Melissa Peskin, MD

OBGYN Pearls of Wisdom*

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Sometimes being an OBGYN can be really hard. But, if you don't laugh about certain things, you'll cry. That's how I feel about residency. Man, was it tough, but the memories and camaraderie i had with my fellow trainees help me cope with past and present. We have so many stories to tell that seem to resonate with junior and senior OBGYN's alike, no matter where one practices OBGYN. One thing's for sure, most TV shows can't capture one molecule of how intense or insane it can be at times. Together, with my old residency classmates and colleagues, we will share crazy scenarios as well as our own...

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Melissa Peskin, MD

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Pearls of Wisdom: The COVID Generation 07.10.2025 1:42:41

Join us as we revisit the hospital during it's arguably scariest time: COVID 19. These three former residents led the OBGYN service with courage and managed to still practice excellent medicine in spite of the many difficulties they faced and personal fears they harbored. During the course of our very interesting conversation, I realized how much I had blocked out. It all seems like such a distant...

OBGYN Pearls of Wisdom: Twisting the Night Away 26.08.2025 1:10:55

Join Dr. Judith Levy and Dr. Nanci Levine as they illustrate in vivid detail, what residency was like for strong female doctors in the early 1980s and how their careers unfolded over the next few decades. They take us through #metoo experiences long before there was a movement and they describe long hours toiling away at work, long before there were work hour limitations. We explore sexism in the...

It's a Hard Knock Life 06.08.2025 1:18:19

Please join Dr. David Lubell('10), Dr. Jacob Kowenski('09), and Dr. Sasha Kucherov('15) as we explore the ups and downs of OBGYN residency and how it informs and impacts their current state of mind and practice now.

Pearls of Wisdom: Reflecting on the Path that Made Us 15.06.2025 1:41:49

Welcome to Episode 4, where we get the perspective to 2 incredible doctors who helped me find my way as a wee resident. They shed a lot of light on humility and the many rewards of hard work in a tremendously tough learning/practice environment. Dr. Kathleen Morrell ('10) is Associate Chair of Education and Director of Complex Family Planning at Maimonides Medical Center Tamar Goldwaser, MD FACOG,...

Pearls of Wisdom: Taking a Tumble Down Memory Lane with Some Residency Mates 23.05.2025 52:50

Dr. Woods is a Hospitalist at WellStar Dr. Chang is Director of Medical Partnerships, Billion to One I reference St. Denis Medical, 2024, NBC, Episode 1. Some people remember everything about training or absolutely nothing. Two people can even come from the same program and have a completely different perspective even though collectively it’s a shared experience. Residency, the pressure cooker of...

Meeting of the Minds with Dr. Maiman 08.04.2025 46:20

Dr. Maiman, author of Every Third Night and The Rainbow Diary , GYN Oncologist and former Chairman of OBGYN at Staten Island University Hospital- North, started his medical career off at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, now known as Einstein/Montefiore OBGYN Residency. We have a frank discussion about residency then and now, medicine, humility, passion, and what characteristics make a great doctor...

Lots and Lots of Pearls 21.03.2025 34:12

Be tenacious Revile mediocrity Aim for excellence Maintain humility throughout residency and thereafter… there is always more to learn and more to grow. Anticipate potential complications and speak up- you can prevent complications this way Be thorough in your exam and assessment, leave nothing to uncertainty… if you just subject discomfort to ascertain information, then explain this but proceed,...