Courtney A. Schreiber, MD, MPH, is the Emily and Stuart Mudd Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief of the Division of Family Planning in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and the founding director of PEACE, the Pregnancy Early Access Center at Penn Medicine. She has devoted her career as a physician-scientist to filling scientific and health care delivery gaps in women’s health and reproduction, with a focus on underserved women. Using translational, clinical, and health services research methodologies to advance science and improve clinical outcomes, she has participated in more than 60 studies in reproductive health, resulting in more than 130 peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Schreiber also holds leadership roles in organizations that address knowledge gaps and improve women’s health care. She serves as Executive Director of the Perelman School of Medicine’s FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women. She co-leads Penn PROMOTES Research on Sex and Gender in Health, a University-wide center that aims to illuminate understanding of the wide-reaching and established sex differences in disease prevalence, phenomenology, and treatment. She was the inaugural Chair of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Complex Family Planning Division. Dr. Schreiber applies the tools of academic medicine to provide innovative clinical care solutions and advance the science of women’s reproductive health while nurturing the pipeline of future leaders.
