Medical Advisory Committee
The American Pregnancy Association is committed to providing you with the most accurate and up-to-date information related to your reproductive, pregnancy and sexual health needs. To ensure the quality of the educational services that we provide, we have assembled some of the most respected experts within the obstetric and gynecologic medical community.
These medical professionals review and contribute towards the educational pieces provided by the American Pregnancy Association. We are honored to partner with these physicians and thankful that they enable us to give you the best reproductive, pregnancy and sexual health information.
Alphabetically Listed:
Jessica Bienstock, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Director of Resident
and Medical Student Education, Residency Program Director for the
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Byron Calhoun, MD
Rockford Health System, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Practicing physician
in Rockford, Illinois
Alan DeCherney, MD
UCLA School of Medicine, Chairman and Professor, Department
of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Fertility
& Sterility
Diane Clapp, BSN RN
Medical Information Director for Resolve
Sebastian Faro, MD FACOG
Practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Houston, Texas
Marc Fritz, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Division Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Mindy Goldman, MD
University of California at San Francisco, Associate Clinical Professor,
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and
Director, Follow Up Program, Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center.
Irwin Merkatz, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center,
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
and Women’s Health
Daniel Mishell, Jr., MD
University of Southern California – Keck School of Medicine,
Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Daniel Mollura, MD
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine – Department of Radiology,
Radiology Resident, Consultant to the Center for Excellence in Public Health Informatics
Valerie Parisi, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina, Robert A Ross School of Medicine, Professor
and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mary Polan, MD, Ph.D, MPH
Stanford School of Medicine, Professor and Department Chairperson,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
John Repke, MD FACOG
Penn State College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center,
Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Christopher Riegel, MD
Practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Patricia Robertson, MD
University of California at San Francisco, Professor, Department of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Division of Perinatal
Medicine and Genetics
Steven Roth, MD
Practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Inverness, Florida
Elizabeth Shadigian, MD
University of Michigan Health System, Clinical Assistant Professor
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and practicing at East Ann Arbor Health
Center
Joe Simpson, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Ernst W. Bertner Chairman and Professor,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department Chair, Reproductive
Genetics
Patricia Sulak, MD
Texas A&M University System College of Medicine, Professor, Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Division of Ambulatory Care,
Director of the Scott & White Sex Education Program
J.K. Williams, MD
University of South Florida College of Medicine, Associate Professor,
Department of Gynecology