Sarah Kilpatrick, MD, PhD

Chair Department of OBGYN
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States

Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD is the Helping Hand of Los Angeles Endowed Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She received a PhD in Biopsychology from University of Chicago, MD from Tulane University and completed OBGYN residency and MFM fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, where she faculty for eight years. At University of Illinois at Chicago she was MFM Division Director, Head of Department of OBGYN, Vice Dean for College of Medicine, and President of the Medical Staff. In 2010 she was recruited to Cedars-Sinai to be Chair of the OBGYN Department and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity. In her leadership roles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center she has recruited numerous faculty, started a family planning program, expanded minimally invasive gynecologic surgery program and developed multiple collaborations with other departments including women’s heart, GI, emergency department, and anesthesiology. She spearheaded new innovative programs about leadership and diversity for faculty including Cedars-Sinai and UCLA midcareer leadership program for women, and summer research internship for college students. Dr. Kilpatrick leads the Cedars-Sinai multidisciplinary Center for Research on Women and Sex Differences (CREWHS).

Dr. Kilpatrick has received numerous awards for teaching and service, while faculty at all academic institutions and the SMFM Annual Award. She has served on many national OB/GYN organizations and was President of SMFM. She is currently on the Editorial Board for Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology and on committees for ACOG. She is board certified in OBGYN and MFM. Her clinical and research interest focus hypertension, severe maternal morbidity and mortality, and cardiovascular disease risk in women after adverse pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Kilpatrick continues to care for high risk obstetric patients. She has over 100 publications.

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Presentation(s):

• The Whys and How's of Implementing Levels of Maternal Care

  Thursday, February 9, 2023
  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM