Dr. Kurt Barnhart is the Vice Chair for Research and the Director of the Women’s Health Clinical Research Center in the Perelman School of Medicine. He received his medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and performed his residency and fellowship training as well as M.S.C.E. degree (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics) at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Barnhart has had continuous NIH funding for his research since 1996, focusing on clinical and epidemiologic aspects of reproduction including ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, and infertility. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has served as the president for the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility as well as leadership positions in the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and currently serves and the Editor in Chief for Fertility and Sterility.