Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series

Uma M. Reddy, MD, MPH

Dr. Reddy is the Virgil G. Damon Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Population and Family Health and is the vice chair of research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is the principal investigator for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU) at Columbia University.

Dr. Reddy is known throughout the field for her groundbreaking research in stillbirth, preterm birth, and labor management. Earlier in her career, Dr. Reddy served as a medical officer at the NIH. and oversaw many of the largest and most influential studies in obstetrics, including directing the MFMU Network which funds multiple clinical trials across the country. Her research on stillbirth as part of the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network has had a profound impact on obstetrical practice both in the United States and internationally. After working at the NIH, she joined the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine as professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and section chief for maternal-fetal medicine. Dr. Reddy has been at Columbia since 2022.

In addition to her clinical and research work, Dr. Reddy is also a respected educator and mentor in the field. Dr. Reddy has served as a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines – Obstetrics, ACOG Clinical Document Review Panel and is a fellow of the American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society. Dr. Reddy is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. She has published more than 400 peer reviewed articles, many in the most impactful journals including NEJM and JAMA. Dr. Reddy received a ScB in Biology from Brown University (magna cum laude) and her MD from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She also earned an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and her Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

2023–24  Steven O. Marx

2022–23  Anne Catrin-Uhlemann

2021–22  George Hripcsak

2020–21  Ali G. Gharavi

2019–20  Jahar Bhattacharya

2018–19  Ira Tabas

2017–18  Alice Prince

2016–17  Timothy Wang

2015–16  Domenico Accili

2014–15  Megan Sykes

2013–14  Wendy Chung

2012–13  Siddhartha Mukherjee

2010–11  David P. Roye

2008–09  Angela M. Christiano

2007–08  Donald W. Landry

2005–06  David A. Brenner

2003–04  Rudolph Leibel

2002–03  Barbara Barlow

2001–02  Anne Gershon

2000–01  Myron L. Weisfeldt

1999–2000  Alan R. Tall

1998–99  Donald Klein

1997–98  Richard Mayeux

1996–97  Herbert D. Kleber

1995–96  Leonard Chess

1994–95  Eric A. Rose

1993–94  Harold C. Neu

1992–93  Nancy S. Wexler

1991–92  J. Thomas Bigger

1990–91  Robert Canfield

1989–90  I. Bernard Weinstein

1988–89  Qais Al-Awqati

1987–88  Lewis P. Rowland

1986–87  L. Stanley James

1985–86  DeWitt Goodman

1984–85  Salvatore Di Mauro

1983–84  Arthur Bank

1982–83  Keith Reemtsma

1981–82  Robert Mellins

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