- Dr. Richard Miller, Chairman
- Dr. Edward Wolf, Vice Chairman
- Dr. John Kindzierski, Residency Director
- 16 Full-time faculty
- 117 Attendings
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology delivers more than 5,800 babies
annually. The Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Program is New
Jersey's largest full-service hospital-based in-vitro fertilization
program. The Medical Center is designated as a Regional Perinatal Center
and accepts transports and provides care for high-risk mothers and critically
ill infants in New Jersey's leading Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The gynecological surgical caseload comprises 9,000 operative procedures
per year, 3774 major and 5,227 minor. There are 117 physicians on staff
for general Obstetrics and Gynecology and all four subspecialties: Maternal
Fetal Medicine, Gynecological Oncology, Reproductive Endocrinology and
Infertility, and Gynecological Urology.
Residents are involved in the care of all Obstetrics and Gynecology patients,
from the private doctors, our full-time faculty and the resident clinic.
The volume of experience is high and the level of supervision is well
defined. The goal is to produce high quality Obstetrics and Gynecology
physicians who gain confidence and expertise through defined and monitored
training. The case volume of our residents is well above the ACGME minimum
requirement in every area, every year.
Dr. Miller is Chair of the department, overseeing departmental functions
and the residency program. Dr. Miller, an esteemed perinatologist, has
been with the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical
Center since 1995. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine
and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the National
Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Miller completed his fellowship
training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, in 1991. He spent four years as Director of the Division
of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the National Naval Medical Center and was
a member of the faculty at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. John Kindzierski is Director of the Residency Program. He graduated
from Duke University, Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School, Newark,
NJ, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Barnabas
Medical Center. He has been Program Director since September 2005. He
is also the Director of the Resident Ambulatory Clinic and the Pap Smear/Colposcopy Clinic.
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Dr. Thad Denehy
Dr. Darlene Gibbon
The Division of Gynecologic Oncology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
serves as a regional referral center for gynecologic oncology as well
as pelvic reconstructive surgeries, attracting patients from throughout
New Jersey and the tristate area. The Center has one of the highest volumes
in the Northeast.
A comprehensive range of services is provided, including radical pelvic
surgery, cytoreduction, bowel and urologic surgery, lymphadenectomies,
implantable vascular ports and the latest in multi-agent chemotherapeutics.
The Division manages the full spectrum of gynecologic malignancies of
vulva, vagina, cervix, endometrium, ovary and gestational trophoblastic disease.
- As a PGY-2, the resident is introduced to staging, treatment of gynecologic
malignancies and basic concepts in pre and postoperative care. The PGY-3
resident assists various advanced pelvic and radical surgical procedures.
The PGY-4 resident has the opportunity to first assist in a large number
of gynecologic oncology and advanced pelvic surgeries, all performed under
expert supervision.
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Dr. Jeffrey L. Segal
Dr. Rhonda Walsh
The Center for Urogynecology of Saint Barnabas Medical Center specializes
in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, urinary stress and/or urge
incontinence, voiding dysfunction, fecal incontinence, overactive bladder,
chronic pelvic pain, including interstitial cystitis and other urogynecologic
problems. An experienced medical team offers patients both conservative
and surgical approaches.
The Center offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment with a variety
of therapies, including behavioral modification, pelvic floor rehabilitation,
biofeedback, bladder re-training, medications, transurethral injections,
vaginal inserts and minimally invasive surgery.
Second and fourth year residents will rotate through his office to learn
the workup of urinary incontinence, the evaluation of pelvic floor defects
and the procedure of urodynamics. They will also assist in both vaginal
and abdominal reconstructive surgeries and anti-incontinence procedures.
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Dr. Serena Chen
Dr. Margaret Garrisi
Dr. Natalie Cekleniak
Dr. Debbra Keegan
Dr. Stephanie Thompson
Dr. Sarah Hessler
One of the nation's leading fertility centers, the Institute provides
patients with state-of-the-art clinical treatments, supported by the latest
scientific knowledge and laboratory techniques. The Institute treats patients
from 40 states and 16 countries. Their success in treating both male and
female related disorders is evidenced by the Institute's pregnancy
rates, which are among the highest in the world.
Procedures pioneered at the Institute include: ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm
Injection) that was fine-tuned by others, Assisted Hatching, Fragment
Removal, Embryo Co-Culture, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Blastocyst
Culture and Cryopreservation, Cytoplasmic Transplantation and Single Sperm Freezing.
The first, third and fourth year residents rotate through the Institute's
office and learn the use of ovulation induction therapy, advanced infertility
therapies and IVF procedures, follicular and endometrial stripe monitoring,
and advanced laparoscopic and hysteroscopic procedures.
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Dr. Leon Smith, Jr.
Dr. Ed Wolf
Dr. Richard Miller
Dr. Wendy Warren
Dr. Dom Terrone
Dr. Linda Pelaez
Dr. Tania Kasdaglis
Dr. Margaret Dziadosz
Dr. Jonathan O'Brien
The members of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Division are extensively trained
experts in the field of Perinatal Medicine and the treatment of women
who anticipate or are experiencing a high-risk pregnancy. The medical
team consists of Perinatologists, Perinatal Nurses, Ultrasonographers
and Genetic Counselors with extensive training in high-risk pregnancy
care. They serve as consultants to physicians in managing a complicated
pregnancy, and assist obstetricians in the tri-state area in the care
of high-risk patients.
Through didactic lectures, teaching rounds, and grand round lectures, the
Perinatologists educate the department's many students. All residents
attend to private and clinic patients with Perinatologists in a hospital-based
practice setting doing ultrasounds, amniocentesis, external versions and
daily in-patient rounds. In addition, the PGY-3 resident is responsible
for the Perinatal Evaluation and Treatment (PET) Unit. The PGY-4 resident
coordinates the prenatal clinic and the antepartum service (which entails
daily teaching rounds with both junior residents and students); and is
responsible for assigning obstetrical cases, managing complicated patients,
and acting as the administrator of Labor and Delivery and the PET Unit.
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