Eric Vilain

Dr. Eric Vilain is a professor of human genetics, pediatrics and urology and chief of medical genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and he is an expert on the genetics of sexual development, including disorders of sex development.

Vilain has been quoted frequently in the media on the subject of athletes whose gender is ambiguous and on the International Olympic Committee’s efforts to address this issue. He is a member of the IOC panel on hyperandrogenism (the high production of androgen, a male sex hormone) in female athletes.