Laura Macisaac, MD, MPH

Laura MacIsaac, MD, MPH, is an obstetrics and gynecology specialist, complex family planning board certified sub-specialist and a menopause certified practitioner. She is a professor in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and previously served as the Vice Chair and Residency Program Director at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Her expertise encompasses gynecology, family planning (complex contraception, miscarriage, and abortion care), as well as menopause.

Dr. MacIsaac has created and led family planning training programs in academic medical centers throughout New York City. She is a distinguished medical educator as the first recipient of the Ryan Residency Training Grant for Family Planning and recognized with national as well as institutional teaching awards. She also served on the CDC’s expert working group for the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria and U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use. She participates in national and regional roles within the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented her work at national and international conferences.

Dr. MacIsaac received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College and her medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and completed a fellowship in family planning at the University of California, San Francisco. With the support of an ACOG Women’s Health Policy Award, she completed an Executive Master in Public Health in Health Policy and Management from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

She is the 2024-2025 President of the New York Obstetrical Society and serves as both practitioner and consultant for various telemedicine platforms focused on women's health. In her global public health work, she is a practitioner and Board member of Soft Power Health in Uganda and a Board Examiner for the Fellowship in Complex Family Planning at the St. Paul’s Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.