Fetal Medicine & Maternal Medicine Doctors near Yonkers, NY

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Biography: Dr. Jaclyn Coletta-Lucas is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) specialist. She focuses on the care and treatment of women with endocrine and rheumatologic disorders, as well as the more common medical conditions which complicate pregnancy such as hypertension and advanced maternal age. Dr. Coletta's clinical interests include prenatal screening and diagnosis. She has extensive training and experience performing ultrasound screening, fetal echocardiogram and diagnostic testing procedures such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling. Her past and current research focuses on first trimester screening, fetal heart rate monitoring and the prevention of preterm birth.

Biography: Russell Miller, MD is the Sloane Hospital for Women Professor of Prenatal Pediatrics (in Obstetrics and Gynecology) at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Miller's clinical and research interests include prenatal diagnosis, sonographic evaluation of fetal malformations, evaluation and management of complicated twin pregnancies, Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, and performing invasive fetal therapies. Dr. Miller completed his medical school education as well as residency and subspecialty fellowship training in Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) at Columbia University Medical Center. Among his many clinical and research awards and recognitions, he has been nominated as the Children's Hospital of New York Physician of the Year in three different years.

Biography: Dr. Aleha Aziz, MD is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist who practices in New York, NY. Dr. Aleha Aziz, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence.

Biography: Dr. Breslin is a member of the team of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) clinicians who provide invasive and non-invasive procedures for fetal diagnosis and therapy including amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, fetal blood sampling, in-utero transfusions and other invasive clinical procedures. Dr. Breslin's clinical and research interests include prenatal diagnosis, evaluation of fetal malformations and management of complicated multiple pregnancies. Dr. Breslin completed medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, following which she underwent specialty training in OBGYN at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital prior to moving to NYC. Dr. Breslin completed residency and subspecialty fellowship training in MFM at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Breslin has presented at national conferences and published several peer-reviewed research manuscripts and book chapters related to fetal procedures, clinical obstetrics and fetal diagnosis. Dr. Breslin is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Care Philosophy: We are committed to delivering the best care and an exceptional patient experience. We are devoted to providing services that are patient-centered and compassionate, and care for you as a person.

Biography: Jodi Lerner, MD is a member of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) division at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her areas of clinical expertise include ultrasound-guided puncture procedures, sonographic evaluation of benign and malignant ovarian masses, early fetal evaluation, including identification of multiples, and of fetal and placental abnormalities, and obstetric amniocentesis. She has won a national recognition in gynecologic sonography and tristate recognition for obstetric sonography. In addition to board certification in obstetrics and gynecology, she has completed post-residency training in obstetrics and gynecologic ultrasound. As the previous director of the obstetrics and gynecology residency program at Columbia, she uses her teaching and management skills effectively in interactions with colleagues and patients. Dr. Lerner has authored many publications, book chapters, and scientific abstracts. She is frequently invited to speak at national and international scientific meetings. Comments on her warm bedside manner and her engaging personality appear regularly on UrbanBaby, a message board and web resource for new parents and parents-to-be.

Biography: As the Chief of the Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) division and the Hillary Rodham Clinton Professor of Women's Health, Dr. Simpson supports a skilled team of physicians with expertise in maternal medicine, critical-care obstetrics, prenatal pediatrics, high-risk deliveries, and research, offering the best maternal and fetal care in the region. She also serves as a leader at CUIMC's Carmen and John Thain Center for Prenatal Pediatrics, where patients with pregnancies complicated by fetal malformations, genetic syndromes, or multiple gestations receive comprehensive, multidisciplinary care in a state-of-the-art facility. As former Director of CUIMC's Ob/Gyn Ultrasound program, she has assembled an outstanding group of sonographers and physicians to provide the best available sonographic imaging to women with high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Simpson's specialized training in fetal echocardiography complements her expertise in prenatal diagnosis. She performs invasive fetal procedures such as chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, fetal blood sampling, and others required in complex cases, including, fetoscopy and laser photocoagulation for twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Dr. Simpson has served on the board of directors for the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, and was a recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award in 2010.

Biography: Whitney A. Booker, MD, MS is a double-board certified physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, nationally recognized for providing care in prenatal fetal diagnosis and high-risk maternal medicine. She specializes in advanced ultrasound imaging, prenatal diagnostic genetic testing and treatment of women with rare medical conditions in pregnancy. In addition to her clinical care, Dr. Booker is a physician-scientists with multiple sources of University and NIH grant funding, with a research focus on cardiovascular disease and hypertension in pregnancy. Beyond her interest in hypertension, Dr. Booker also specializes in pregnancies of women conceived by IVF, advanced maternal age and various other rare maternal medical conditions. Additionally, she is trained in cerclage placement and takes care of pregnancies at risk for preterm birth. Dr. Booker is a proud graduate of Columbia's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS '05), where she received her undergraduate BS in Biomedical Engineering. She was a nationally recruited Division I athlete at Columbia, where she was recognized as an All-Ivy League lacrosse player. She attended medical school in Chicago at University of Illinois, where she was an active member and served in multiple leadership roles in the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), leading initiatives in supporting Black and Latino medical students and concurrently addressing the needs of underserved patients in the urban community. Dr. Booker went on to complete residency in New York City at Mt. Sinai Hospital, where she was selected for the Gold Humanism Society in recognition of her excellence in humanistic patient care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to teaching and service. Following residency, she returned to Columbia, where she completed a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine in 2019. She as served as faculty at Columbia since 2019, where she as developed a busy clinical practice, providing consultation and prenatal care to women with high-risk pregnancies. Her national leadership experience, research, and rigorous clinical training has supported her passion and dedication to reducing ethnic and racial disparities in maternal health in the community.

Biography: Dr. Sheen is the Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She entered the field of maternal-fetal medicine after an established career in general obstetrics and gynecology and education, having received her medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and followed with residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College. She then practiced general obstetrics and gynecology and was the Associate Residency Director at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center prior to pursuing her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Her experience with varying maternal medical and fetal disorders contributed to her interest in pursuing formal training in perinatology. During fellowship, Dr. Sheen continued her work with maternal medical disorders, obstetrics and gynecology education, patient safety and the quality assessment of patient care, besides developing her interests in evaluating fetal anomalies. Her research and interests have included studies of progesterone use in preventing preterm labor in patients with varying medical co-morbidities, radiologic imaging for evaluating pulmonary emboli in pregnancy, postpartum emergency room utilization, epigenetics of diabetes and obesity, as well as patient safety and resident education through simulation/hand-off training.

Biography: Lisa Nathan, MD, MPH is theChief of Obstetrics, Sloane Hospital for Women, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at CUMC. She completed her Ob/Gyn residency training at Montefiore/Einstein and stayed on to work for several years as an academic generalist. During this time, she founded the Global Women's Health Program for the Department with grant support from the Einstein Global Health Center and the U.S. Fulbright African Regional Research Program. Dr. Nathan also founded Einstein's Departmental Health Equity Task Force. The goal of this task force was to create a Departmental culture and workforce that understands the concepts of health disparities and structural racism, recognizes the ways in which society and the health system promote them, and works proactively to dismantle them. In addition to her clinical and administrative duties, Dr Nathan is also active within ACOG, where she is a member of the Safe Motherhood Initiative Steering Committee. She was the Chair of the Maternal Sepsis Bundle workgroup and is a current member of the Health Equity Subcommittee. She also serves as a consultant to the New York City Department of Health, where she serves as the Co-Chair of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. In this role, she reviews events leading to maternal mortality for the majority of cases occurring in New York City. These reviews form the basis for the development of recommendations for city and state level initiatives to combat the root causes of the high maternal mortality rates in New York City.

Biography: Blair Johnson Wylie, MD, MPH, is the Founding Director of The Collaborative for Women's Environmental Health at Columbia University and the Virgil G. Damon Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She also serves as the obstetric consultant to Region 1's Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Network (PEHSU). Dr. Wylie received her bachelor's degree from Princeton University and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She studied epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where she received her master's in public health. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington Medical Center and a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Wylie's clinical practice encompasses the full range of maternal-fetal medicine, including prenatal diagnosis and ultrasound, high risk obstetric conditions, caring for pregnant women hospitalized during pregnancy, and deliveries. She also offers women and their families consultation about how environmental exposures can impact the health of pregnancy and the developing fetus. In addition to her clinical and administrative roles, Dr. Wylie conducts research with a focus on global maternal/child health, with a particular interest in environmental exposures during pregnancy in international settings, such as smoke from cooking fires, pesticides from subsistence farming, and climate-related factors like heat and air pollution. She has ongoing projects in Ghana, Tanzania, Pakistan and India. She is co-Principal Investigator for Columbia University/Aga Khan University Research Unit in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research. She previously chaired the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's Global Health Committee and now chairs the Foundation for SMFM's Queenan Fellowships for Global Health. Additionally, she recently completed a three-year term on the Board for the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Biography: Stephanie Purisch, MD is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She joined the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Columbia after completing residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Purisch is the co-director of the Mothers Center Heart Program, which provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary clinical care to women with cardiovascular disease who are pregnant or contemplating pregnancy. Dr. Purisch's primary clinical and research interest is the care of women with medically complicated pregnancies. In addition to cardiac disease in pregnancy, she also has expertise caring for pregnant women with underlying maternal pulmonary, endocrine, rheumatologic, and hematologic diseases.