Linda Hopkins, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

While Hopkins finds satisfaction in all aspects of her job, she especially enjoys guiding patients through the sometimes-complicated experience of prenatal diagnosis.

Hopkins earned her medical degree at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. At UCSF, she completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, followed by a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine; she also completed advanced training in clinical research at UCSF. Before turning her focus to prenatal diagnosis, she practiced full-spectrum obstetric care, including for high-risk pregnancies, in both Oregon and Northern California.

Hopkins is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, an associate member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

In the 1990s, Hopkins worked in East Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer. She remains dedicated to improving the health of mothers and babies in remote parts of the world through her involvement with the nonprofit Global Force for Healing.

Hopkins is a yoga devotee and indoor cycling instructor at the YMCA, where she has achieved Spinning Rockstar certification – although her three teenage children currently challenge the "rock star" title. She also loves hiking, mountain biking and road cycling.

• Duration of the second stage of labor in multiparous women: maternal and neonatal outcomes.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Cheng YW, Hopkins LM, Laros RK, Caughey AB
• First-trimester combined screening: experience with an instant results approach.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Norton ME, Hopkins LM, Pena S, Krantz D, Caughey AB
• Concordance of chart abstraction and patient recall of intrapartum variables up to 53 years later.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Hopkins LM, Caughey AB, Brown JS, Wassel Fyr CL, Creasman JM, Vittinghoff E, Van den Eeden SK, Thom DH
• Are there ethnic differences in the length of labor?
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2006 Greenberg MB, Cheng YW, Hopkins LM, Stotland NE, Bryant AS, Caughey AB
• Chorionic villus sampling compared with amniocentesis and the difference in the rate of pregnancy loss.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2006 Caughey AB, Hopkins LM, Norton ME
• Gestational weight gain and adverse neonatal outcome among term infants.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2006 Stotland NE, Cheng YW, Hopkins LM, Caughey AB
• Racial/ethnic differences in perineal, vaginal and cervical lacerations.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2005 Hopkins LM, Caughey AB, Glidden DV, Laros RK
• Gestational weight gain, macrosomia, and risk of cesarean birth in nondiabetic nulliparas.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2004 Stotland NE, Hopkins LM, Caughey AB
• How long is too long: Does a prolonged second stage of labor in nulliparous women affect maternal and neonatal outcomes?
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2004 Cheng YW, Hopkins LM, Caughey AB