Harvey J Kliman, MD, PhD

Research Scientist in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

Biographical Info

Harvey J. Kliman has, in addition to an M.D., a Ph.D. in cellular biochemistry from the University of Chicago. He is currently a Research Scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine and the Director of the Reproductive and Placental Research Unit with a special interest in infertility and pregnancy complications. He has over twenty years of anatomic pathology training with particular emphasis in electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, endometrial and placental pathology. He has ten patents, including the patent for the Endometrial Function Test® (EFT®)—“The soil test for the endometrium.” His contributions in the field of placental research include the development of the “Kliman” method of trophoblast purification, research into the mechanisms of trophoblast differentiation and invasion, the role and genesis of syncytial knots, and more recently, the clinical utility of abnormalities in placental villous growth patterns, especially trophoblast invaginations and inclusions, to diagnose genetic abnormalities in pregnancy, including autism.

International Activity

• Estimated Placenta Volume (EPV) Normative Curves
  Oslo, Norway (2008)
  Generation of normative curves for placental growth in cross section of Oslo, Norway pregnant patients.

Education & Training

M.D.

University of Chicago(1980)

Ph.D.

University of Chicago(1981)

Resident

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Fellow

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Board Certification

Pathology, Anatomic/Clinical, Board Certified  (1986)