Dr. David Bryant
Frank P. Iacobell Associate Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Interim Division Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Specialist-In-Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel Women's Hospital, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Biography
Dr. Bryant graduated from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio with departmental honors in biological sciences and from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. He completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at William Beaumont Hospital winning the Harold Longyear Award for the most outstanding graduating resident. He then completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Wayne State University/Hutzel Woman’s Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. After completing subspecialty medical training in 1997, he was an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Ohio, a senior staff physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and Director of Obstetrics at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Currently, Dr. Bryant is an Associate Professor at Wayne State University/Hutzel Women’s Hospital, the Chief of Obstetrics for the Detroit Medical Center, and the Interim Division Director for Maternal-Fetal Medicine for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His clinical activities cover the breadth and depth of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. His main clinical interests include labor and delivery care of both normal and high-risk pregnancies, operative vaginal delivery, and the clinical care of maternal medical conditions, especially maternal diabetes and opioid use disorder. He particularly enjoys teaching residents and fellows in the clinical setting. Since 2016, he has been presented with the Carl Christensen Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching, the Clinical Attending of the Year, the Outstanding Research Award, and the Sidney Bottoms, MD Award for Excellence in Research Mentorship.
Specialties
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Awards and Honors
- March 2021 – Current: Appointed Interim Division Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- January 2021 – Current: Voted onto the Chair’s Search Committee, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University
- July 2019: Sidney Bottoms, MD Award for Excellence in Research Mentorship Faculty
- June 2019: America’s Most Honored Professionals 2019
- April 2019 – Current: Appointed Chief of Obstetrics for the Detroit Medical Center
- 2018–2019: DMC Outstanding Research Award, Faculty Mentor
- July 2018: DMC’s Most Engaged Physician
- 2017–2018: The Carl Christensen Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching
- 2017-2018: The Best Doctors in America List
- 2016-2017: DMC Clinical Attending of the Year – Hutzel Hospital
- 2015-2016: The Carl Christensen Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching
Undergraduate
B.S., Integrated Life Sciences, Kent State University Kent, OH, 1987
Medical
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH 1991
Residency
Obstetrics and Gynecology, William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI, 1991 -1995
Fellowships
Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 1995 - 1997
Research
Diabetes, Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy, Intrapartum Care
Other Information
French-speaking
