Georges Sylvestre, MD

Dr. Georges Sylvestre is an expert in helping women who are at high risk for pregnancy complications to manage the journey from conception through childbirth. He finds it highly rewarding to help make the birth experience a positive and joyous one.Born in France, Dr. Sylvestre spent most of his childhood and young adulthood in Montréal, Canada. He has been certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, as well as by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Sylvestre’s clinical interests revolve around medical complications of pregnancy, such as hypertension, diabetes, lupus, multifetal pregnancies, and IVF pregnancies. Dr. Sylvestre has held several clinical and leadership positions in the New York City area and worked at Weill Cornell Medicine between 2004 and 2010. Dr. Sylvestre enjoys teaching medical students and residents and has won several teaching awards. Author of several peer-reviewed articles and a textbook chapter, he is frequently invited as guest lecturer in the New York City area and abroad.     In his free time, Dr. Sylvestre enjoys yoga, opera, and traveling the world with his family. As a recent altruistic kidney donor, he stresses the importance of health optimization before and during pregnancy, during the postpartum period, and beyond.A graduate of McGill University, in Montreal, Dr. Sylvestre received his M.D. from the McGill University Faculty of Medicine (1992). His post-doctoral training included a five-year residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at McGill (1997), and a Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City (2000).

Languages Spoken: English