Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
School of Medicine

Director, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology
School of Medicine

Obstetrics, Gynecology, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy

UNDERGRADUATE:

1973 - 1977
Summa Cum Laude, Bachelors of Science, Genetics
University of California, Davis

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2011
Nominee, Thomas Cesario Clinician of the Year Award

2010
3rd Annual Kirk A. Keegan, Jr., M.D. Teaching Award (for excellence and dedication to teaching as selected by the Third Year Medical Students)

1977 – Present
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Davis, Davis, CA

OTHER DISTINCTIONS:

2011 – Present
Founding member of the University of California Fibroid Research Network

2005 – 06/2009
Director of Women’s Ambulatory Care, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine Family Health Center
Santa Ana, CA

2003 – 2005
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA

1998 – 2002 Staff Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Hemet Community Medical Group/Crown Medical Group
Hemet, CA

1993 – 1995
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Newport Beach, CA

1987 – 1998
Private Practice
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Newport Beach, CA

1986 – 1987
Staff Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Kaweah Medical Group
Visalia, CA

CURRENT:
2012 – Present
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
Director, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

PAST:
2007 – 2012
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

2006 – 2007
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Acting Director, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

2006
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Dr. Mark K. Vuchinich is the Director of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has particular interests in the provision of obstetrics care to women over the age of forty, the varied uses of hormone replacement therapy in the menopausal patient, and new development technologies for non- invasive treatment of uterine fibroids.

RESEARCH:

2013 – Present
Principal Investigator, Uterine Leiomyoma Treatment with Radiofrequency Ablation. A multi-center research study involving 5 UC Campuses.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Gruber HE, Marlow T, Vuchinich M, Willis RC, Seegmiller JE. Clinical and biochemical correlates of a new unstable HGPRT mutation. J Clin Chem Clin Biochem, 10:371. 1982

2. Vuchinich KM. Hormone replacement therapy. UCI Senior Health Newsletter. June 2006

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital 1982—1986

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Last updated
04/07/2016