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- As the chair of the department
of obstetrics and gynecology, I do several things.
I mentor junior faculty.
We teach medical students and residents.
We all, as a collective group,
try and take really good care of patients.
- Here at Weill Cornell Medicine,
patients are always at the center of everything I do,
from ensuring that they get the best care possible
to ensuring that they have the best experience possible.
- We have a robust simulation program that I lead,
where we focus on practicing the things that we worry about.
That is a real focus of what I do here.
- Patients who come to me for care at Weill Cornell Medicine
can expect complete and total care during the pregnancy,
and that includes not just the clinical
or physical aspects of pregnancy, but also emotional support
and subspecialty care where needed.
- We take care of women
who have had complications in their prior pregnancies,
like preterm birth, as well as those
who have unexpected problems arise
in their current pregnancy.
- We make sure that we take a personal approach to care
and we provide every patient extra attention
if they need it.
- We ensure that patients get a happy and safe experience
from the moment she enrolls for prenatal care.
We offer classes, give them education about childcare,
and when she comes in labor,
we ensure her a safe experience.
- We have a very strong commitment to ensuring
that women continue to get very close follow-up
and monitoring even after they've delivered the baby.
The six-week postpartum visit
really provides us an opportunity
to, first of all, make sure mom has recovered well,
to make sure she's bonding well with baby,
to screen for postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety.
For women who may not be recovering well physically,
we have connections with our urogynecologists
as well as area of pelvic floor physical therapists
to make sure that women can regain the function
that they expect and deserve after they had a baby,
- I work with a number of excellent
maternal fetal medicine specialists,
but I also get to work with
all of the other internal medicine,
rheumatology, hematology specialists
who are excellent in their field
and help me take the best care of my patients.
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- Pregnant women should come
to Weill Cornell Medicine for their obstetrical care
because we really are very careful and concerned
about the obstetrical care, but in addition to that,
we really are focused on giving all patients
a great patient experience.
- We have access to the leaders in all the specialties,
taking care of newborns from medicine to surgery,
to our neonatal intensive care unit.
- We work in teams and we make sure that we give
every patient individual care and support.
- We have generalists, anesthesiologists,
as well as critical care specialists.
- We take care of people, not numbers, not statistics,
and not just the patient, but their families.
- We look forward to working with the researchers here
at Weill Cornell Medicine because they are literally
on the forefront of amazing science.
- And doing research and discovering new things
will just benefit patients, not just here,
but even across the country, sometimes across the world.
- Developing a habit of consistent learning
and participating in research allow me
to really remain up-to-date
on all of the newest developments in our field.
I can then offer the highest quality care to our patients
and also teach residents and fellows
to also maintain this high standard.
- We believe strongly in taking care of the whole patient
and making sure that not only their emotional needs,
but their mental and physical needs are met.
- Because pregnancy and birth is such a special event,
to educate and have that close contact with my patients
is very important.
- I'm so fortunate here to be able to be a part of this
unbelievable moment for a patient.
And sometimes it's not just a moment;
it's an entire journey.
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