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Linda Fan, MD, FACOG

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
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Director, Gynecology Section, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Chair, GYN Operations Committee, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Chair, Gynecologic Quality & Safety, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

GME Director of Quality & Safety, Graduate Medical Education

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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

Director, Gynecology Section, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Chair, GYN Operations Committee, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Chair, Gynecologic Quality & Safety, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; GME Director of Quality & Safety, Graduate Medical Education

Biography

Linda Fan, M.D. is an assistant professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. the Section Chief of Gynecology and the Director of Gynecologic Quality and Safety at Yale. Her clinical expertise includes chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, fibroids, adenomyosis, minimally invasive gynecologic procedures, hysterectomy, and urogynecological conditions.

She received her undergraduate degree in History from Princeton University. She received her medical degree from Columbia University, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she remained for her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia. After graduation, she stayed at Columbia as an attending where she earned several teaching awards. Since her arrival to Yale in 2012, her work has been devoted to advancing the delivery of gynecologic care for the patients at Yale.

Dr. Fan is a board certified subspecialist in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, and maintains an active practice in minimally invasive gynecologic procedures. She established the Division of Gynecologic Specialties and became the first Director of this group which provides the broad spectrum of Gynecologic Specialty care.

She is also and has led multiple projects including spearheading the GYN Consensus Guidelines Committee; and revamping both the departmental gynecologic peer review committee and M&M conference. As previous chair of the Yale New Haven Hospital Surgical Site Infection Committee, her work in in decreasing the hysterectomy SSI rate won first place in the 2018 National Improvement Challenge awarded by the Counsel for Patient Safety in Women’s Health. She currently serves on multiple hospital-wide and university committees including the Yale Medicine Operations, Yale Medicine Clinical Leadership Group, YNHH Credentialing Committee, and the Perioperative Safety and Quality Committee.




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Education & Training

Residency
Columbia University Medical Center (2006)
MD
Columbia University Coll of Physicians & Surgeons (2002)
BA
Princeton University, American History (1996)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Linda Fan's published research.

Publications

2023

2022

2020

2019

2018

Clinical Trials

Current Trials

  • EndoGene
    HIC ID2000025275RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date06/30/2025
    Recruiting Participants

Clinical Care

Overview

Linda Fan, MD, a specialist in gynecologic surgery, relishes problem-solving for patients. “I see a lot of consultations for different issues where the patient says, ‘I’ve seen this many doctors and they never figured it out. You’re the first person who asked me that question or did this part of the exam,’” Dr. Fan says.

Getting to that point with patients requires not only a bit of detective work, but also an open attitude, Dr. Fan says. “It’s about really listening to what their complaint is and trying to read the subtext to see what else they might be worried about,” she says. “I routinely screen patients with certain questions about things that might be intimate or embarrassing. That seems to gain their trust, and then I can better help them.”

Dr. Fan surgically treats—often, with minimally invasive techniques—a number of conditions, including chronic pelvic pain, fibroids (smooth muscle tumors that are typically not cancerous) and abnormal uterine bleeding (vaginal bleeding outside the normal menstrual period).

“What drew me to obstetrics and gynecology during my education is that it you can truly build relationships with patients, and help them with their issues from start to finish,” she says. “They can come for an annual exam. If they have fibroids, I can treat that. If they need a hysterectomy, I can do that. They go into menopause. I can treat that, too. It’s really an old-school feeling of continuity, mixed with this great feeling of being able to help them with their problems.”

Dr. Fan, who is an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences for Yale School of Medicine, is active in research about patient safety.

Clinical Specialties

Minimally Invasive Gynecology; Gynecology; Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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Board Certifications

  • Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

    Certification Organization
    AB of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Latest Certification Date
    2020
    Original Certification Date
    2013
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Latest Certification Date
    2020
    Original Certification Date
    2009

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Gynecologic Specialties

PO Box 208063

New Haven, CT 06520-8063

United States

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