Dr. Jacob Probstein Visiting Professor Lecture Series
Thanks to the generous gift from Dr. Jacob Probstein, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has been nurturing a tradition of inviting distinguished speakers to visit the Washington University medical campus since 2010.
The Probstein Lecture is held annually and continues to serve as an educational resource for the faculty, residents, fellows, staff, students, visitors, and community physicians in the field of OB/GYN. A Grand Rounds Seminar is held as part of the Annual Probstein Lecture the morning after the Lecture.
The speaker attends a lunch with Ob/Gyn clinical fellows, postdocs or trainees; and a dinner with hosting faculty member(s). (S)he also participates in individual meetings with Ob/Gyn and non-Ob/Gyn faculty.
Dr. Jacob Probstein Visiting Professor Lecture Series Speakers:
| Year | Lecturer | Title |
| 2024 | Kristina Adams Waldorf, MD | Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Washington |
| 2023 | Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD | Franklin Payne Associate Professor of Pathology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania |
| 2022 | Nanette Santoro, MD | Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Colorado |
| 2021 | Marisa Bartolomei, PhD | Perelman Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Co-Director, Epigenetics Institute Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania |
| 2020 | Sarah Robertson, PhD, FAA, FAHM | Professor Director, The Robinson Research Institute School of Medicine The University of Adelaide |
| 2019 | Hugh Taylor, MD | Anita O’Keeffe Young Professor of Women’s Health Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences Yale School of Medicine Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology Yale-New Haven Hospital |
| 2018 | Marcelle Cedars, MD | Professor Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences Director, Center for Reproductive Health University of California San Francisco |
| 2017 | 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 for Research, Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Sciences Associate Dean, Women’s Health Research and Reproductive Sciences University of Pittsburgh |
| 2016 | Melissa Simon, MD | Vice Chair of Clinical Research Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Medical Social Sciences Northwestern University |
| 2015 | Ingrid Nygaard, MD, MS | Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology University of Utah President, American Gynecologic & Obstetrical Society |
| 2014 | Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD | Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Arthur L. & Lee G. Herbst Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology University of Chicago Medicine |
| 2013 | Michal Elovitz, MD | Director, Prematurity Prevention Program Director, Maternal and Child health Research Program Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Maternal Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Genetics University of Pennsylvania |
| 2012 | Jonathan Tilly, PhD | Director, Vincent Center of Reproductive Biology Chief, Research for MGH Vincent Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology Harvard University |
| 2011 | Carole R. Mendelson, PhD | Professor of Biochemistry and Obstetrics & Gynecology Director, North Texas March of Dimes Birth Defect Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| 2010 | Roberto Romero, MD | Chief, Perinatology Research Branch Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology Intramural Division NICHD, NIH, DHHS |