Nisha Interview Dr. Lisa Masterson - The Doctors
Dr. Lisa Masterson The Doctors
Dr. Lisa M. Masterson, M.D., is a specialist in obstetrics, gynecology, infertility, adolescent gynecology and family planning. She is on staff at
Los Angeles’
Cedars-Sinai
Medical
Center and maintains a private office in
Santa Monica. She is also one of the team of Doctors that daily answer viewers medical questions on The Doctors, which airs locally from
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. On KOBI Channel 5.
Dr. Masterson is also founder and medical director of the Ocean Oasis Medical Spa also in
Santa Monica, which offers spa treatments, exercise and nutrition programs tailored specifically for women. Dr. Masterson also has created a workshop for young girls with emphasis on Self Image, believing that a Young girls’ self image will keep her from making poor decisions that may end up in unwanted pregnancies.
She wants to empower young ladies to believe in themselves and know that they can accomplish whatever they choose to.
Through her charity, Maternal Fetal Care International (MFCI), we go to poor regions in the world to help save the lives of pregnant women and improve the standards of their healthcare. She is currently creating the first OB/GYN residency program in
Eritrea,
Africa, and has started birthing clinics in
Kenya and
India.”
As a child, Dr. Masterson was inspired by both her mother and grandmother. Her maternal grandmother was the eldest in a family of 12 who became a schoolteacher at segregated black schools in the south. Dr. Masterson’s mother was a professor at the
University of
Washington who went on to serve in the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Dr. Masterson has appeared on “Today,” “Good Morning
America,” “Dr. Phil” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” as well as on CNN, Discovery Health Channel’s “Strictly Dr. Drew” and the Lifetime series, “What Should You Do?”
You may contact her through the www.thedoctorstv.com, and can read more about her charity at www.mfci.net.
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