Louise P. King

Louise P. King, MD, JD, is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and a Surgeon within the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Mass General Brigham in Boston Massachusetts in the United States. Dr. King completed her juris doctorate at Tulane Law School before attending medical school at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Parkland Hospital in Dallas Texas and her fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery with Dr. Camran Nezhat at Stanford University. 

Links: https://www.thehastingscenter.org/team/louise-p-king/ | https://bioethics.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/louise-p-king

Contact: louise.king@kellogg.ox.ac.uk

Peer-Reviewed Scholarship in print or other media: Research Investigations
1.    Sharma N, Rutherford JD, Grayston JT, King LP, Jialal I, Andrews TC.  Association between C-reactive protein, anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies, and vascular function in healthy adults.  American Journal of Cardiology 87(1): 119-21, 2001.
2.    Estep JD, Mehta SK, Uddin F, King L, Toto KH, Nelson LL, Dries DL, Yancy CW, Drazner MH.  Beta-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure in the urban setting: moving beyond clinical trials. American Heart Journal 148(6): 958-63, 2004.
3.    Markham DW, Dries DL, King LP, Leonard D, Yancy CW, Peshock RM, Willett D, Cooper RS, Drazner MH.  Blacks and whites have a similar prevalence of reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in the general population: The Dallas Heart Study (DHS). American Heart Journal 155(5): 876-82, 2008.
4.    Thibodeau JT, Rao MP, Gupta C, Ayers CR, Gupta S, Mammen PP, Markham DW, Mishkin JD, Patel PC, King LP,Drazner MH.  Health insurance as a requirement to undergo cardiac transplantation: a national survey of transplant program practices. Transplant Proc. 2013 Jan-Feb;45(1):360-3
5.    Hur HC, King LP, Klebanoff MJ, Hur C, Ricciotti HA Fibroid morcellation: a shared clinical decision tool for mode of hysterectomy. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2015 Dec;195:122-7.
Chang OH, King LP, Modest AM, Hur HC. Developing an objective structured assessment of technical skills for laparoscopic suturing and intracorporeal knot tying. J Surg Educ. 2016 Mar-Apr;73(2):258-63. 
6.    Franconeri A, Fang J, Carney B, Justaniah A, Miller L, Hur HC, King LP, Alammari R, Faintuch S, Mortele KJ, Brook OR. Structured vs narrative reporting of pelvic MRI for fibroids: clarify and impact on treatment planning. Eur Radiol. 2018 Jul;28(7):3009-3017.
7.    Jaramillo-Cardoso A, Shenoy-Bhangle A, Garces-Descovich A, Glickman J, King L, Mortele KJ. Pelvic MRI in the diagnosis and staging of pelvic endometriosis: added value of structured reporting and expertise. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2020;45(6):1623‐1636.
8.    Alammari RA, Jorgensen EM, Modest AM, Chu J, King LP, Awtrey CS. Impact of prior hysterectomy on surgical outcomes for laparoscopic adnexal surgery. Surg Endosc. 2019 Sep 3.
Gupta S, Maghsoudlou P, Ajao M, Einarsson JI, King LP. Analysis of Covid-19 response and impact on gynecologic surgery at a large academic hospital system. JSLS. 2021 Oct-Dec;25(4):e2021.00056.
9.    Gupta S, Maghsoudlou P, Ajao M, Einarsson JI, King LP. Very Low Rates of Ureteral Injury in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Performed by Fellowship-trained Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeons. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2022 Sep;29(9):1099-1103.
10.    Chatroux LR, Maghsoudlou P, Ajao MO, King LP, Einarsson JI. Bowel Endometriosis Excision: Approaches and Outcomes Including Hand Sewing of Discoid Excision. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2024 Jul 31:S1553-4650(24)00323-6.
11.    Maghsoudlou P, Chatroux LR, Ajao MO, King LP, Groszmann YS. Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound for Adenomyosis-A Blinded, Retrospective, Single-Expert Validation Study of the 2022 MUSA Guidelines. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2025 Aug 7:S1553-4650(25)00284-5.
12.    Traub AM, Mermin-Bunnell K, Wang K, Aaron B, King LP, Kawwass JF. How Dobbs May Influence the Geographic Distribution of Medical Trainees in the United States. Health Educ Behav. 2025 Apr;52(2):242-246