Linoy Batsri, MD

Biography

Linoy Batsri, MD, is a Fetal Intervention Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, working within the Division of Fetal Intervention. She earned her medical degree at Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where her doctoral dissertation focused on the role of glucagon in type 2 diabetes.

Following her internship at Tel Aviv Medical Center, she completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, and became board certified in Israel. She went on to subspecialty training as a fetal medicine specialist at Sheba before joining UTHealth Houston in 2024.

Dr. Batsri’s clinical and research interests include high-risk pregnancies, fetal therapy, and complications of multiple gestations, particularly selective fetal growth restriction and monochorionic twin outcomes. She has authored and co-authored publications in Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and contributed a book chapter on vanishing twin syndrome. She has also participated in multicenter studies on selective fetal growth restriction and twin pregnancy outcomes.

At UTHealth Houston, Dr. Batsri is advancing research in fetoscopic spina bifida repair using human umbilical cord as a meningeal patch. Her current projects evaluate:

• Neuroanatomical changes at the repair site on 12-month MRI after fetoscopic repair
• Feasibility and infant outcomes following laparotomy-assisted fetoscopic repair
• Long-term functional outcomes, including predictors of ambulation at 30 months

Dr. Batsri has presented internationally at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG), and the Israel Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine. She received the Best Short Oral Presentation Award at ISUOG 2018 in Singapore. In addition, she has served as a clinical instructor for medical students at Tel Aviv University and is committed to advancing both research and education in maternal-fetal medicine.