OB/GYN
Stephen Lakner, MD, FACOG
Capital Women's Care
Dr. Stephen Lakner is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist with Capital Women’s Care in Rockville. He earned his medical degree and completed his residency at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Why patients choose Dr. Lakner
Dr. Lakner previously served as president of the medical staff and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center, and has been repeatedly named a Washingtonian Top Doctor. He sees patients in both English and French.
Clinical focus
High-risk obstetrics, minimally invasive laparoscopic gynecologic surgery, and adolescent gynecology.
Profile last fact-checked August 1, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Lakner compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only provider we list offering high-risk obstetrics
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name high-risk obstetrics.
1 of 2 we list at Capital Women's Care
We cover 2 providers at Capital Women's Care.
1 of 4 French-speaking doctors
4 of the 139 providers in our registry (3%) practise in French, across 3 specialties.
1 of 4 from George Washington University School of Medicine
4 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record studied at George Washington University School of Medicine.
2nd longest since qualifying of our 12 ob/gyn providers
Qualified in 1980. The median for the 12 ob/gyn providers whose year we record is 1996.
Trained in the DC–Baltimore area
Completed residency locally, like 32% of the 87 doctors whose residency we record.
Medical school: George Washington University School of Medicine — Washington, DC, United States.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Lakner sits by experience
Dr. Lakner finished medical school in 1980, 46 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 7 finished earlier, 126 finished later, and 1 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–1979Dr. Lakner1980
1980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 7 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 — Dr. Lakner | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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