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. 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.
She attended The Bishop’s School, a private school in La Jolla, Calif.,
and upon graduation, Dr. Masterson entered Mount Holyoke College in
Massachusetts. She graduated from medical school at the University of
Southern California.
“I am extremely passionate about improving and saving
people’s lives,” said Dr. Masterson. “Through my 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. I am currently creating the first OB/GYN residency program
in Eritrea, Africa, and I have 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 is familiar to television audiences from
her numerous appearances 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?”
She and her husband have a 17-year-old son, and the
family lives in Southern California. In her spare time, she enjoys
surfing and learning French.
