Dr. Azziz, MD is Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He also serves as Director of the Center for Androgen-Related Disorders and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Azziz is a Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Azziz is the recipient of the "Helping Hand of Los Angeles Endowed Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology."

Dr Azziz's clinical and research interests include the study of androgen excess disorders, including the epidemiology, genetics, and pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS); the non-classic adrenal hyperplasias (NCAH); the role of the adrenal in hyperandrogenic disorders, the genetics of hyperandrogenic disorders, the physiology treatment of hirsutism; the regulation and physiology of adrenal androgens; and credentialing and cost-effectiveness of operative endoscopy for pelvic reconstruction. He is currently funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health for some of these studies.

Dr. Azziz has published over 300 original articles, book chapters, and reviews. He is co-editor of the text Essential Reproductive Endocrinology (with Drs. Bruce R. Carr and Richard E. Blackwell), published in 2004; editor-in-chief of Androgen Excess Disorders in Women (with Drs. John E. Nestler and Didier Dewailly) now in its second edition (2006); editor of the text Obstetrics & Gynecology: Cases, Questions, and Answers for Board Review, published by McGraw-Hill in 2007; and editor of The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Currents Concepts On Pathogenesis And Clinical Practice, published by Springer in 2007. Dr. Azziz is a reviewer for numerous journals, and is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Fertility and Sterility.

Dr. Azziz earned a bachelor of science from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. He completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at The Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC; and a fellowship in reproductive endocrine/infertility at The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine in Baltimore Maryland. Dr. Azziz also earned a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in 1995 and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in 2000 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he served as faculty through 2002.

Dr. Azziz is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility. He is a Fellow of both The American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (F.A.C.O.G.). Dr. Azziz is former Chair of the Advisory Committee on Reproductive Health Drugs of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and a member of the Reproductive Endocrinology Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California appointed him to serve as a member of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC) of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CRIM), the state agency created to disburse three billion dollars in funding for stem cell research.