Meet Dr. Michael Vardy

Michael Vardy, MD, is the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. Dr. Vardy is a well-known and widely respected educator, author and researcher who comes to Saint Peter’s from Englewood Hospital where he served as director of Urogynecology for 21 years and for the past six as chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 2005, Dr. Vardy founded the fellowship program in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York City where he served as division and fellowship director and was promoted to associate professor.

Dr. Vardy graduated from the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv and completed his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. After three years as a practicing general obstetrician/gynecologist at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, he returned to Montefiore to complete a fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery/Urogynecology. He was awarded the June Alyson Award for his research on the effect of estrogen on the biomechanical properties of pelvic ligaments. At Saint Peter’s, he will also serve as the director of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Urogynecology is a subspecialty focused on diagnosing and treating pelvic floor disorders in women, such as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and pelvic pain. Pelvic reconstructive surgery is a major component, involving procedures to correct anatomical defects and restore normal pelvic anatomy and function.