Board of Trustees

 CHAIRMAN

William Droegemueller, MD is the Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He was formerly a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson and Assistant Secretary of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society. A graduate of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Dr Droegemueller received his MD from the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver.

TRUSTEES

Haywood L. Brown, MD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors and is Program Chair of the Scientific Program for ACOG and CREOG. He is also President of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. He received his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and completed his residency at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Sharon L. Dooley, MD, MPH is Professor and a Program Director of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Northwestern University Medical School of Chicago. She is also head of the Section on Graduate Medical Education. She received her medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia and her masters degree in public health from the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health.

David A. Grimes, MD is Vice President of Bio-Medical Affairs at Family Health International and Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Prior to this, he was Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. He also served as Chief of that department at San Francisco General Hospital. He is one of a small number of physicians with board certification in both obstetrics/gynecology and preventive medicine. Early in his career, he spent nine years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in reproductive epidemiology, and is now continuing his interest in fertility control, sexually transmitted diseases, technology assessment, and evidence-based medicine.

Ursula F. Habenicht, PhD is head of Andrology and Hormone Therapy in the Department of Fertility Control and Hormone Therapy Research at Schering AG. Prior to this, she served as Managing Director of the Ernst Schering Research Foundation. Dr Habenicht received both her undergraduate training in biology and her PhD in endocrine pharmacology from the Free University of Berlin, Germany.

Charles B. Hammond, MD is the E.C. Hamblen Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He has spent his entire career at Duke University except for two years as a Clinical Associate in Endocrinology at the National Cancer Institute. Dr Hammond was past President of both the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (the American Fertility Society) and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society. A graduate of the Citadel, he received his MD from Duke University Medical School.

Robert B. Jaffe, MD is Fred Gellert Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Biology; Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology Center; and past Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Previously, he was a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan. Dr Jaffe received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, his master's degree from the University of Colorado, and his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. He performed his internship and residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center, where he was a USPHS Postdoctoral Fellow in Endocrinology and Chief Resident. He was also a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology at the Hormone Laboratory of the Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.

Paul Korner, MD, MBA is Vice President, Medical Affairs - Women's Healthcare for Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics/ Gynecology, and possesses several years of experience in clinical practice prior to joining the pharmaceutical industry in 1998. He earned his medical degree from Loyola University - Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, and completed his residency at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Korner earned his MBA from The Michael J. Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, with concentration on healthcare administration. Dr. Korner has held positions of increased responsibility within Medical Affairs and Clinical Research & Development for Solvay Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth Research prior to joining Berlex in 2005 as Executive Director/Head of Medical Affairs - Female Healthcare. In 2007, he transitioned into his current role within the Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals organization.