Harold J. Sauer

Harold J. Sauer, MD, has been the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bridgeport Hospital, part of the Yale New Haven Health System, for the past 13 years. He is a clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University. He was previously a professor at Michigan State University (MSU) for 22 years, serving as Department Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and as chair of the admissions committee for the College of Human Medicine at MSU.

Dr. Sauer currently serves on the Connecticut Board of Medical Examiners and the Connecticut Section Advisory Council of the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Federation of State Medical Boards and of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, as well as a Senior Examiner at the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology for over twenty years. Dr. Sauer has also served as Chair of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Michigan Section, and as Chair of the Michigan Board of Medicine. He completed his residency and Reproductive Endocrinology fellowship training at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan and received his MD from the Wayne State University School of Medicine and his B.S. from the University of Michigan. He is a Detroit native. In his spare time he is an accomplished classical pianist who can trace his musical pedigree back six generations to Ludwig van Beethoven.