Penn Medicine Provider
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Robin M. Skory, MD, PhD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Fertility Care

About me

  • Instructor A of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital
  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Skory is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Hernandez B, Tetlak P, Domingo-Muelas A, Akizawa H, Skory RM, Ardestani G, Biro M, Bissiere S, Sakkas D, Plachta N Actin organizes chromosomes and microtubules to ensure mitotic fidelity in the preimplantation embryo , Science: 2025


Skory RM Revisiting trophectoderm-inner cell mass lineage segregation in the mammalian preimplantation embryo. , Human Reprod, 39(9): 2024,1889-1898


Jason Treat, Kelsey Nowakowski, Ana Domingo-Muelas, Blake Hernandez, Robin Skory Illuminating the Human Embryo , National Geographic Magazine: 2024,82-83


Liu L, Oura S, Markham Z, Hamilton JN, Skory RM, Li L, Sakurai M, Wang L, Pinzon-Arteaga CA, Plachta N, Hon GC, Wu J Modeling post-implantation stages of human development into early organogenesis with stem-cell-derived peri-gastruloids. , Cell, 186(18):3776-3792.e16: 2023


Skory RM*, Domingo-Muelas A*, Moverley AA, Ardestani G, Pomp O, Rubio C, Tetlak P, Hernandez B, Rhon-Calderon EA, Navarro-Sanchez L, Garcia-Pascual CM, Bissiere S, Bartolomei MS, Sakkas D, Simon C, Plachta N Human embryo live-imaging reveals nuclear DNA shedding during blastocyst expansion and biopsy. , Cell, 186(15):3166-3181.e18: 2023


Skory RM*, Moverley AA*, Ardestani G, Alvarez YA, Domingo-Muelas A, Pomp O, Hernandez B, Tetlak P, Bissiere S, Stern CD, Sakkas D, Plachta N The nuclear lamina couples mechanical forces to cell fate in the preimplantation embryo via actin organization. , Nature Commun, 29(14): 2023,3101


Zhai J, Xu Y, Wan H, Yan R, Guo J, Skory R, Yan L, Wu X, Sun F, Chen G, Zhao W, Yu K, Li W, Guo F, Plachta N, Wang H Neurulation of the cynomolgus monkey embryo achieved from 3D blastocyst culture , Cell, 186(10): 2023,2078-2091


Pomp O, Grace Lim HY, Skory RM, Moverley AA, Tetlak P, Bissiere S, N Plachta N A monoastral mitotic spindle determines lineage fate and position in the mouse embryo. , Nature Cell Biology, 24(2): 2022,155-167


Skory RM, Xu Y, Shea LD, Woodruff TK Engineering the ovarian cycle using in vitro follicle culture. , Human Reprod, 30(6): 2015,1386-1395


Skory RM, Bernabé BP, Galdones E, Broadbelt LJ, Shea LD, Woodruff TK Microarray analysis identifies COMP as the most differentially regulated transcript throughout in vitro follicle growth. , Mole Reprod Dev, 80(2): 2013,132-144


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