Dr. Santoro is the professor and E. Stewart Taylor chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado Medical School. Prior to this position, she was professor and director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Santoro’s major research interests include the reproductive endocrinology of premature, peri- and post-menopause, infertility, and the physiology of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion. She has been involved with a number of industry and government-supported clinical trials, including the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN), the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), and the Reproductive Physiology of Ovarian Failure. Dr. Santoro has authored or co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, and abstracts, and serves as co-editor of the “Textbook of Perimenopausal Gynecology, Amenorrhea - A Clinicians Guide” and “Primary Ovarian Insufficiency”. Dr. Santoro received her medical degree from Albany Medical College of Union University in Albany, New York, completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, and completed her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.