Dr Steven Fleischman: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Immediate Past President
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal, Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
Who Dr Steven Fleischman is
Dr Steven J. Fleischman, MD, MBA, FACOG, is the immediate past president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), having served as its 76th president from May 2025. He is an obstetrician-gynaecologist in private practice as managing partner of Sound Obstetrics and Gynecology, and serves as associate chief of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is also an associate clinical professor in the department of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale University School of Medicine, where he is involved in resident and medical student education. He trained at Albany Medical College and completed his residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, and in 2021 received an MBA from Southern Connecticut State University. During his presidency he called publicly for the defence of reproductive rights and abortion access, framing this as a core professional responsibility of ob-gyns.
“After Trump suggested, without sound evidence, that women who take Tylenol during pregnancy risk causing autism in their children, Fleishman called such suggestions 'highly unsettling'. After the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened a panel focused on the risks of taking antidepressants during pregnancy, Fleischman slammed it as 'alarmingly unbalanced'. And after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stopped recommending Covid vaccines for pregnant women, Fleischman accused its vaccine advisory committee of failing to follow 'longstanding tradition of robust, unbiased review of reputable scientific evidence'.”
References for this biography
- 1.Immediate Past President – Steven J. Fleischman | ACOG — Current role, clinical positions at Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine, career history within ACOG and the Connecticut State Medical Society
- 2.ACOG Inaugurates Steven J. Fleischman, MD, MBA, FACOG, as 76th President | ACOG — Inauguration as 76th ACOG president in May 2025; his advocacy for reproductive rights and abortion access in his inaugural address; educational background
- 3.Media Center | ACOG — ACOG organisational press contact details
- 4.Steven Fleischman, MD | Yale School of Medicine — Confirms his affiliation with Yale School of Medicine
- 5.ACOG 2025: Steven Fleischman, MD, Inaugurated as 76th President | Patient Care Online — Independent press coverage of his inauguration and public statements at the ACOG 2025 meeting
Notable achievements
- Inaugurated as the 76th president of ACOG at the organisation's Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting in Minneapolis in May 2025. Source ↗
- Served as ACOG national treasurer and District I chair before becoming president-elect, following roles including Ob-GynPAC Committee chair and Early-Career Fellow at large on the ACOG board of directors. Source ↗
- Served as legislative chair of the Connecticut State Medical Society for seven years and subsequently as chair of its governing board. Source ↗
What Dr Steven Fleischman has said
“Today's announcement … is not backed by the full body of scientific evidence and dangerously simplifies the many and complex causes of neurologic challenges in children.”
President of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Learning disability & autism · 27 Aug 2026 · Trump news at a glance: president’s attack on acetaminophen criticized by experts as ‘irresponsible’ ↗
“Suggestions that acetaminophen use in pregnancy causes autism are not only highly concerning to clinicians but also irresponsible when considering the harmful and confusing message they send to pregnant patients, including those who may need to rely on this beneficial medicine during pregnancy.”
president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) · Learning disability & autism · 27 Aug 2026 · Experts alarmed as Trump pushes unproven link between Tylenol and autism ↗
“The conditions that people use acetaminophen to treat during pregnancy are far more dangerous than any theoretical risks and can create severe morbidity and mortality for the pregnant person and the fetus.”
president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Learning disability & autism · 27 Aug 2026 · Trump’s absurd Tylenol claims heighten the suffering of pregnant women in the US | Moira Donegan ↗
Where Dr Steven Fleischman has been quoted
- Meet the OB-GYNs fighting back against Trump’s ‘guerrilla war on science’theguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
- Trump news at a glance: president’s attack on acetaminophen criticized by experts as ‘irresponsible’theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
- Experts alarmed as Trump pushes unproven link between Tylenol and autismtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
- Trump’s absurd Tylenol claims heighten the suffering of pregnant women in the US | Moira Donegantheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
Contact & links
- Staff pagehttps://www.acog.org/about/leadership-and-governance/board-of-directors/steven-j-fleischman-md
- LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-fleischman-md-mba-1a81665/
- Press office emailcommunications@acog.orgpublished here ↗
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