Harvey J Kliman, MD, PhD

Specialty

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Programs & Centers

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Program

Clinical Interests

infertility; endometrial function tests; recurrent pregnancy loss; placental pathology

Bio

Dr. Kliman, MD, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and the Director of the Reproductive and Placental Research Unit at Yale. His clinical interests include infertility, implantation, recurrent pregnancy loss, endometrial receptivity testing, and placental pathology. He both does testing for impaired implantation and pregnancy loss, and sees patients.

Dr. Harvey Kliman received his undergraduate training at Syracuse University where he graduated summa cum laude. He received both his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago in the funded MD, PhD Research Scientist Program. He completed his residency in Anatomic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. He then completed an NIH funded postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania. He was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and then was recruited to Yale in 1991 where he is a faculty member in the section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.

Dr. Kliman is a board certified specialist in Anatomic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. His clinical research centers on implantation, endometrial receptivity testing, recurrent pregnancy loss, evaluation of pregnancy loss tissues, intrauterine growth restriction, and placental markers of autism. His basic science research centers on the biology of trophoblasts, trophoblast invasion, markers of preeclampsia, and the control of normal and abnormal placental growth. He has been funded by over 15 NIH and industry grants and directs Reproductive Pathology Services at Yale. Dr. Kliman has published more than 80 articles in leading medical journals and is the inventor of 7 patents and 3 pending patents. His work has been profiled in many media publications, including the New York Times, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Self. He also has appeared many times on TV and radio programs as an expert medical guest, including the Home Show, Montel Williams, ABC, NBC and CBS news programs.

Board Certifications

• Pathology, Anatomic/Clinical, Board Certified, 1986

Education & Training

• Fellow , University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1986
• Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, 1985
• Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1981
• M.D., University of Chicago, 1980