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Biography: Dr. Michelle Santoyo is a full time, board certified attending physician practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology. As of February 2019, she has joined Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates and is eager to serve the Mount Sinai community. Dr. Santoyo attended medical school at Albert Einstein School of Medicine, graduating in 2007. She completed her residency at North Shore University Hospital in 2011. After twelve years of clinical experience, Dr. Santoyo has developed superior surgical skills and obstetrical expertise, delivering professional and compassionate care to her patients. Dr. Santoyo understands a comprehensive approach to women's health. She enjoys incorporating lifestyle changes and encourages non-invasive approaches to treatment. Dr. Santoyo has a particular interest in obstetrics, family planning, and performing gynecologic operative hysteroscopies. She also enjoys working with adolescent and pediatric populations, emphasizing various preventative health care strategies in a comfortable and secure setting, while guiding young women to be advocates for their own health. Dr. Santoyo was honored to represent the junior fellow division of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She served as ACOG district chair for the region during her second and third years of residency In 2009, as a second-year resident, Dr Santoyo created a mentoring program between senior and intern residents. Once an attending at North Shore Hospital, she also served as a faculty mentor for minority students and as a clinical preceptor for many nurse practitioners. Dr. Santoyo is a very caring and supportive physician. She speaks fluent Spanish. She enjoys the outdoors, traveling, running, and CrossFit. She understands the demands placed on women and makes it her mission to promote their overall well being.

Biography: Dr. Katherine Husk is a board-certified Urogynecologist, specializing in the care of women with pelvic floor disorders, including care for conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence/accidental bowel leakage, bladder pain, pelvic pain, and urinary, and bowel dysfunction. She provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for these conditions, including non-surgical management, office-based procedures, and a range of surgical approaches including robotic, abdominal, and vaginal with both native-tissue and mesh augmented surgeries.Dr. Husk has a particular interest in medical education and completed a Master of Education in the Health Professions program which included a focused track in education research. She has significant experience with curriculum development, accreditation, evaluation, feedback, and assessment, and didactic education. She has also held roles with an education focus at both institutional and national levels. Her primary areas of interest for clinical research include patient experience and knowledge, patient counseling, patient outcomes, and medical education research, involving research related to the education of medical students, residents, and fellows.She completed her undergraduate education at Brown University (Providence, RI), medical school at New York University School of Medicine (New York, NY), Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA), and Urogynecology fellowship at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC). She additionally completed a Master of Education in the Health Professions through Johns Hopkins University. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urogynecology. Dr. Husk joined Weill Cornell Medicine in 2023 as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Husk worked in the division of Urogynecology at Albany Medical Center.

Biography: Ioana Livinti, MD is a board certified Ob/Gyn at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC and affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester. She graduated from "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, in 2010. During medical school she was offered the opportunity to practice in clinical electives internationally at Francois Rabelais University in Tours, France and at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, USA. Through her core rotations, she realized that a career in Obstetrics and Gynecology will be a perfect fit, as it incorporates her special interests in clinical care. The depth of knowledge in various diseases as well as a broad spectrum of skills needed in this specialty satisfied her intellectual curiosity. Dr. Livinti completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency in 2012 at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. Her training experiences include High Risk Obstetric Clinic, Fibroid Clinic, being part of a new Minimally Invasive and Robotics Program, and being a healthcare advocate for the underserved population. Dr. Livinti's involvement in education and research with medical students and residents, earned her a Resident Teaching Award from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Recognition of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery from AAGL in 2015. She graduated in 2016 from Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center in affiliation with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She was honored with the Moreau Award for Surgical Excellence and the Award for excellence, dedication and outstanding service. Dr. Livinti completed her fellowship of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2018. Shewas granted an Outstanding and Dedication Award in 2019 for making a difference in the community during her time as an attending physician. Dr. Livinti has been aWestchester County resident since 2012 and is looking forward to serving her communityat 696 White Plains Road Scarsdale, NY 10583. She is accepting new patients.