Abner Korn, MD

Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director of Gynecology, San Francisco General Hospital

Email: korna@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Abner P. Korn, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the School of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. He is also a faculty member of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health.

Dr. Korn received his doctorate in medicine at Yale Medical School and did his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles.  Dr. Korn joined the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco in 1990 where he is currently Director of Gynecology at San Francisco General Hospital and also attends at the Women’s Continence Center at Mount Zion Hospital.  Formerly, his research has focused on clinical aspects of gynecologic infectious diseases including HIV, bacterial vaginosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, human papillomavirus, and herpes. He has also participated in research in urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, especially in minority patient populations. Recently he has focused on investigating the outcome of obstetric fistula repair in East Africa and is also involved in educating health care providers and in clinical service in Uganda and Rwanda.
 

Areas of Interest:

• Gynecologic infectious diseases
• Urogynecology

For a complete list of publications, please click here: Publications on PubMed


Updated December 2013