Robin M. Skory, MD, PhD

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Fertility Care
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Instructor A of Obstetrics and Gynecology

My education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of California San Francisco
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

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.
  • Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Skory is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Plachta N, Bissiere S, Domingo-Muelas A, Simon C, Skory RM, Hernandez B Advances with New Imaging Technologies , Atlas of Human Embryo Development https://www.scribd.com/document/909981009/Atlas-of-Human-Embryo-Development-Advances-With-New-Imaging-Technologies, DOI: 10.1201/9781003479505: 2026

Skory RM, Domingo-Muelas A, Declercq S, Vandenberghe W, Tetlak P, Hernandez B, Stoop D, Conine C, Biro M, Heindryckx B, Plachta N Capturing the events of mouse and human fertilization in real time. , resubmitted with minor revisions (Dev Cell): 2026

Akizawa H, Domingo-Muelas A, Pardo-Figuerez M, Hernandez B, Ardestani G, Skory RM, Venturas M, Tetlak P, Bissiere S, Sakkas D, Simon C, Plachta N Capturing aberrant cell behaviors producing defects in human embryos via live imaging , Science Advances, 11(47): 2025

Blake Hernandez, Piotr Tetlak, Ana Domingo-Muelas, Hiroki Akizawa, Robin M Skory, Goli Ardestani, Mate Biro, Xiaolei Liu, Stephanie Bissiere, Denny Sakkas, Nicolas Plachta Actin organizes chromosomes and microtubules to ensure mitotic fidelity in the preimplantation embryo. , Science, 388(6749): 2025

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

Treat J, Nowakowski K, Domingo-Muelas A, Hernandez B, Skory R 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

Domingo-Muelas A*, Skory RM*, 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

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