Professor, Chairman
Texas Children's Hospital
Michael A. Belfort, MD, PhD is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, and Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital, in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Belfort did his graduate education at the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, earning his Basic Medical Degree (MBBCH: Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) in 1981. After his internship, he spent 2 years in the military where he was lucky enough to spend time in cardiovascular surgery
and emergency room medicine. He then did anesthesia training and earned a Diploma in Anesthesia before beginning his first residency in Ob/Gyn at the University of Cape Town, which he completed in 1989. He has a Post Graduate Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Cape Town awarded in 1990 for his thesis on Neonatal Brain Blood flow. He completed his second OB/Gyn residency at Baylor College of Medicine from 1989 – 1993 then did an MFM Fellowship from 1993-1995 at Baylor College of Medicine. After completing his MFM Fellowship, he did research in brain blood flow and autoregulation in pregnancy and in 2002 was awarded a PhD from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He lived in Utah for 14 years from 1997-2011 and worked at the University of Utah. In 2011 he returned to Baylor as Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn and Ob/Gyn-in-Chief at Texas Children's Hospital.
Dr. Belfort has more than 450 peer-reviewed publications in his areas of interest and holds two patents - one for a drain used in the management of malignant ascites in ovarian cancer, and a US Patent for a tamponade balloon system used in the management of postpartum hemorrhage.
For fun, Dr. Belfort enjoys aviation and holds a fixed-wing commercial pilot’s license and a private pilot helicopter license.