Michael G. Gravett, M.D.
Chair, Clinical Advisory Board & Co-Founder

Michael Gravett’s research has focused on the association of maternal genital tract infections and preterm birth. Among the first investigators in the nation to describe the association of maternal genital infections or intrauterine infections and preterm birth, Dr. Gravett has now developed the first non-human primate model to study the mechanisms by which infection leads to prematurity. Dr. Gravett is an internationally-recognized expert on prematurity and serves on both a prematurity panel for the Institute of Medicine and on NIH Study Sections related to prematurity. He is currently Professor and Vice-Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Washington. He is President of and serves on the Executive Council for the Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is listed in Who’s Who for both Medicine and Science & Engineering and in the Best Doctors in America. He received his M.D. from UCLA.