Jeffrey Lawrence Ecker, MD

Dr. Jeffrey L. Ecker is a high-risk obstetrician and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Professor at Harvard Medical School. A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Medical School, he completed his OB/GYN residency at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and fellowships in maternal-fetal medicine and obstetrical ultrasound at the University of California in San Francisco.

Dr. Ecker has filled many leadership roles in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, including his past service as Chair of the Committee on Obstetric Practice and current Vice-Chair of the Committee on Genetics. Dr. Ecker is a Founding Member of the Massachusetts Perinatal Quality Collaborative and serves on the Perinatal Advisory Committee for Leapfrog, a national quality measurement organization. Recently, he has helped lead efforts to address care of women and families affected by substance use disorder during pregnancy.

Dr. Ecker's academic and clinical interests include work in the areas of reproductive ethics and quality, equity and safety. In each of those arenas, he works to identify and reduce, if not vanish, disparities in care and outcomes with a goal of providing all with truly equitable care.