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| | Veronica T. Lerner, MD
462 1st Avenue 9N1 New York, NY 10016 646-331-0401 veronica.lerner@nyumc.org www.lernergyn.com | |
Present position
Assistant Clinical Professor, NYU Medical Center, New York, New York October2007-present - Clinical responsibilities
o Minimally invasive surgery and FPMRS, NYU faculty practice (November 2010-present)
o Urogynecology services at Bellevue Hospital (2008-present)
o Chronic pelvic pain clinic (winter 2009-present)
o Family planning services at Bellevue Hospital (Spring 2009-January 2010) - Teaching responsibilities:
o Director of simulation, department of OBGYN (June 2012-present)
- Creation and implementation of simulation curriculum for residents, labor and delivery
staff and medical students - Administrative responsibilities
o Medical school applicant interviewer (Fall 2009-January 2011)
o Mentor residents as part of resident-faculty mentorship program
o Department representative to NYU OR committee - Global Health Division member:
o Basic Health International (2008-present)
- Assist in implementation of cervical cancer screening and treatment
program in El Salvador as member of four one week long annual
medical delegations
o Saving Mothers project in Liberia (October 2010)
- Precepted US residents and educated local staff in a hospital setting with goal
of decreasing maternal morbidity and mortality o Laparoscopic Surgery Award for graduating senior resident
o Berlex Best PGY-2 Teaching Resident, 2004
o Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003 and 2004
o 2008 CREOG National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education
o NYU Faculty Teaching Award 2010
o Medical student teaching awards
- 1strotation 2009-2010 academic year
- 3rdand 4th rotation 2008-2009 academic year
- 3rdand 4th rotation 2009-2010 academic year
- 1st-4th rotation 2010-2011 academic year
- Best faculty teaching award for the academic year 2011-2012
o Gordon Douglas NYU teaching award 2011
o 2012 CREOG National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education Education
Virginia Mason Hospital Pelvic Surgery Fellowship, Seattle,Washington
July2006-July 2007
Mt. Sinai OB/GYN Residency Program, New York, New York
July2002-July 2006
MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver,Colorado
September1998-May 2002
BS, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
August 1994-May 1998
Publications
Cremer M, BullardKA, Mosley RM, Weiselberg C, Molaei M, LernerV, Alonzo TA. Immediate vs. delayed post-abortal copper T 380A IUD insertion in cases over 12 weeks of gestation. Contraception. 2011Jun; 83(6): 522-7
Cremer M , Bullard K,Maza M,Peralta E,Moore E,Garcia L,Masch R,Lerner V,Alonzo TA,Felix J.Cytology versus visual inspection with acetic acid among women treated previously with cryo therapy in a low-resource setting
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International journal of gynaecology & obstetrics
2010 Dec; 111(3): 249-252.
Peltier MR , Gurzenda EM,Murthy A,Chawla K,Lerner V,Kharode I,Arita Y,Rhodes A,Maari N,Moawad A,Hanna N.Can oxygen tension contribute to anabnormal placental cytokine milieu? Am JReprod Immunol. 2011 Oct; 66(4): 279-85.
Gyamfi C, Lerner V,Holzman I, Stone J. Routine cervical lengths in twins and perinatal outcomes.American Journal of Perinatology. 2007; 24(1): 65-69.
Floyd S, Lerner VT, Friedman WE. A developmental and evolutionary analysis of embryology in Platanus (Platanaceae),a basal eudicot. American Journal of Botany. 1999;86(11): 1523-1537.
Other Publications
Veronica T. Lerner,Steven R. Goldstein, Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch. Chapter 44. Abnormal Uterine Sac.Obstetric Imaging. Elsevier 2912. Pages 262-269.
Nicosia, M.J.,Winkel, A.F., Lerner, V., Chawla, K.,Speed, E., Arslan, A.A. “Bringing colposcopy into focus: a multidisciplinarycurriculum for residents.” 2012 CREOG and APGO annual meeting: Poster Presentation.
Abigail Ford Winkel, MD, Veronica Lerner, MD, Angela Burgess,BA, Sondra Zabar, MD, Demian Szyld, MD, Med. The Integrated Professional SkillsAssessment: A Clearer Picture of Resident Competency? 2012 American Surgical Educators annual meeting: Poster Presentation.
MiriamCremer, MD, MPH, Mauricio Maza, MatthewSiedhoff, MD, Veronica Lerner MD,Kimberley Bullard, Elizabeth Conlisk, PhD and Juan Felix, MD. Evaluation of visual inspection with aceticacid (VIA) adequacy with advancing age. Poster presented at American Public Health Association meeting, November 2009.
Miriam Cremer, MD, MPH, Lydia Garcia, MD, Kimberley Bullard,Elizabeth Moore, Rachel Masch, MD, Elizabeth Conlisk, Veronica Lerner, MD, Juan Felix, MD. Adequacy of visual examination of the cervix following cryotherapy in a see-and-treat clinical trial. Presented at the 2009International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) World Congress,South Africa, October 2009.
Abigail Ford Winkel, Veronica T. Lerner, Susan M. Leong-Kee,MD. Pearls and Pitfalls of integrating simulation into a longitunal Ob-Gyn curriculum. Breakout session during APGO-CREOG annual meeting 2013.
Veronica Lerner, MD. Counseling and evaluation of a patient requesting laparoscopic tubal sterilization and review of safe abdominal entry in gynecologic laparoscopic surgery. CME-certified on-line learning module for NYU faculty and residents, released November 2012.
Professional Organizations
· ACOG—Board certified 11/2009
· AUGS—Board certified in FPMRS in 6/2013
· American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
· American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
· International Society of Simulation in Medicine
· International Pelvic Pain Society
Languages
· Russian—fluent, first language.
· Spanish—fluent in medical and conversational Spanish. Completed two-month immersion course in Spain and Argentina in Spring2002.