Ob/Gyn Now

Vikki M. Abrahams, PhD, and Joshua A. Copel, MD, were chosen as the department's co-vice chairs of faculty development.

Dr. Abrahams oversees research faculty, and Dr. Copel handles clinical faculty needs and processes.

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Sarah Cross, MD, was named the chair of Ob/Gyn at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and will also serve as vice chair in the Yale Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.

Dr. Cross has begun transitioning to her new leadership position and will assume the full role in July of this year

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Ozan Bahtiyar, MD, was named the director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Section.

Dr. Bahtiyar oversees a team of experienced physicians who treat complicated pregnancies related to diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, genetic disorders, and other conditions.

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These are the newest additions to our faculty team:

• Associate Professor Amy Turitz, MD
• Instructor Liubin Yang, MD, PhD
• Assistant Professor Stephanie Bowers, MD
• Assistant Professor Aaron Lazorwitz, MD, PhD
• Assistant Professor Katyayani Papatla, MD, MPH
• Assistant Professor Sarah Andiman, MD

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Aydin Arici, MD, has been selected as interim director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility division - resurrecting a role he held more than two decades ago.

Since arriving at Yale in 1992, Dr. Arici has taken on several other positions, including Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Program director and Reproductive Endocrinology Fellowship Program coordinator.

He has received many NIH and pharmaceutical industry-sponsored research grants and has published more than 300 articles in leading journals.

Dr. Arici obtained his medical degree from Istanbul Medical School. He completed his fellowship in REI at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and his residency at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons Harlem Hospital in New York.

Sandra Carson, MD, recently retired, ending a distinguished career.

Dr. Carson began her time at Yale in 2019 as director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Before coming to New Haven, she served as vice president for education at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Carson is one of the foremost leaders in the field of REI. She has published over 150 papers, received numerous competitive grants, and was a past president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).

We wish her the very best and thank her for her many contributions to the specialty.

Congratulations and welcome to all the residents who matched with Yale Ob/Gyn for this coming school year.

Dr. Taylor joins four other faculty members from YSM to be elected into the Association of American Physicians.

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Janice Crabtree has been honored with the 2024 Donna Wachter Clerkship Coordinator Award through the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO).

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Dr. Polan received the 2024 Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the American Medical Women's Association.

This AMWA award is granted to a woman physician who has made outstanding contributions to the cause of women in medicine, created pathways for other women in medicine, and made exceptional contributions to the image of women in medicine.

Dr. Copel has been awarded the Yale Medicine Distinguished Clinical Career Award.

Established in 2020, the YM award recognizes physicians who have significantly contributed to Yale Medicine, the medical profession, and the community.

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Dr. Santin was noted among the most-cited authors of papers on endometrial cancer immunotherapy from 2002 to 2022. He was coauthor for 11 and corresponding author for 9, respectively, of the 100 that were most cited. The full analysis was published in Medicine.

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The publication by Dr. Kliman titled "Placental Pathology Findings in Unexplained Pregnancy Losses," was selected as the most popular basic sciences article published by Reproductive Sciences in 2023.

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Yale Fertility Center was honored for “outstanding blast conversion rates” by Fairfax Eggbank.

Olga Chaplia, PhD, Cihan Halicigil, PhD, HCLD, MS, and Stephanie Nichols-Burns, PhD, HCLD, MS, accepted the award last fall.

"This significant distinction … underscores not just our technical expertise and innovative methodologies, but also the exceptional quality and reliability of our team," said Halicigil, Yale Fertility Center's laboratory director.

Two of our residents were recognized at UCONN's fall research day.

Best Oral Presentation (tie):

Sarah Wang, MD

“Molecular Analysis of Endometriosis: Underlying Pathways of Symptomaticity in Endometriosis”

Best Poster- Original Research

Melissa Markowitz, MD

“Expedited Partner Therapy: A Multi-Component Initiative to Boost Provider Counseling”