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Deborah A. Driscoll, MD
Senior Vice President, Clinical Practices of the University of
Pennsylvania
Vice Dean for Professional Services, Perelman School of Medicine
Luigi Mastroianni, Jr. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Deborah A. Driscoll, MD was appointed Senior Vice-President for
the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania and Vice
Dean for Professional Services at the Perelman School of Medicine
in October 2019 after serving as Chair of the Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Center for Research
on Reproduction and Women’s Health for 14 years. She maintains a clinical practice in the
Divisions of Reproductive Genetics and Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania.

A graduate of Smith College and New York University School of Medicine, she completed a
residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a
fellowship in Clinical and Molecular Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Driscoll is
internationally known for her research on the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and for her expertise
on genetic screening and the care of women with genetic conditions. Dr. Driscoll was the
principle investigator of the NICHD Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) career
development program and the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at the University
of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of several awards including a Lindback Award for
Distinguished Teaching, AAMC Women in Medicine and Science Leadership award, FOCUS
Award for the Advancement of Women in Medicine, and the Perelman School of Medicine
Elizabeth Kirk Rose, MD Women in Medicine award and the Alumni Service award. Dr. Driscoll
has served on numerous committees for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and as
chair of CPUP Clinical Operations Committee and chair of the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania Medical Board. Nationally, she has served as Treasurer of the American College of
Medical Genetics, President of the Council of University Chairs in Obstetrics and Gynecology
and President of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a member of the
National Academy of Medicine and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists.