Lessey, Bruce

Bruce A. Lessey MD, PhD, is Medical Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Division of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Greenville, SC and Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Lessey completed his doctoral in Zoology at Colorado State University in 1980 and his MD degree at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1984. He attended Duke University for his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and completed his fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lessey was on the faculty at Penn and joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina in 1993 where he became Professor of OBGYN and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology. He is a member of the UNC U54 program and the Specialized Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research. He is best known for his research on integrins and implantation and continues to study the effect of steroid hormones on the endometrium as Medical Director of REI at Greenville Hospital System in South Carolina and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.