Obstetrics & Gynecology

News and Events

Programs and providers of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine are often the focus of news stories and features appearing in major national media. We invite you to review some stories that typify the breakthrough accomplishments of our remarkable team and highlight the impact our care has had on patient’s lives.

Addressing Maternal Mental Health Disorders

Woman pushing baby carriage

Pregnancy and new motherhood transform a woman’s body as well as her life. While this is often a joyous time, it can sometime lead to mental health disorders, most often anxiety and depression. These conditions can be detrimental to the mother’s health and that of her child, but despite the high stakes, modern medicine often fails to address them. By teasing out the biological mechanisms underlying these pregnancy-related disorders, investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine are laying the groundwork for new ways to detect and treat women at risk.

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Prenatal Testing to Assess Cancer Risk

Pregnant woman

Harmful variants in the BRCA1 gene greatly increase a person’s lifetime risk of developing breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, but most people are unaware they are carriers. In a new study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), and NewYork-Presbyterian explored the possibility of including BRCA1 testing at the time of obstetrical prenatal carrier screening. The researchers found that such an approach is not only cost-effective, it also can identify at-risk people at a time when cancer screening and other preventative strategies could save their lives.

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In Memoriam: Dr. William J. Ledger

In Memoriam: Dr. William J. Ledger
Weill Cornell Medicine is deeply saddened by the loss of our dear friend and colleague Dr. William J. Ledger, a pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic infections.
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