Prof. Gloria A. Bachmann

Associate Dean for Women’s Health
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor of Medicine

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ-RWJMS)
125 Paterson Street, CAB-Room 2104
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
732-235-7633 (P), 732-868-3672 (Beeper), 732-235-8302 (fax)
Gloria.Bachmann@umdnj.edu

Dr. Bachmann is a well-known authority on women, especially in the areas of midlife and menopausal health and sexual function. She holds numerous professional positions at UMDNJ-RWJMS including the Director of the Women’s Health Institute and Chief of the OB/GYN Service at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Dr. Bachmann currently serves on the editorial board of the journals The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Maturitas, Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Menopause, Medical Crossfire and Women’s Health in Primary Care. She has published extensively and has over 300 articles and chapters in the medical literature. Dr. Bachmann is actively involved in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), an organization in which she had held several offices.

Her excellence in advancing the health care field has been recognized by the profession, which has accorded her numerous awards. Honors include the Issue of the Year Award by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Best Scientific Paper at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Editorial Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Editorial Board of Managing Menopause and numerous awards from UMDNJ, such as Best Teacher Award, Family Medicine and the American Medical Women’s Association Gender Equity Award. In 2005, she was chosen by the American Medical Women’s Association as a 2005 National Library of Congress “Local Legend” from New Jersey and in 2006 was inducted into the Master Educator Guild of UMDNJ.

In 1995, Dr. Bachmann was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Middlesex County Commission on the Status of Women and in 1996 was selected by the Delaware-Raritan Girl Scout Council to receive “The World of Women” Girl Scout Award. For eight consecutive years (1996-2003), Dr. Bachmann has mentored OB/GYN residents, medical students and PhD students in research trials and these projects have gone on to be awarded national recognition such as the prestigious Woodrow Wilson/ Johnson and Johnson Award in 2003. In 2000, she was honored by both the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Women’s Health & Counseling Center for her advancing the health care field.

Dr. Bachmann was honored by ACOG as a recipient of the 2001-2002 President’s Community Service Award. In 2002, she was given the New Jersey Academy of Medicine’s Educator Award and awarded the Humanitarian Award from the Hemophilia Association of New Jersey. Also in that year, ACOG placed the teaching video on bone health prepared by her into the ACOG Video Hall of Fame. In 2003, Dr. Bachmann received an Award of Excellence from the Women’s Heart Foundation. As well, she mentored the resident in the Ob/Gyn department who won the first place for research in 2003. In September 2003, she was honored by the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) for her pioneering vaginal health research. In May 2004, Dr. Bachmann and her research team won second prize at the annual ACOG meeting for their teaching video on vulvodynia. In October 2004, she was honored by Women Helping Women for her contributions towards women’s health and in 2005 was appointed to the ACOG Patient Education Committee. Since 2005 she also has been serving on the N.J. Governor’s Women’s Health Advisory Commission. She is also serves on the Clinical Advisory Committee for the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and the National Women’s Health Resource Center. In 2006 she was inducted into the National Library of Medicine as a Local Legend Female physician as well as being selected by UMDNJ as a Master Educator. Last year she was honored by the Rutgers-Newark Alumnae Society.

Dr. Bachmann earned her BA from Rutgers University, an M.M.S. degree from Rutgers Medical School and an M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.