David Bryant Jr., M.D., has been named the Frank P. Iacobell Endowed chair of the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His appointment is effective Sept. 1.

Dean Wael Sakr, M.D., announced the appointment Aug. 19.

Dr. Bryant, an associate professor of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and member of the WSU faculty since 1995, is the interim director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and chief of Obstetrics for Hutzel Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Bryant has a long affiliation with the department, both as a faculty member and as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow. He has extensive experience in the field, having served as co-director of the Eleanor Hutzel Recovery Clinic, medical director of the Southfield Obstetrics and Gynecology Office, a staff physician with Wayne Health (and its forerunner, the Wayne State University Physician Group), medical director of Obstetrics for Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast and medical director of Obstetrics/Maternal-Fetal Medicine for St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, and senior staff physician and medical director of the Maternal Special Care/Antenatal Unit at Henry Ford Hospital.

A board-certified diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, with Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialty certification, he is a member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

He has extensive experience teaching and mentoring medical students, residents and fellows, and has received numerous awards for teaching and research mentorship.

Dr. Bryant received his bachelor’s degree in Integrated Life Science from Kent State University in 1987, and his medical degree from the Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine in 1991. He completed an Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in 1995, followed by a Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at WSU in 1997.

Dr. Bryant replaces Stanley Berry, M.D., who has served as interim chair of the department since March 2021.