Yasaswi Kislovskiy, MD, MSc is a board-certified OB/Gyn who has completed a fellowship in Reproductive Infectious Disease. She is an American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) Specialist and was a past recipient of the US Public Health Service national excellence in public health award. She also holds a Masters of Science in Health Services Research. She is the Director of Reproductive Infectious Disease at Allegheny Health Network. She conducts qualitative and community-based participatory research. Her research works to advance the rights of people who are combating marginalization and to mitigate health disparities, especially related to sexually transmitted diseases/HIV.
Education & Training
BSc. Individual concentration program, “Illness, Health, and Inequality” Environment minor, University of Michigan, 2010
Doctorate of Medicine, Michigan State University, 2015
Master of Science in Health Services Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2021
Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 2019
Fellow, Reproductive Infectious Disease, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 2021
Awards
University of Michigan, Minority Health Conference, First Place Poster Award, 2010
University of Michigan, University Honors, 2010
Michigan State University, The Graduate School, Research Enhancement Fellowship, 2014
Michigan State University, Graduate Conference, Second Place Oral Presentation Award, 2014
Alpha Omega Honor Society Induction, 2015
Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction, 2015
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Women in Medicine Scholarship, 2015
United States Public Health Service, Excellence in Public Health Award, 2015
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Junior Resident Award for Excellence in Family Planning, 2016
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Best Teaching Resident, Honorable Mention, 2017
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Quality Symposium, Third Place Poster Award, 2018
Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI), Clinical Trainee Research Award, 2020
Representative Publications
- Otto EA, Tory K, Attanasio M, Zhou W, Chaki M, Paruchuri Y, Wise EL, Wolf MF, Utsch B, Becker C, Nürnberg G, Nürnberg P, Nayir A, Saunier S, Antignac C, Hildebrandt F. Hypomorphic Mutations in Meckelin (MKS3/TMEM67) cause Nephronopthisis with Liver Fibrosis. J Med Gen. 2009 Oct;46(10):663-670. PMID: 19508969.
- Paruchuri Y, Siuniak A, Johnson N, Levin E, Mitchell K, Goodrich JM, Renne EP, Basu N. Occupational and environmental mercury exposure among small-scale gold miners in the Talensi-Nabdam District of Ghana’s Upper East region. Sci Total Environ. 2010 Nov 15;408(24):6079-85. PMID: 20875913.
- De Vries RG, Paruchuri Y, Lorenz K, Vedam S. Moral science: ethical argument and the production of knowledge about place of birth. J Clin Ethics. 2013;24(3):225-38. PMID: 24282850.
- Paruchuri Y. Virginia Apgar: Our Jimmy. Hekt Int J of Med Hum [Internet], 6(3): 2014 Jun. Available from: http://hekint.org/virginia-apgar-our-jimmy/
- Kislovskiy Y, Chappell C, Flaherty E, Hamm ME, Cameron F de A, Krans EE, Chang JC. Experiences and Perspectives From Women Taking Investigational Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus During Pregnancy. Subst Abuse. 2021;15. PMID: 34602820
- Kislovskiy Y, Chappell C, Flaherty E, Hamm ME, Cameron F de A, Krans EE, Chang JC. Motives and risk perceptions of participants in a phase 1 trial for Hepatitis C Virus investigational therapy in pregnancy. Research Ethics [Internet]. SAGE Publications Ltd; 2021 Dec 15; Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161211066159
- Butler SK, Kislovskiy Y, Bunge K, Wiesenfeld HC. Implementing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Women: The Role of the Obstetrician Gynecologist. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology [Internet]. 2021 Dec. PMID: 34973180