Biographical Summary

Eric Scott Sills, MD

Prior to joining RMA at Vassar Brother, Dr. Sills served as Division Director for Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at Atlanta Medical Center and was a founding partner at the leading private IVG center in Atlanta.  He is a Vanderbilt graduate and received his medical degree from University of Tennessee.  Dr. Sills is board certified in obstetrics & gynecology, and is a sub-specialist in reproductive endocrinology /infertility. Following residency at New York Downtown Hospital, Dr. Sills completed his reproductive endocrinology fellowship at Cornell University under the mentorship of fertility pioneers Gianpiero Palermo and eve Rosenwaks.  Dr. Sills has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed scholarly manuscripts on IVF, ICSI and related topics.  Often consulted on complex or rare fertility diagnoses, Dr. Sills was the first to describe safe use of recombinant TNF-alpha for women with severe rheumatoid arthritis undergoing ovulation induction.  His report on successful ICSI in the literature.  Additionally, Dr. Sills directed the multi-institutional team that established the first unknown human gene mutation causing infertility was mapped by Dr. Sills in 2001- a discovery recognized by his subsequent election to the Maxx Planck Society (Munich).  A member of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, World Association of Medical Editors and Council of Science Editors, Dr. Sills is currently Editor- in Chief of the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction.

A frequently cited authority on women’s health, bioethics and the advanced reproductive technologies, Dr. Sills has the distinction of being the only living reproductive endocrinologist in the world to have co-authored academic papers with both a member of the U.S. Congress and the British Parliament.  He is a Fellow of the american Society for Reproductive medicine, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American College of Surgeons, royal Society of Medicine (London) and new York Academy of Sciences.