Dr. Kirtly Jones reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit
organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr.
Jones specializes in infertility, menopause, and reproductive hormones. She has
been a faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University of Utah School of Medicine since 1983 and was appointed Professor in
2000. Dr. Jones also serves as Vice Chair of the department and was appointed
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in 1997.
Dr. Jones served as Medical Director of Planned Parenthood of Utah.
She has participated in a number of research projects and is the author or
coauthor of numerous journal articles on gynecological topics and fertility.
Board Certifications
American Board of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Subspecialty Board, Reproductive Endocrinology
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Fertility Problems
Genital
Warts
Pregnancy
Molar Pregnancy
Cesarean Section
Birth Control
Labor, Delivery and Postpartum
Period
Uterine
Fibroids
Miscarriage
Menstrual
Cycle
Chronic Female Pelvic Pain
Hysterectomy
Education
M.D.: University of Colorado School of
Medicine, Denver, 1977
Residency in OB/Gyn: Boston Hospital for
Women, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1977-1981
Fellowship in
reproductive endocrinology and infertility: Harvard Medical School, 1981-1983,
specializing in menopause, infertility, and reproductive
neuroendocrinology.
Academic Appointments
Instructor, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,
1981-1983
University of Utah School of Medicine, Dept. of OB/GYN,
Salt Lake City:
Assistant Professor,
1983-1990
Director, Fertility Center,
1983-1990
Associate Professor, 1990-present
Chief,
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, 1990-1997
Interim Chair,
1995-1996
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, 1997-present
Professor, 2000
Hospital Affiliations
Obstetrician/gynecologist, Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Boston, 1981-1983
University of Utah Hospitals
and Clinics 1983-present
Professional Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
American Fertility Society
Planned Parenthood
Medical Director's Council
Planned Parenthood of
Utah
Society for Advanced Reproductive
Technology
Society of Reproductive
Endocrinologists
Utah Medical Association
Selected Publications
Carrell DT, Cartmill D, Jones KP, Hatasaka HH, Peterson CM
(2002). Prospective, randomized, blind evaluation of donor semen quality
provided by seven commercial sperm banks. Fertility and Sterility, 78(1): 16-21.
Peterson CM, Reading J, Hatasaka
HH, Jones KP, et al. (2004). Use of outcomes-based data in reducing high order
multiple pregnancies: The role of age, diagnosis, and embryo score.
Fertility and Sterility, 81(6):
1534-1541.
Czajkowski L, Jones KP (2004). Menopause. In L Haas,
ed., Handbook of Primary Care Psychology, pp. 435-455.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Oderda G, Asche C, Jones KP,
Merrill RM, Spalding J (2007). Characterization of therapy and costs for
patient with uterine fibroids in Utah Medicaid. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 276(3): 211-218.
Laine H, Jones
KP (2007). Hypoactive sexual dysfunction in a young women. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 109(2): 415-418
