Ob/Gyn Dispatches During COVID-19

Each day during the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll share an update from a member of our team in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. This is a collection of all the letters to date, from faculty leaders in our department and others.

  • March 25, 2020: Arnold P. Advincula, MD, Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Specialty Surgery at NYP/CUIMC
  • March 26, 2020: Jason D. Wright, MD, Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at NYP/CUIMC
  • March 27, 2020: Anna Burgansky, MD, Chief of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/Lawrence Hospital
  • March 28, 2020: Rini B. Ratan, MD, Vice Chair of Education and Residency Program Director in the Department of Ob/Gyn
  • March 30, 2020: Ronald J. Wapner, MD, Vice Chair of Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology for CUIMC
  • March 31, 2020: Zev Williams, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 1, 2020: Katarina Eisinger, MD, Chief of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 2, 2020: Dara Matseoane-Peterssen, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/Allen Hospital
  • April 3, 2020: Lynn Simpson, MD, Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 5, 2020: Russ Miller, MD, Director of the Center for Prenatal Pediatrics and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 6, 2020: Meera Garcia, MD, Chief of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/Hudson Valley Hospital
  • April 7, 2020: Richard L. Berkowitz, MD, Director of Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 8, 2020: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, MSc, Ellen Jacobson Levine and Eugene Jacobson Professor of Women's Health at CUIMC
  • April 9, 2020: Eric J. Forman, MD, Medical and Laboratory Directory at Columbia University Fertility Center
  • April 10, 2020: Dana Feinberg-Gerard, Medical Education Coordinator in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at CUIMC
  • April 12, 2020: Anonymous
  • April 14, 2020: Carolyn Westhoff, MD, MSc, Chief of the Division of Family Planning at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 15, 2020: Helai Hesham, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 16, 2020: Chia-Ling Nhan-Chang, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 17, 2020: Catherine Monk, PhD, Professor of Medical Psychology in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Psychiatry, and Director of the Women’s Mental Health @Ob/Gyn initiative
  • April 20, 2020: Jean-Ju Sheen, MD, Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 21, 2020: Michelle DiVito, Senior Director of Research Administration in the Department of Ob/Gyn at CUIMC
  • April 22, 2020: Ashanda Saint Jean, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/CUIMC and Director of Ob/Gyn of the Ambulatory Care Network for NYP/CUIMC
  • April 23, 2020: Arnold P. Advincula, MD, Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Specialty Surgery at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 24, 2020: Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellows
  • April 27, 2020: Sabine Bousleiman, RN, MSN, MSPH, Program Director in Research in the Department of Ob/Gyn at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 29, 2020: Beth Rackow, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYP/CUIMC
  • April 30, 2020: Aaron Praiss, MD, PGY-3 and Sbaa Syeda, MD. PGY-3
  • May 4, 2020: Daniel Hill, IT support in the Department of Ob/Gyn at NYP/CUIMC
  • May 6, 2020: Heather Osborne, MA, CNM, Ob/Gyn NP, RN, Clinical Nurse Director in the Department of Ob/Gyn at NYP/CUIMC
  • May 8, 2020: B. Isabel Bogdan, DNP, nurse practitioner specializing in perinatal care in the Department of Ob/Gyn at NYP/CUIMC
  • May 11, 2020: Ashley Tedone, NP, nurse practitioner in the Division of Family Planning in the Department of Ob/Gyn at NYP/CUIMC
  • May 13, 2020: Paula Brady, MD, Director of Oncofertility at Columbia University Fertility Center and Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn at NYP/CUIMC
  • May 15, 2020: Dena Goffman, MD, Chief of Obstetrics and Associate Chief Quality Officer for Obstetrics at NYP/CUIMC
  • May 20, 2020: Pavan Ananth, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at CUIMC and NYP/Hudson Valley Hospital
  • May 27, 2020: Janice J. Aubey, MD, Medical Director of the Postpartum Service at NYP/CUIMC
  • June 1, 2020: Charlie Asencio, Division Administrator for Westchester in the Department of Ob/Gyn at NYP/CUIMC
  • June 10, 2020: Pearl J. Lim, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at CUMC and NYP/Lawrence Hospital