Purnima Garg
<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India<br />Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (Family Medicine)</p>
<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India<br />Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (Family Medicine)</p>
General Obstetrics and Gynecology<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Monica Foreman-Hyacinthe, MD, is Medical Site Director, Scarsdale Women's Center and Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on general obstetrics and gynecology.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in psychobiology from Yale University in 1984, Dr. Foreman-Hyacinthe earned her Doctor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1988. She then completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 1992.</p><p>Dr. Foreman-Hyacinthe is a Diplomate of The American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a member of the National Medical Association. In 2022, Dr. Foreman-Hyacinthe was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for excellence in the teaching of medical students. She has served as a panelist for health topics on breast cancer, cervical cancer, fibroids, menopause and preventive healthcare.</p>
Dr. Danvers is a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist with sub-specialty training in Complex Family Planning. She provides full scope of family planning services including office-based family planning procedures, IUD and Implant management and complex contraception.
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Dr. Danvers research interest includes improving access to health services such as abortion and contraception as well as PrEP uptake by people at risk for HIV acquisition.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in left .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Murphy EC, <strong>Danvers A</strong>, Zamudio AR, Avila K, Proehl M, Gonzalez-Argoti T, Mantell JE, Bauman LJ, Dolan SM. "Being able to do whatever you wanna do as a woman is important:" a qualitative exploration of contraception as a frame of reference for HIV prevention with PrEP. Reprod Health. 2022 Apr 7. PMID: 35392943</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in left .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ndubisi, CA; <strong>Danvers, A;</strong> Gold MA; Morrow, L; Westhoff, CL. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Auricular acupuncture as an adjunct for pain management during first-trimester abortion: a randomized, double-blinded, three arm trial, Contraception, Volume 99, Issue 3, 143 – 147, 2019 Mar. PMID: 30529393</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Danvers AA</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, Stuart GS, Bryant AG. Lawsuits against Mirena®: potential impact on public health. Contraception. 2014 Jun;89(6):489-92. PMID: 24768305</span></p>
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<p>Dr. Collins-Ogle's clinical focus is on the implementation of strategies to promote care for infants, children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS.<br /></p>
Dr. Collins-Ogle’s research focuses on different modes of delivery of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in adolescents and youth. She also works with the pediatric and adult infectious disease teams at Montefiore to better understand sexually transmitted infections’ impact in adolescents and susceptibility to HIV acquisition.
<p>Michelle Collins-Ogle, MD, FAAP, is Attending Pediatrician, Infectious Diseases and Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on the implementation of strategies to promote care for infants, children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS.</p><p>In 1982, Dr. Collins-Ogle received her Bachelor of Science in biology at the University of Michigan. She then attended Wayne State University School of Medicine, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 1986. She began her postgraduate training in 1986 and spent the following five years at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan completing an internship, residency and fellowship. </p><p>Dr. Collins-Ogle’s research focuses on different modes of delivery of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in adolescents and youth. She also works with the pediatric and adult infectious disease teams at Montefiore to better understand sexually transmitted infections’ impact in adolescents and susceptibility to HIV acquisition. Her work has been published in many peer-reviewed journals and books and has been presented nationally. </p><p>In 2015, she received the Linda Bell Award for Advocacy in HIV/AIDS presented by the North Carolina Community AIDS Fund. The following year, she received the Emerald Award for Contributions in Health and Human Services from LINKS, Inc. Dr. Collins-Ogle was selected to serve on the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS for the Obama administration 2014-2016. </p><p>Dr. Collins-Ogle is a member of a number of professional societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.</p>
Gastrointestinal pathology including transplant liver pathology
Gastrointestinal pathology and liver pathology
<p>Sun M. Chung, MD, is Director, Pathology Medical Education and Assistant Professor, Pathology at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on gastrointestinal pathology, including transplant liver pathology.</p><p>After earning her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Chicago in 1999, Dr. Chung completed a surgical internship at Stanford University in 2000. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2004, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Following this, Dr. Chung completed a gastrointestinal pathology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2005.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Chung’s research is focused on gastrointestinal pathology and liver pathology. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.</p><p>Dr. Chung is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. In 2004, she won the Distinguished House Staff Award .</p>
<p>Dr. Atrio is a board certified obstetrician gynecologist at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a the Director of the Fellowship in Complex Family Planning, Vice Chair of Research and Clinical Teaching Professor for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her undergraduate degree at Columbia University, medical degree at New York University, residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as well as, a Masters of Science in Biostatistics and Epidemiology and a Family Planning Fellowship at the University of Southern California. She joined the Montefiore-Einstein faculty in 2013. She has a keen interest in translational research, contraception for medically complex patients, safe abortion provision, and the gynecologic care of HIV positive women. She is dedicated to patient advocacy and the optimization of safe patient outcomes.</p>
Complex Family Planning
Dr. Atrio has a keen interest in translational research, contraception for medically complex patients, and the gynecologic care of HIV positive women.
<p>Jessica Maria Atrio, MD, MSc, is a board-certified obstetrician gynecologist and Associate Professor at Montefiore and Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health. Dr. Atrio is the Associate Vice Chair of Research, Associate Fellowship Director in Complex Family Planning, and a member of the Einstein Institutional Review Board.</p><p>Dr. Atrio graduated from Columbia University with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She completed her Medical Degree at the New York University School of Medicine, residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine as well as, a Masters of Science inBiostatistics and Epidemiology and a Family Planning Fellowship at the University of Southern California. She joined the Montefiore-Einstein faculty in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Atrio has a keen interest in translational research, contraception for medically complex patients, and the gynecologic care of HIV positive women. She is the author of many peer review publications and a reviewer for several academic journals. Her research has contributed to regional and international guidelines. She has received accolades and awards for her commitment to medical education and trainee mentorship. Dr. Atrio is the Principle Investigator for industry, grant and federally sponsored clinical investigations, including the <a href="https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/cctn" target="_blank">Clinical Contraceptive Trial Network</a>. </p><p>Dr. Atrio serves on regional and national committees for professional societies and public health entities, including the New York State Department of Health, Society of Family Planning, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is dedicated to patient advocacy and the optimization of safe patient outcomes.</p>
Dr. Amin’s clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the skin.
Dr. Amin’s research focus follows her clinical interests in dermatopathology.
<p>Bijal Amin, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine, serves as the Director of the Dermatopathology and Program Director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Amin’s clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the skin.</p><p>Dr. Amin matriculated from the prestigious accelerated BA/MD program at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She started her postdoctoral training with an internship in internal medicine at University of Washington. She then went to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology from 2004 to 2008, acting as chief resident in pathology in her final year. In 2009, she completed a yearlong dermatopathology fellowship through a joint program with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. In 2020, she completed the Healthcare Information Technology certificate program at Columbia University. </p><p>Dr. Amin’s research focus follows her clinical interests in dermatopathology. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, abstracts and presentations.</p>
<p>Dr. Amin is board certified and is a member of several professional societies including the College of American Pathologists and American Society of Dermatopathology. In 2015, she was awarded Teacher of the Year by Einstein’s Division of Dermatology. In addition to her work in dermatopathology, Dr. Amin has an interest in clinical informatics.</p>