Howard L. Minkoff, MD, FACOG

Dr. Howard L. Minkoff is a Distinguished Service Professor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maimonides Medical Center and the Regional Chair Emeritus at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. He has chaired and served on dozens of NIH study sections and had continuous federal research funding for 30 years.  He has been a member of the organizing committees of and has been a Speaker at three Consensus Development Task forces (Cesarean Section by Choice, Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section, and Screening for Diabetes) of the US Public Health Service.

For more than a decade, he served as the chair of the Executive Committee of the Women’s HIV Study, the largest multicenter cohort study of HIV in the United States. He has been a national Board Examiner in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He chaired the Program Committee of Health Right and the Perinatal Safety Committee of the Greater New York Hospital Association.  He also served as Vice-Chair of ACOG’s national Ethics Committee, and recently completed his tenure as Chair of their Documents Committee. He previously served as President of the New York Obstetrical Society.

He has edited four books, written over sixty book chapters, and over 480 peer reviewed publications, many of which focused on pregnant people’s rights.   He has served on city, state and federal panels (including ACOG, NIH, CDC, Surgeon General’s Task Force) focused on epidemics ranging from HIV through COVID and Monkeypox. He is the recipient of the US Assistant Secretary of Health Award for his contributions to the care and research of HIV-Infected women in the United States.

Education

• Undergraduate: Binghamton University
• Medical School: Penn State University
• Internship:  SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Residency:  SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Fellowship:  SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Research Interests

• Reproductive Rights
• Obstetrics