estrone levels.
- Re: effect of hormone replacement therapy on breast cancer risk: estrogen versus estrogen plus progestin.
- Induction of an LH surge with estradiol benzoate. A clinical test of pituitary-hypothalamic axis competence.
- Incidence of breast cancer in a 22-year study of women receiving estrogen-progestin replacement therapy.
- IMMUNOLOGIC TEST FOR PREGNANCY.
- Complementary and hormonal therapy for vasomotor symptom relief: a conservative clinical approach.
- Breast density as a clinical entity: is it a marker for breast cancer?
- Screening the postmenopausal ovary.
- Therapy: nonhormonal treatment of hot flashes-a viable alternative?
- The selective estrogen receptor modulator DT56a (Femarelle) does not affect platelet reactivity in normal or thrombophilic postmenopausal women.
- Premature menopause: a reversible entity?
- Premature menopause: a reversible entity?
- Enhancing patient compliance with hormone replacement therapy at menopause.
- The medicalization of the menopause.
- The Women's Health Initiative trial and related studies: 10 years later: a clinician's view.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYU Langone Medical Center -
Fellowships
- N.Y.U. Medical Center School of Medicine 1963
Areas of research
Research on Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Various Groups of People
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