Dr. Nurit Winkler
Fertility Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
28 years experience female
Locations
Pacific Fertility Center of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
My office hours
Thursday: 8:00am - 17:00pm
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Insurances accepted
United HealthCare Insurance Company
Cigna
Aetna
Blue Shield of California
Blue Cross of California
Pacific Fertility center of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
About
Bio
Dr. Winkler is board certified in Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology. She completed her residency at Brown University School of Medicine where she earned multiple teaching and research awards. She completed three years of fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center conducting cutting edge research in the field of reproduction with special interest in ovarian aging and fertility treatments. She received her medical degree from the University of Pavia in Italy graduating with the highest distinction. Dr Winkler has presented her research in national and international meetings, she is the author of a chapter in Reproductive Medicine and she is a member of numerous prestigious societies. Dr Winkler continues to hold a position of Clinical Instructor at UTSW Medical Center as well as frequent guest lecturer at acupuncture schools. During her medical career Dr. Winkler earned and keeps earning multiple medical awards. In 2011 Dr. Winkler was awarded “Patient Choice Award”, “Compassionate Physician Award” and “American Top OB/GYN”. Dr. Winkler was raised in Italy and Israel. She is fluent in both Hebrew and Italian and licensed to practice medicine in 3 different continents. She believes that each patient is unique in his/her underlying diagnosis and that her most important role as a fertility specialist is maintaining a high pregnancy rate which can only be achieved by tailoring the most suitable fertility treatment to the patient. In fact Dr. Winkler’s success rate is among the highest in the country. She also believes that infertility and fertility treatments can be a source of stress and frustration and that smooth and constant communication as well as personalized care are a critical component of any fertility treatment and a key for high success rates.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Fertility Medicine
Licenses
United States: California
Languages spoken
Hebrew, Italian
Doctor Q&A
172 Answers
190 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 17-year-old female asked:

Dr. Nurit Winkleranswered
Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: The accuracy of a pregnancy test does not change wether you are on your period or not. It detect the level of HCG (hormone produce only during pregnan... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends : Shortening your period is not a problem but a thin endometrial lining is. If Clomid (clomiphene) is causing as a side effect thinning of the endometr... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Maybe: The length of your menstrual cycle does not affect the quality of the eggs but the underlying condition that causes you to have longer cycles can at t... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:

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Next period: You will know your estimated ovulation date once you start your next period (unless you are pregnant) . From r the first day of your next period go b... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
13-15 days later: If your ovulation kit was positive on 6/22 you most likely ovulated 1-2 days later. 14 days later the home pregnancy test should be positive, if i... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Possible: Periods are influence by many factors such as stress and fertility treatments. Your periods started 14 days after the IUI which means that it is most... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
No: It is extremely rare that a medication will cause infertility. A infection however of the abdomen and pelvic can increase the risk of infertility.
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A 48-year-old member asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Need an evaluation: It is usually due to an abnormal connection between your bowel and the vaginal wall. It can be due to different conditions such as a traumatic/instrum... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: The thickness of the endometrial lining is usually evaluated prior to ovulation when the lining is under the influence of estrogen. After ovulation an... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:

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No: A 6 cm fibroid can be removed with surgery.
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A 34-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Evaluation: At age 35 and above it is usually recommended to undergo an infertility evaluation after 6 months of trying. It is possible that all is normal and tha... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Now: Infertility is define as the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected intercourse. You are trying to conceive close to one year so you can... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Vaginal culture: Since you are experiencing recurrent BV it is important to confirmed it with a vaginal culture as well as to be tested for other sexuality transmitted... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends: If you have a 30 days cycle your ovulation most likely happens on cycle d16. You can purchase ovulation kits (otc) that can help you determine when yo... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
No: No, air bubble in the syringe can't block the fallopian tubes.
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A 39-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Evaluation : It is not normal to bleed 25 days a month and the endometrial lining is expected to be thin since you are shedding the lining each time that you bleed... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Post ovulation : The white discharge happens usually after ovulation already happened.
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A 20-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Possible : Possible but unlikely. A leep procedure can change the cervical anatomy but usually it does not affect fertility. You should contact your ovgyn or fer... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
HSG: The main effect of chlamydia infection is on the fallopian tubes. The best test to evaluate the conditions of the fallopian tubes is the hysterosalpi... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Thyroid disease : Thyroid disease can increase the risk of a miscarriage . It is also very important to normelizze the thyroid function tests before the peegnancy since... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: 4 weeks pregnant is very early and many women don't experience any symptoms at this point. If you are concern you can always have blood work done to ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: Irregular periods or no periods can be caused by many factors such as hormonal imbalance ( no ovulation) and/or anatomical problems within the uterus... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Infertility: Abnormal sperm shape according to some studies can decrease fertility. Men that have abnormal sperm can at time have an underlying condition that can... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: Some women can ovulate very early in the cycle. It is very unlikely that you ovulate when the period starts but it is possible that you ovulate a few ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: When taking bcp your period usually will starts during the week of "sugar pills". Most women will start menstruating a few days after stoping the acti... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends: There could me many reasons for mood instability during the peri menopause. Overall any product that contains estrogen such as bcp can alleviate some ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Low HCG: There could be different reasons for a "faint" positive pregnancy test : false positive, low HCG level etc... Hcg level can be tested more specificall... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Ovulation: Pms like cramping a day after a positive ovulation kit is most likely due to ovulation. Ovulation usually happens a day or two after a positive ovulat... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends: The overall number of total motile sperm is good but there are other parameters that can affect the sperm such as the quality of the movement , number... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends: There are different ways to try an improve sperm quality and/or quantity but it all depends on the underlying diagnosis and reasons for the abnormal s... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Possible: Pregnancy is still possible so you should take a pregnancy test if your period does not come on time but the chances are low. Plan b does not have a n... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: Yes, you can stop NuvaRing at any time but once you stop it you could get pregnant and/or your irregular menstruation will return.
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A 21-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Pregnancy test: Since you only started the yasmin (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) a month ago and you have an "irregular bleeding" it is best to take a home preg... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: It could be an ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside the uterus) which is a dangerous condition. It could also be a "normal" pregnancy. Tubal ligation ... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Maybe: If you took a urine pregnancy test and its negative you could still be pregnant, if the blood work showed a negative bhcg ( less the 2 or 5) then you ... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:

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Acknowledging: Acknowledging the problem and seek professional help... The sooner the better.
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A 26-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends: The successes rate of fertility treatments depends on age and underlying diagnosis and can various from 50% or more to less then 4%. You fertility sp... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends...: Each fertility center have their own recommendation regarding intercourse during fertility treatments , manly ivf. Many rei's would ask you to avoid... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Pregnancy test: It is unlikely that you conceive if the sperm was not place inside the vagina but it is always safer to take a home pregnancy test. If the pregnacy te... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Unlikely : There could be many different causes for vaginal bleeding and discharge such as infection, fibroids, polyps, pre cancer state in the uterus , abnormal... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Unlikely : The effect of Plan B is of short duration, just a few days while you are taking it.
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A 25-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Different facotrs: There could be other reasons for "ovulation pain" as the presence of an ovarian cyst. Some women experience "ovulation pain" more then others. In or... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: Likely that you are not pregnant but it is always safer to take a pregnancy test with any irregular period or unusual bleeding.
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A 24-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Ovulation kit: Since ovulation day change slightly every month if you are trying to conceive and have intercourse during the most fertile days of the month then the ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Abnormal rise in HCG: The HCG level is not rising appropriately. This could be due to a variety of reasons the most concerning one is the presence of an ectopic pregnancy (... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:

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Different : Prior to conceiving with pcos it is important to address some of the risk factors mainly weight reduction if you are overweight and glucose control ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Possible: Sperm can survive 4 days in the female genital tract so having intercourse a few days before ovulation can result in a pregnancy.
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A 25-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
LMP: Pregnancy test should be performed based on your last menstrual period or ovulation and not based on "implantation bleeding" since implantation bleedi... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Pregnancy test: Take a pregnancy test. Plan b can fail. Another possible option is that you ovulated late and you period will come later.
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A 23-year-old female asked:

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Fertility Medicine 28 years experience
Depends: There could be different reasons for your irregular periods as well as other potentials causes for your infertility such as sperm issues, blocked tube... Read More
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Aug 13, 2013
I recommend Dr. Winkler. She has remarkable expertise in fertility medicine and OB/GYN. She provides exceptional quality information on Healthtaps. She is providing an excellent service to the public...Read More
Jul 31, 2013
I love Dr. Winkler's answers and expertise. She is an outstanding physician with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Her answers are thorough and thoughtful. She takes great care of patients on H...Read More
Aug 20, 2013
I trained with Dr. Winkler and know her to be a smart doctor, a caring physician and a HUGE patient advocate. Her answers on health tap are thoughtful. I highly recommend her.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you Doctor! This seriously takes a big stress out of my mind :)
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thanks. So I assume I was hypo with absent symptoms before I miscarrie
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! IM 5 DAYS LATE, BEGAN AGAIN ON LEVO ON JUN 28, PERIOD DUE 21 OF JUL
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Pavia Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Italy
Graduated 1995MD
Residency
WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND
Awards
patients choice award of 2012
2012 Most Compassionate Doctor
America's Top Obstetricians & Gynecologists 2013
Affiliations
The American Society of Reproductive Medicine
Publications
Abdominal myomectomy--a safe procedure in an ambulatory setting
Gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonists suppress aromatase and anti-Müllerian hormone expression in human granulosa cells.
Heterotopic pregnancy after bilateral salpingectomy resulting in near-term delivery of a healthy infant.
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