Meet The Doctor

Lori L. Arnold, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

CACRM is directed by Dr. Lori Arnold, one of Southern California’s most recognized fertility specialists and one of few doctors in the San Diego area that is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Having led a successful fertility practice for the past 20 years, Dr. Arnold has helped hundreds of families meet their reproductive goals. She gives all her patients individualized care and performs all her own consults, ultrasounds and all fertility procedures (unlike several centers where the evaluation and procedures are performed by someone other than the doctor).

In addition to her focus on individualized care, Dr. Arnold has specialized in the state-of-the-art technologies since 1992 and is currently involved in research regarding stem cells and egg freezing. She takes a special interest in building healthy families with high technology such as Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).

Dr. Arnold grew up in Southern Europe, Northern Africa and South America and serves as a national educator speaking English, Spanish and Italian. Given her international background, Dr. Arnold has a special interest in helping international patients that require third party reproduction such as donor egg and surrogacy.

Education and Previous Experience

Dr. Arnold earned her M.D. degree from the University of Cayey Medical School, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Her Post-Graduate Residency studies were completed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA, while her Fellowship training was done in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Dr. Arnold then went on to complete her In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) training at Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, VA, the first IVF center in the United States.

Dr. Arnold is currently the Medical Director and Founder of California Center for Reproductive Medicine and has been practicing in San Diego since 2003. She previously served as the Medical Director at California Center for Reproductive Medicine in Ventura and Santa Barbara. Prior to that she was an Assistant Professor at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility.

Other past positions include serving for three years as the Associate Director at The Fertility and IVF Center in Miami, FL, and being a member of the clinical teaching faculties at the University of Miami Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility.

Michael S. Stahler, Ph.D., M.B.A., H.C.L.D

Dr. Stahler earned his B.S. in Animal Sciences from the Ohio State University and his M.S., at Eastern Kentucky University with an emphasis in animal physiology. After completing a Ph.D. in Reproductive Cell Biology from University of Toledo/Medical College of Ohio, he completed his postdoctoral training on a NIH grant in reproductive cell biology at The Rockefeller University in New York.  Dr. Stahler also holds an M.B.A from Michigan State University school of Business Management.

Dr. Stahler began his work in the field of assisted reproductive technology with IVF America in Port Chester, NY and served as the Laboratory Director for the Pittsburgh, PA affiliate of IVF America. He became the Scientific Director of the Wm. Beaumont Hospital’s IVF program in Royal Oak, MI for 9 years before moving out to San Diego, CA, where he served as the Laboratory Director for FSMG.  He has also served as an off-site Laboratory Director for SMART Labs (MI) and Sharp Hospital (CA).  He is currently serving as the Scientific Director of the California Center for Reproductive Sciences & EmbryoWorks, an A.R.T. (assisted reproductive technology) services company.  Dr. Stahler is certified as a high complexity laboratory director by the American Board of Bioanalysts and is currently working on his Clinical Laboratory Scientist license through the state of California.

His research career began with investigations into cell-cell signaling pathways in the testis as well as part of a team attempting to development effective male contraceptives. His current research interests are in the area of A.R.T. with a focus on lean management of A.R.T. laboratory operations, electronic database records systems for A.R.T. and genetic screening of embryos. In addition, he is involved with FDA policy issues affecting A.R.T., including regulation of A.R.T. laboratories, especially concerning matters related to cryopreserved embryo disposition.

He is an active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, including serving as the Information Officer for the Reproductive Laboratory Technologist Professional Group, an RLAP inspector for the College of American Pathologists and is also a member of the American Association of Bioanalysis.