JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

Estie Rose is a certified genetic counselor and outreach coordinator for JScreen, a national non-profit Jewish genetic disease screening program based out of Emory University School of Medicine. Estie graduated from Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women and then went on to complete her Masters in Genetic Counseling from the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She has a special interest...

Diagnosed with "Atypical Development and strong autistic tendencies" and "too sick" for outpatient treatment Dr. Shore was recommended for institutionalization. Nonspeaking until 4, and with much support from his parents, teachers, wife, and others, Stephen is now a full time professor at Adelphi University and adjunct at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, focusing...

Diagnosed with "Atypical Development and strong autistic tendencies" and "too sick" for outpatient treatment Dr. Shore was recommended for institutionalization. Nonspeaking until 4, and with much support from his parents, teachers, wife, and others, Stephen is now a full time professor at Adelphi University and adjunct at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, focusing...

Anna Sherman is a Registered Psychotherapist, Maternal Mental Health Practitioner and Clinical Supervisor in Toronto. She works with individuals, couples and families, as well as supervises qualifying therapists in their training. She helps her clients to heal and overcome trauma, fears and emotional blocks in their lives and relationships by building skills and tools to help them help themse...

Anna Sherman is a RegisteredPsychotherapist, Maternal Mental Health Practitioner and Clinical Supervisor in Toronto. She works with individuals, couples and families, as well as supervises qualifying therapists in their training. She helps her clients to heal and overcome trauma, fears and emotional blocks in their lives and relationships by building skills and tools to help them help themselves!...

Dr. Dani Halpern is board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics. She works as a hospitalist for Brigham and Women's Hospital and a hospitalist/pediatric emergency room physician for Boston Children's Hospital. She also is actively involved in teaching medical students and international physicians through Harvard Medical School and Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She lives with h...

Dr. Dani Halpern is board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics. She works as a hospitalist for Brigham and Women's Hospital and a hospitalist/pediatric emergency room physician for Boston Children's Hospital. She also is actively involved in teaching medical students and international physicians through Harvard Medical School and Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She lives with h...

Perri Klass is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital, Boston. Dr. Klass began writing about medicine and medical training when she was a medical student.  She writes the weekly column, “The Checkup,” for the New York Times Science Sectio...

Perri Klass is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital, Boston. Dr. Klass began writing about medicine and medical training when she was a medical student. She writes the weekly column, “The Checkup,” for the New York Times Science Section. She...

Margo Thienemann, MD is a Co-founder and Director of Psychiatric Services at for the Immune Behavioral Health/Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (IBH/PANS) Clinic at Stanford Children’s Health and a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Stanford School of Medicine. The clinic is the first PANS clinic in the country. Dr. Thienem...

Margo Thienemann, MD is a Co-founder and Director of Psychiatric Services at for the Immune Behavioral Health/Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (IBH/PANS) Clinic at Stanford Children’s Health and a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Stanford School of Medicine. The clinic is the first PANS clinic in the country. Dr. Thienem...

Dr. Devorah Segal is a pediatric neurologist at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Segal received her B.A. in Chemistry at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She then earned her MD and a PhD in Neuroscience at Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her pediatrics and pediatric neurology training at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Neuro-...

Dr. Devorah Segal is a pediatric neurologist at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Segal received her B.A. in Chemistry at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She then earned her MD and a PhD in Neuroscience at Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her pediatrics and pediatric neurology training at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Neuro-...

Aimee Baron MD, FAAP, is the founder and executive director of I Was Supposed to Have a Baby, a nonprofit organization that utilizes social media to support Jewish individuals and families as they are struggling to have a child. It provides a warm and nurturing space for those going through infertility, pregnancy loss, infant loss, surrogacy or adoption, in addition to connecting those families to...

Aimee Baron MD, FAAP, is the founder and executive director of I Was Supposed to Have a Baby, a nonprofit organization that utilizes social media to support Jewish individuals and families as they are struggling to have a child. It provides a warm and nurturing space for those going through infertility, pregnancy loss, infant loss, surrogacy or adoption, in addition to connecting those families to...

Dr. Segura Harrison is a board-certified Family Physician. She completed her Family Medicine residency at the Brown University Family Medicine Residency. She received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. She currently practices full-spectrum family medicine with obstetrics in the Boston area. She is also an IBCLC with an avid clinical interest in breastfeeding medicine, an...

Dr. Segura Harrison is a board-certified Family Physician. She completed her Family Medicine residency at the Brown University Family Medicine Residency. She received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. She currently practices full-spectrum family medicine with obstetrics in the Boston area. She is also an IBCLC with an avid clinical interest in breastfeeding medicine, an...

Bari Mitzmann is a content creator whose goal is to empower women and normalize struggle. She has a masters in education and has worked in outreach for a number of years. She uses her Instagram platform @barianna, her blog  barianna.com  and her podcast, woman of valor, to discuss and normalize mental illness and other seemingly taboo topics in the Jewish community.  Follow Bari on:...

Bari Mitzmann is a content creator whose goal is to empower women and normalize struggle. She has a masters in education and has worked in outreach for a number of years. She uses her Instagram platform @barianna, her blogbarianna.comand her podcast, woman of valor, to discuss and normalize mental illness and other seemingly taboo topics in the Jewish community. Follow Bari on: Website & Blog:...

Dorit Rubinstein Reiss is a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Increasingly, her research and activities are focused on legal issues related to vaccines, including exemption laws and tort liability related to non-vaccination. She published law review and peer reviewed articles and many blog posts on legal issues related to vaccines. She received an under...

Dorit Rubinstein Reiss is a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Increasingly, her research and activities are focused on legal issues related to vaccines, including exemption laws and tort liability related to non-vaccination. She published law review and peer reviewed articles and many blog posts on legal issues related to vaccines. She received an under...

Denise Moses, MD FACOG is a board-certified OBGYN. Dr. Moses is a true New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn. She received her undergraduate degree at CUNY Brooklyn, and medical degree at SUNY Downstate. She completed residency at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Health System. She currently works at a private practice located in Queens, NY, called Healthcare for All Women

Denise Moses, MD FACOG is a board-certified OBGYN. Dr. Moses is a true New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn. She received her undergraduate degree at CUNY Brooklyn, and medical degree at SUNY Downstate. She completed residency at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Health System. She currently works at a private practice located in Queens, NY, called Healthcare for All Women

Mark J. Mulligan, MD, is the director of the Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology in the Department of Medicine, and director of the NYU Langone Vaccine Center. He joined NYU Langone Health in 2018. He is a translational physician-scientist who leads a research clinic and a research laboratory. He conducts vaccine clinical trials and clinical studies of emerging infections. He has studied...

Mark J. Mulligan, MD, is the director of the Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology in the Department of Medicine, and director of the NYU Langone Vaccine Center. He joined NYU Langone Health in 2018. He is a translational physician-scientist who leads a research clinic and a research laboratory. He conducts vaccine clinical trials and clinical studies of emerging infections. He has studied...