Larrian Gillespie received her medical degree from UCLA Medical School and the UCLA Urology program. She practiced in Beverly Hills as one of the first women in urology and developed the diet for controlling the painful bladder syndrome known as interstitial cystitis.
She has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, and numerous other media. Her career choice was featured on the cover of Parade Magazine in 1977.
She is retired and serves as a medical consultant for numerous publications.
Education
- UCLA, BA in Psychology, 1970
- UCLA Medical School, 1974
- UCLA Urology, 1980
Publications
The Diaphragm: An Accomplice in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
Metabolic appraisal of the effects of dietary modification on hypersensitive bladder symptoms
Women in Urology: A Splash in the Pan
Effect of abdominal perineal resection on genitourinary tract
Modified technique for use of Iglesias continuous flow resectoscope
Perineal approach to the penile suspensory ligament during urethroplasty
Use of saralasin to detect renovascular hypertension in childhood
Idiopathic calcinosis of scrotum
Dramatic palliation for painful, fixed bladder squamous cell carcinoma with 5-fluorouracil infusion
Destruction of the vesicoureteric plexus for the treatment of hypersensitive bladder disorders
Painful bladder syndrome–a clinical and immunopathological study
Metabolic appraisal of the effects of dietary modification on hypersensitive bladder symptoms
Lumbar nerve root compression and interstitial cystitis–response to decompressive surgery
Immunopathology of interstitial cystitis
Popular Books
You Don’t Have to Live With Cystitis
The Menopause Diet
The Menopause Diet Mini Meal Cookbook
The Menopause Diet Daily Journal
The Gladiator Diet
The Goddess Diet
You’re Not Crazy! It’s Your Hormones!
The New My Body My DIet
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Total Nutrition Cooking
Patents Sole Inventor
Composition for arresting angiogenesis and capillary, cell or membrane leakage AU600271B2, Australia
Method and composition for arresting angiogenesis and capillary, cell or membrane leakage US4820693A USA
Method and composition for arresting angiogenesis and capillary, cell or membrane leakage US4966890A USA
