JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

Dr. Meira Abramowitz is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician at the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell. Dr. Abramowitz received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 2005 where she graduated summa cum laude, and was awarded her medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in 2009, where she graduated as a member of the Alp...

Dr. Meira Abramowitz is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician at the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell. Dr. Abramowitz received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 2005 where she graduated summa cum laude, and was awarded her medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in 2009, where she graduated as a member of the Alp...

Gregory A. Poland, M.D., is a physician-scientist and the founding and current director of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group — a state-of-the-art research group and laboratory that seeks to understand genetic drivers of viral vaccine response and application of systems biology approaches to the generation of immunity, as well as the development of novel vaccines against emerging pathogens impor...

Gregory A. Poland, M.D., is a physician-scientist and the founding and current director of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group — a state-of-the-art research group and laboratory that seeks to understand genetic drivers of viral vaccine response and application of systems biology approaches to the generation of immunity, as well as the development of novel vaccines against emerging pathogens impor...

Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, in the Division of Child Neurology. Dr. Bain completed her MD and PhD at Rutgers—New Jersey Medical School and child neurology residency at Columbia University. She sees both inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology patients, with special interest in behavioral neurology caring for children with developmental delay, autis...

Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, in the Division of Child Neurology. Dr. Bain completed her MD and PhD at Rutgers—New Jersey Medical School and child neurology residency at Columbia University. She sees both inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology patients, with special interest in behavioral neurology caring for children with developmental delay, autis...

Lianne Forman, a corporate and employment lawyer by training, is the Executive Director of Communities Confronting Substance Abuse (CCSA), the organization she and her husband, Etiel, founded in 2018. Through their own family’s struggles, they founded CCSA to create greater community awareness and education about substance misuse and addiction in the Jewish community. CCSA’s mission is to eliminat...

Lianne Forman, a corporate and employment lawyer by training, is the Executive Director of Communities Confronting Substance Abuse (CCSA), the organization she and her husband, Etiel, founded in 2018. Through their own family’s struggles, they founded CCSA to create greater community awareness and education about substance misuse and addiction in the Jewish community. CCSA’s mission is to eliminat...

Dr. Sara Crystal MD is a board certified neurologist and (UCNS certified) headache specialist. She completed her neurology residency at NYU, where she served as a chief resident, followed by a fellowship in Headache and Facial Pain at the Montefiore Headache Center of Albert Einstein. Dr. Crystal is a neurologist at the New York Headache Center and a member of the American Headache Society and Int...

Dr. Sara Crystal MD is a board certified neurologist and (UCNS certified) headache specialist. She completed her neurology residency at NYU, where she served as a chief resident, followed by a fellowship in Headache and Facial Pain at the Montefiore Headache Center of Albert Einstein. Dr. Crystal is a neurologist at the New York Headache Center and a member of the American Headache Society and Int...

Dr. David Gorski is a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, specializing in breast cancer surgery and a professor of surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Gorski attended the University of Michigan, where he received an MD in 1988. In 1989, he entered a residency in general surgery at the University Hospitals of Cleveland. Gorski left residency for a...

Dr. David Gorski is a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, specializing in breast cancer surgery and a professor of surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Gorski attended the University of Michigan, where he received an MD in 1988. In 1989, he entered a residency in general surgery at the University Hospitals of Cleveland. Gorski left residency for a...

Dr. Hindi Mermelstein is an adult psychiatrist with added specialties in geriatric psychiatry and consultation-liaison psychiatry/psychosomatic medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree at Touro College and was the first female graduate to go to medical school. She obtained her MD degree at SUNY:Upstate College of Medicine, followed by an Internal Medicine internship at Beth Israel Medical...

Dr. Hindi Mermelstein is an adult psychiatrist with added specialties in geriatric psychiatry and consultation-liaison psychiatry/psychosomatic medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree at Touro College and was the first female graduate to go to medical school. She obtained her MD degree at SUNY:Upstate College of Medicine, followed by an Internal Medicine internship at Beth Israel Medical...

Dr. Rebecca Pellett Madan is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and is an attending physician at the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, where she serves as Director of Pediatric Transplant Infectious Diseases. Dr. Pellett Madan’s interest in transplantation began at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she received her MD in 2001....

Dr. Rebecca Pellett Madan is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and is an attending physician at the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, where she serves as Director of Pediatric Transplant Infectious Diseases. Dr. Pellett Madan’s interest in transplantation began at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she received her MD in 2001....

Rivki Chudnoff PT, MSPT has over twenty years of experience specializing in the treatment of women’s health-related issues and pelvic floor dysfunction, with a focus on pelvic pain, unconsummated marriages, prenatal and postpartum care, and incontinence. Rivki has written extensively on women’s health issues and presented on pelvic health internationally at marriage retreats, community events, and...

Rivki Chudnoff PT, MSPT has over twenty years of experience specializing in the treatment of women’s health-related issues and pelvic floor dysfunction, with a focus on pelvic pain, unconsummated marriages, prenatal and postpartum care, and incontinence. Rivki has written extensively on women’s health issues and presented on pelvic health internationally at marriage retreats, community events, and...

As a physician specializing in Preventive Medicine, Dr. Rothschild has spent her career helping people stay healthy before they get sick. Dr. Rothschild holds an MD from the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine and studied Mind-Body Medicine at the Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School. She also holds a Masters in Publi...

As a physician specializing in Preventive Medicine, Dr. Rothschild has spent her career helping people stay healthy before they get sick. Dr. Rothschild holds an MD from the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine and studied Mind-Body Medicine at the Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School. She also holds a Masters in Publi...

Deena R Zimmerman MD MPH IBCLC is a physician with a lifelong love of Judaic Studies. One of the first graduates of Nishmat's Keren Ariel Program as a Yoetzet Halacha, she has authored “A Lifetime Companion to the Laws of Jewish Family Life” and “Mi Dor L’Dor: Genetics and Genetic Diseases: Jewish Legal and Ethical Perspectives", co-authored Nishmat’s on-line interactive textbooks – the Kallah Com...

Deena R Zimmerman MD MPH IBCLC is a physician with a lifelong love of Judaic Studies. One of the first graduates of Nishmat's Keren Ariel Program as a Yoetzet Halacha, she has authored “A Lifetime Companion to the Laws of Jewish Family Life” and “Mi Dor L’Dor: Genetics and Genetic Diseases: Jewish Legal and Ethical Perspectives", co-authored Nishmat’s on-line interactive textbooks – the Kallah Com...

Dr. Sharon Stoll is a board-certified neurologist and assistant professor, in the department of neurology at Yale School of Medicine. She completed her neurology residency training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, and her Neuroimmunology fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Stoll continues to play an active role in academic development and continuing medical...

Dr. Sharon Stoll is a board-certified neurologist and assistant professor, in the department of neurology at Yale School of Medicine. She completed her neurology residencytraining at Thomas Jefferson UniversityHospital in Philadelphia, and her Neuroimmunology fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Stoll continues to play an active role in academic development and continuing medical education....

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...