Robin M. Skory, MD, PhD
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Fertility Care
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, National
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine, National
- Society for Reproductive Investigation, International
- Penn Reproductive Endocrinology Services
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