Dr. Yolanda R. Smith, MD

About

Yolanda Smith’s three named clinical interests read like a map of one woman’s reproductive lifespan: polycystic ovary syndrome in the childbearing years, menopause management later, and in between a research line almost no fertility clinic advertises — the cognitive effects of reproductive hormones. She is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan, with extensive expertise in reproductive endocrinology and infertility and decades of experience in academic medicine.

She also practices bilingually, seeing patients in English and Spanish — a documented feature of her profile, not an add-on, and a concrete advantage for Spanish-speaking patients navigating hormone therapy or fertility treatment.

Her training: MD from Wake Forest School of Medicine, obstetrics and gynecology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship at the University of Michigan, where she has stayed on as faculty.

Clinical Expertise

• PCOS: one of her three named areas, covering the most common endocrine cause of ovulatory infertility
• Menopause management: symptom assessment and hormone therapy decisions, a named clinical focus
• Reproductive hormones and cognition: her research-side interest — how hormone changes across a woman’s life affect cognitive function
• Female infertility: full reproductive endocrinology evaluation within the Center for Reproductive Medicine’s service lineup

Why Choose Dr. Smith

Lifespan coverage from one professor. PCOS, menopause and hormone-cognition research on a single CV means the specialist who manages your cycles and the specialist who thinks about your later hormone health can be the same person.

Decades in academic medicine. Her profile states long-standing experience at a university center, where complex endocrine cases concentrate.

Spanish-speaking care. Her bilingual practice is documented in her profile — consultations, not just brochures, in Spanish.

Professional Affiliations

Smith’s documented affiliation is her professorship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan, practicing within the SART-reported Center for Reproductive Medicine (ClinicPKID 2299). Her three named interests — PCOS, menopause, and hormones and cognition — place her work at the overlap of reproductive endocrinology and midlife women’s health; our sources record the appointments and interests, not further society offices.

Suitable For

• PCOS patients: anovulation, metabolic features and fertility planning under a named specialist interest
• Menopause and hormone therapy decisions: a documented clinical focus, useful when you want the benefits-and-risks conversation from a reproductive endocrinologist
• Complex reproductive endocrine cases: decades of academic-medicine experience at a referral center
• Spanish-speaking patients: a bilingual professor who covers the PCOS-to-menopause arc in either language