Yoel Sadovsky, MD

Executive Director, Magee-Womens Research Institute

Elsie Hilliard Hillman Chair of Women’s Health Research

Distinguished Professor of OBGYN, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Vice Chair of Research, Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Sciences

Associate Dean, Women's Health Research and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Yoel Sadovsky received his MD degree from the Hebrew University. He underwent OBGYN residency training at Washington University, maternal-fetal medicine and postdoctoral research fellowships at UCSF. He served as a Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Washington University. In 2007, he assumed Directorship of Magee-Womens Research Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also an Associate Dean, Women’s Health and Reproductive Sciences and a University Distinguished Professor in OBGYN. Dr. Sadovsky seeks to decipher placental function and adaptation to injury, focusing on trophoblastic ncRNAs and on trophoblast lipid trafficking. His NIH-funded investigation resulted in over 180 articles, chapters and reviews. Dr. Sadovsky has served on the NICHD and March of Dimes Advisory Councils, and currently serves on the NICHD Board of Scientific Counselors. He is also an Editor for the journal Placenta. In 2016-17, Dr Sadovsky served as President of the Society for Reproductive Investigation. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the Association of American Physicians, and a fellow (ad eundem) of the Royal College of OBGYN.