Dr. Leon G. Smith, Jr.

Board of Trustees

Career Profile:  Dr. Leon Smith is the Director of Maternal/Fetal Medicine of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and is a member of the New Jersey Perinatal Associates. Dr. Smith is board-certified in both Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine and has been named a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly, New York Magazine, NJ Monthly, and Inside Jersey.  Dr. Smith’s research interests include prenatal diagnosis and obstetrical infections. He has extensive experience contributing to peer-reviewed journal articles and presenting lectures on a variety of topics in his field, including HIV in pregnancy, multiple gestations, and preconception and prenatal counseling. 

His professional memberships and affiliations include:

• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• American Medical Association
• Infectious Disease Society of America
• The Academy of Medicine of NJ
• Essex County Medical Society 
• Medical Society of NJ
• Perinatal Association of NJ
• New Jersey Maternal-Fetal Medicine Society

Education:  Dr. Smith received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and went on to complete his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

He then completed his fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas in 1991.