David F. Archer, MD, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director of the Clinical Research Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). He completed his medical schooling at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1960. He is a member of the CONRAD program that is involved in developing combination products for contraception and prevention of heterosexual transmission of HIV. He is a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the North American Menopause Society, and the International Menopause Society. Dr. Archer has served on the Boards of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). He is a Board member of the Anne and Egon Diczfalusy Foundation. Dr. Archer has been President of the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI), and the North American Menopause Society. He is the recipient of a NAMS Award for Perimenopausal contraception, the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals Alan F. Guttmacher Award, and the Eastern Virginia Medical School Deans Award for Outstanding Research. He is on the Editorial Board of Menopause, Contraception, and Contraceptive Technology. His publications are related to hormones and menopause, contraception, and reproductive endocrinology. His current research is on the mechanisms involved in abnormal endometrial bleeding.
