OB/GYN

Creating a Podcast: The V Word

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I came to medicine via politics and not the other way around. This dual passion led me to start the first podcast by an obstetrician-gynecologist, called The V Word, where one of my colleagues, Dr. Jenn Conti, and I discuss topics related to reproductive health.
I came to medicine via politics and not the other way around. This dual passion led me to start the first podcast by an obstetrician-gynecologist, called The V Word, where one of my colleagues, Dr. Jenn Conti, and I discuss topics related to reproductive health. Read more…

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Building Gender Inclusion in Women’s Services

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Written by Eli Goldberg ’20
Each day, the doctors and staff of the outpatient obstetrics and gynecology clinics (known as Women’s Services) support patients through complicated pregnancies, new cancer diagnoses, and a variety of other deeply personal healthcare concerns, as well as routine care like Pap smears and birth control prescriptions, all with the greatest empathy and respect. But, what would it be like to access care at Women’s Services if you weren’t a woman?
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Women in Rural Tanzania: Educating Patients, Improving Health

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Written by Alexandra Miller, M.D.’18

In large, bold type on page nine of my Swahili medical dictionary and phrasebook is written “Bora kinga kuliko tiba,” which translates to “prevention is better than cure.” Although this is a common phrase in English, we forget that for some diseases there is no cure. Cervical cancer is often diagnosed beyond a curable stage in resource-limited settings, despite being a preventable disease.

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