USC Family Planning

USC Family Planning Outstanding reproductive healthcare and passionate advocacy based on the latest research and evidence.

If you are a patient and are seeking Family Planning Services at LA County + USC Medical Center, please contact us at (323) 409-6049.

A career in family planning is not without its risks, and the risks for those who train from restrictive states is even ...
10/03/2025

A career in family planning is not without its risks, and the risks for those who train from restrictive states is even greater, which is why I have the utmost respect for those who persevere and charge into the fire because at their core they knew that it was the right thing to do -- "Someone's gotta be there for the patient."

We're so pleased to thus welcome Dr. Luke Hansen into the family planning family. With reproductive and human rights under continued attack in the United States it's so important to be training and empowering doctors who will go on to protect and preserve them.

Dr. Hansen joins us by way of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center where he is completing his OBGYN residency. When not caring and advocating for patients, Dr. Hansen enjoys reading fantasy and cultural nonfiction. Fun fact, he's seen Beyonce in concert 4 times (which is probably 1 fewer than some of our residents 🫣🐝)!

Really cool people. Seriously one-of-a kind. Thank you.
09/06/2025

Really cool people. Seriously one-of-a kind. Thank you.

Just a couple of FP folks cheesing it up at the Essential Access Health Sexual Health Update. 🧀💛 Maybe also giving a tal...
06/20/2025

Just a couple of FP folks cheesing it up at the Essential Access Health Sexual Health Update. 🧀💛 Maybe also giving a talk or two on social determinants of abortion access and . 🫣

Let's be real, the real problem with having to determine if an obstetric emergency warrants an abortion is that we're n...
02/01/2025

Let's be real, the real problem with having to determine if an obstetric emergency warrants an abortion is that we're not asking what the patient thinks/wants. That's why this research showing that abortion restrictions haven't affected most emergency medicine physicians' clinical decision making about therapeutic abortion is reassuring. That being said, that at least 10% didn't think that it was the physicians responsibility if against state law is 🙄. Thanks Drs. Sangara & Lantos, as well as student Dr. Garza for the strong work!

Some people wait months, years for the most hyped up new album, sequel, sneaker, etc. For me, there's data. HMU if you f...
01/05/2025

Some people wait months, years for the most hyped up new album, sequel, sneaker, etc. For me, there's data. HMU if you feel me. Don't be shy. We got research to do.

It's actually really easy to talk about the importance of abortion care with OBGYNs and our SRH allies, so coming into t...
11/14/2024

It's actually really easy to talk about the importance of abortion care with OBGYNs and our SRH allies, so coming into this general education session for the perioperative nursing staff at LA General Medical Center, we were a bit apprehensive about how we'd be received. We certainly can't do what we do without nurses to support our service and our patients, which means being on the same page about how we show up and care for people. We chose to focus less on the logistics of our service and instead on what motivates us to do it, centering patients stories, instead of medico-legal objectivities. This is work that we do because of how we feel and I'm so glad that our feelings are aligned. 💛 🏥

10/25/2024

Thanks to Drs. Jenna Heath & Nicole Mitchell-Chadwick for inviting Professor Gruskin from USC's Institute for Inequalities in Global Health and arranging for this showing and listening session featuring No Más Bebés, a powerful documentation of a history that warrants continual reminder and reconciliation for any reproductive healthcare provider.

Whenever I watch No Más Bebés, I'm reminded and humbled about our role as OBGYNs, walking the narrow line between joy and tragedy, accountable for fulfilling and protecting the hopes and dreams of individuals and families, accountable for pain and suffering when we fail and when we fail to recognize our role as perpetrators in abusive, violent systems/structures. When I hear our patient's stories, I'm reminded of how decisions made in a moment, even with the best of intentions, and even under clinical duress, can have deep, individual, interpersonal, and even generational consequences. These stories, professionally, remind us of what we cannot know, which is the lived experience of our patients, which is a reminder to take the time to listen, create space for individualized decision-making, and reflect on the biases we bring to our practice and our role within and impact on communities, and critically consider our values and how we come to espouse them.

: past, present, & future. work hard, play harder, but never forget your family. publishing is cool, but people >>> pape...
10/21/2024

: past, present, & future. work hard, play harder, but never forget your family. publishing is cool, but people >>> papers. we've gotten a lot done, but the best is yet to come. Looking at you, mystery/prospective 3rd faculty member. 🫣

Dr. Emma Lantos from just crushing it with 1 poster at ACEP, 2 posters at SFP, and now a publication on controversies i...
10/21/2024

Dr. Emma Lantos from just crushing it with 1 poster at ACEP, 2 posters at SFP, and now a publication on controversies in the management of pain in ambulatory gynecologic procedures in the Journal of Bioethics!

Congratulations on your first oral presentation at a national conference, Alexa Montes De Oca, MS3 from . I kept getting...
10/21/2024

Congratulations on your first oral presentation at a national conference, Alexa Montes De Oca, MS3 from . I kept getting stopped by folks at the Society of Family Planning meeting with appreciation for your informative & polished presentation. Way to represent & and bring a necessary cultural lens to the topic, as well as some heartfelt authenticity. Our best work is personal.

Congratulations to Rucha Deshpande, MS4 from for an informative poster about complicated . So many folks interested in...
10/21/2024

Congratulations to Rucha Deshpande, MS4 from for an informative poster about complicated . So many folks interested in factors linked to complications and with great suggestions too! Gotta be careful with IUDs placed for individuals with a history of Cesarean section.

Can't wait to meet up with our newest at ! In the meantime, please welcome Dr. Isabel Gonzaga from UT Austin. Dr. Gon...
10/12/2024

Can't wait to meet up with our newest at ! In the meantime, please welcome Dr. Isabel Gonzaga from UT Austin. Dr. Gonzaga brings her experience of restrictions on reproductive choice and URiM voice following SB8 and SB17 -- we look forward to training her in an environment free of such oppression so that she can rise and become a leader in complex family planning.

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