Faculty

Our Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology faculty is composed of exceptionally skilled physicians from highly regarded medical centers throughout the country.

The faculty is actively involved in teaching, research, and patient care. Each faculty member has a genuine interest in resident education and in promoting women’s healthcare throughout the community. All faculty members are board-certified or board-eligible. Many have received awards for teaching excellence in resident education, including honors from the Council of Resident Education in Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Association of Professors of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Outpatient Clinic and Benign Gynecology

Beth Prairie, MD, MPH

Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School                                                                    Residency: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center                                                            In her own practice, Dr. Prairie focuses on Midlife Womens Health and menopausal care.

Sonia Aneja, MD

Medical School: Brown University Medical School                                                          Residency: Duke University Medical Center                                                                      Dr. Aneja is the Resident Clinic Director and Co-Director of the Family Planning Division

Eric Lantzman, MD

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                                        Residency: Kaiser Permanente Medical Group Inc                                                          Dr. Lantzman is the Co-Director of Family Planning

Marcia Klein-Patel, MD PhD

Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey                  Residency: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC                                                              In her own practice, Dr. Klein-Patel focuses on Midlife Womens Health and Menopausal care.

Lee Hammons, MD

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine                                    Residency: University of Pittsburgh                                                                                    In his own practice, Dr. Hammons focuses on Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Marianne Bonidie, MD                                                                               

Medical School: Medical College of Virginia                                                              Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University                                                                In her own practice , Dr. Klein-Patel focuses on Midlife Womens Health and menopausal care

Ruchika Vij, MD

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                              Residency: Ohio State University

Grace Ferguson, MD, MPH

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College                                                              Residency: University Medical Center of Pittsburgh Fellowship in Family Planning

Obstetrics

Jenny Halfhill, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine                          Residency: West Penn Hospital

James Rowland, MD

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine                                Residency: West Penn Hospital

Genevieve Hunkele, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine                                Residency: West Penn Hospital

Alexandra Plisko, MD

Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine                    Residency: Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium

Maria Udrea, MD

Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine                                      Residency: West Penn Hospital

Danielle Smith, MD

Medical School: Yale University of Medicine                                                          Residency: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC

Diego Vasquez de Bracamonte, MD

Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia                                              Residency: West Penn Hospital

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Ronald Thomas, MD

Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine                                                                                  Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                                        Residency: National Naval Medical Center                                                              Fellowship: John Hopkins Hospital

Jennifer Celebrezze, MD

Medical School: Kent State University/ Norteastern Ohio Medical University            Residency: Akron City Hospital                                                                                  Fellowship: MetroHealth Medical Center

Mark Caine, MD

Medical Director of Labor and Delivery                                                                      Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine                                      Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center                                                                        Fellowship: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC

Ashi Daftary, MD

Director of Ultrasound                                                                                                    Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine                                      Residency: Barnes Jewish Hospital                                                                        Fellowship: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC

Paul Weinbaum, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College                                                              Residency: Women and Infants Hospital                                                                        Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Amy Whitsel, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine                                            Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania                                                    Fellowship: University of Vermont College of Medicine

Jordan Knight, DO

Medical School: Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine                                    Residency: Riverside Methodist Hospital                                                            Fellowship: Indiana University Medical Center

Michael Aziz, MD

Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine                                    Residency: Atlantic Health System                                                                      Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Reproductive Genetics

Marta Kolthoff, MD

Director of Perinatal Hospice                                                                                    Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine                                  Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center                                                        Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Gynecologic Oncology

Thomas Krivak, MD

Director of Gynecologic Oncology                                                                                Vice Chair of Research & Outreach Women's Institute                                                  Medical School: University of Toledo The Ohio Sate University College of Medicine Residency: David Grant Medical Center                                                              Fellowship: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Eileen Segreti, MD

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine                                    Residency: Northwestern University Medical School                                                      Fellowship: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Eirwen Miller, MD

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine                                    Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center                                                    Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Sarah Crafton, MD

Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University                                        Residency: The Ohio State University Medical Center                                                    Fellowship: Ohio State University Hospital

Christopher Morse, MD

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania    Residency: University of Washington                                                                Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Lindsay Turner, MD

Director of Urogynecology                                                                                            Medical School: Loyola University of Chicage Stritch School of Medicine  Residency: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC                                                              Fellowship: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC 

Allan S. Klapper, MD

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Union College                          Residency: New York University Medical Center                                                              

Erin Lavelle, MD

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine                    Residency: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC                                                    Fellowship: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC                                                                

Jessica Sassani, MD

Medical School: Boston University                                                                            Residency: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC                                                    Fellowship: Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC