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Greenwood, Eleni, MD
Eleni Greenwood, MD, MSc
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) Fellowship - UCSF


 

Education/Training

Year

Institution Degree Field of Study
2016 University of California, San Francisco Residency Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
2012 Cornell University MD Medicine
2007 Stanford University MS Biological Sciences
2007 Stanford University BA Human Biology

Research & Professional Experience

Year  
2012-present Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UCSF. Mentor: Heather Huddleston, MD. Focus: PCOS.
2011-2012 Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Cesarean Section Trends. PI: Amos Grunebaum.
2010-2012 Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Radiation Oncology. Pain Following Intracavitary Brachytherapy Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation in Breast Cancer Patients. PI: A. Gabriella Wernicke.
2009-2011 Weill Cornell Medical College Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery. Outcomes Analysis of Microsurgical Techniques. PI: Marc Goldstein.
2009-2011 Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Urology/Department of Geriatrics. Robotic Radical Cystectomy in Elderly Patients with Bladder Cancer. PI: Douglas Scherr.
2008-2012 Weill Cornell Community Clinic. Finance Chair, Senior Clinician and Clinic Coordinator.
2007-2008 J.P. Morgan, San Francisco. Investment Banking Analyst, Healthcare Group.
2006-2007 Stanford Department of Health Research and Policy. Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy. PI: Annette Langer-Gould.
2006 Kaplan Test Prep. MCAT Course Instructor.

Achievements & Recognition

Year Major Honors
2014 2014 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Corporate Member Council In-Training Travel Grant
2012 The William C. Thro Memorial Prize
2012 The William J. Ledger Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology
2012 The John Metcalf Polk Prize (top 3 graduates in the class)
2012 The Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Citation
2011 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA). Secretary and Treasurer.
2011 Professor Poster Walk Honors, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting.
2010 Presidential Poster Session Honors, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting.
2009 Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR)/Adelman Medical Student Summer Scholarship.
2007 J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement, Stanford.
2007 Joshua Lederberg Award for Academic Excellence in Human Biology, Stanford.

Presentations

Greenwood EA, Pasch LA, Shinkai K, Kao CN, Cedars M, Huddleston HG. "The power of sweat: vigorous exercise is associated with improved outcomes in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) independent of total exercise expenditure." Poster Presentation. Prize Paper Session of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Honolulu, HI, October 2014.

Greenwood EA, Shinkai K, Pasch LA, Kuzmich L, Cedars M, Huddleston HG. "Elevated Insulin Levels In Two-Hour Glucose Challenge Tests Are Associated With Adverse Metabolic Traits In Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)." Poster Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Honolulu, HI, October 2014.

Greenwood EA, Pasch LA, Kuzmich L, Kao CN, Cedars M. Depression in polycystic ovarian syndrome: a role for insulin resistance? Poster presentation at the Conjoint Meeting of the International Federation of Fertility Societies and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Boston, MA, Oct 2013.

Grunebaum A, Lin S, Greenwood E, Lehman A. The Contribution of Patient Age To The Robson Cesarean Section Classification. Abstract presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Dallas, TX, Feb 2012.

Greenwood E, Patel P, Sharma N, Coplowitz S, Christos PJ, Parashar B, Nori D, Chao KSC, Wernicke AG. Prospective assessment of pain as a sequela in patients treated with intracavitary brachytherapy accelerated partial breast irradiation (IBAPBI). ARRO Professor Poster Walk Honors at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Miami Beach, FL, Oct 2011.

Wernicke AG, Parashar B, Hayes MK, Coplowitz S, Trichter S, Khulidzhanov F, Greenwood E, Shamis M, Ma A, Christos P, Nori D, Chao KS. Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1, a serum biomarker of radiation-induced fibrosis in patients treated with intracavitary brachytherapy accelerated partial breast irradiation, correlates with measurements by tissue compliance meter: preliminary results of a prospective trial. Oral presentation at the American Radium Society, Palm Beach, FL, May 2011.

Osterberg EC, Ramasamy R, Greenwood E, Dubin J, Shariat SF, Ng CK, Lee RK, Scherr DS. Robotic radical cystectomy is feasible and safe in the treatment of adequately selected octogenarians. Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association, Washington, D.C., May 2011.

Hsaio W, Rosoff J, Pale J, Greenwood E, Goldstein M. Older age is associated with similar improvements in semen parameters and testosterone levels after subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO, Oct 2010.

Greenwood E, Ng C and Scherr D. Robotic versus open radical cystectomy in the elderly. Presidential Poster Session Honors at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Orlando, FL, May 2010.

Ng C, Greenwood E, Kauffman E, Lee MM, Otto B, Ehlrich J and Scherr D. Robotic radical cystectomy in the elderly. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Urologic Oncology, Washington, D.C., Dec 2009.

Publications 

(Dr. Greenwood has publications under both Greenwood, EA and Greenwood, E.)

Greenwood EA, Pasch LA, Shinkai K, Cedars MI, Huddleston HG. "Putative role for insulin resistance in depression risk in polycystic ovary syndrome." Fertility and Sterility. 2015 Sep;104(3):707-714.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.05.019. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Wernicke AG, Varma S, Greenwood EA, Christos PJ, Chao KS, Liu H, Bander NH, Shin SJ. Prostate-specific membrane antigen expression in tumor-associated vasculature of breast cancers. APMIS. 2014 Jun;122(6):482-9. doi: 10.1111/apm.12195. Epub 2013 Dec 5. PMID: 24304465

Greenwood EA, Coplowitz S, Patel P, Sharma N, Kulidzhanov F, Christos PJ, Fischer A, Parashar B, Nori D, Chao KS, Wernicke AG. Assessment of pain as a sequela in patients treated with intracavitary brachytherapy accelerated partial breast irradiation (IBAPBI): preliminary results of a prospective study. Breast J. 2013 Nov-Dec;19(6):595-604. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12174. Epub 2013 Sep 19. PMID: 24102810

Wernicke AG, Greenwood EA, Coplowitz S, Parashar B, Kulidzhanov F, Christos PJ, Fischer A, Nori D, Chao KS. Tissue compliance meter is a more reproducible method of measuring radiation-induced fibrosis than late effects of normal tissue-subjective objective management analytical in patients treated with intracavitary brachytherapy accelerated partial breast irradiation: results of a prospective trial. Breast J. 2013 May-Jun;19(3):250-8. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12102.  PMID: 23614363

Boothe DL, Coplowitz S, Greenwood E, Barney CL, Christos PJ, Parashar B, Nori D, Chao KS, Wernicke AG. Transforming growth factor β-1 (TGF-β1) is a serum biomarker of radiation induced fibrosis in patients treated with intracavitary accelerated partial breast irradiation: preliminary results of a prospective study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Dec 1;87(5):1030-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.08.045. Epub 2013 Oct 16. PMID: 24139518

Reichman DE, Chung P, Meyer L, Greenwood E, Davis O, Rosenwaks Z. "Consecutive gonadotropin-releasing hormone-antagonist in vitro fertilization cycles: does the elapsed time interval between successive treatments affect outcomes?" Fertil Steril. 2013 Apr;99(5):1277-82. PMID: 23290740.

Reichman DE, Greenwood E, Meyer L, Kligman I, Rosenwaks Z. "Can in vitro fertilization cycles be salvaged by repeat administration of intramuscular human chorionic gonadotropin the day after failed injection?" Fertil Steril. 2012 Sep;98(3):671-4. PMID: 22769734.

Hsiao W, Goldstein M, Rosoff JS, Piccorelli A, Kattan MW, Greenwood EA, Mulhall JP. Nomograms to predict patency after microsurgical vasectomy reversal. J Urol. 2012 Feb;187(2):607-12. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.044. Epub 2011 Dec 15. PMID: 22177169

Hsiao W, Rosoff JS, Pale JR, Greenwood EA, Goldstein M. Older age is associated with similar improvements in semen parameters and testosterone after subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy. J Urol. 2011 Feb;185(2):620-5. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.114. Epub 2010 Dec 18. PMID: 21168880