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Biography: Dr. Evelyn Cantillo completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University prior to pursuing a Master of Public Health degree at Columbia University. She subsequently earned a medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduating with special distinction in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology was completed at Tulane University, followed by a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology and Breast Disease at the Women & Infants Hospital/Brown University.Dr. Cantillo's practice encompasses the surgical and medical management of the broad spectrum of gynecologic malignancies including uterine, ovary, cervix, vulva, and vagina. She is extensively trained in minimally invasive surgical techniques using traditional laparoscopy, as well as robotic platforms, for gynecologic cancer and complex benign conditions.Dr. Cantillo believes that every woman with gynecologic cancer should have access to the full complement of care. With this in mind, her aim is to expand access to clinical trials should this become necessary. She is a member of the New Investigators Committee of the national NRG (formerly Gynecologic Oncology Group/GOG). It's important to her that all populations be afforded the same opportunities and treatment.Her interests also include medical education. She has received numerous teaching and surgical awards during residency and fellowship training and has presented her research at regional and national conferences.

Biography: Dr. Sheen is the Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She entered the field of maternal-fetal medicine after an established career in general obstetrics and gynecology and education, having received her medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and followed with residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College. She then practiced general obstetrics and gynecology and was the Associate Residency Director at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center prior to pursuing her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Her experience with varying maternal medical and fetal disorders contributed to her interest in pursuing formal training in perinatology. During fellowship, Dr. Sheen continued her work with maternal medical disorders, obstetrics and gynecology education, patient safety and the quality assessment of patient care, besides developing her interests in evaluating fetal anomalies. Her research and interests have included studies of progesterone use in preventing preterm labor in patients with varying medical co-morbidities, radiologic imaging for evaluating pulmonary emboli in pregnancy, postpartum emergency room utilization, epigenetics of diabetes and obesity, as well as patient safety and resident education through simulation/hand-off training.

Biography: Lisa Nathan, MD, MPH is theChief of Obstetrics, Sloane Hospital for Women, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at CUMC. She completed her Ob/Gyn residency training at Montefiore/Einstein and stayed on to work for several years as an academic generalist. During this time, she founded the Global Women's Health Program for the Department with grant support from the Einstein Global Health Center and the U.S. Fulbright African Regional Research Program. Dr. Nathan also founded Einstein's Departmental Health Equity Task Force. The goal of this task force was to create a Departmental culture and workforce that understands the concepts of health disparities and structural racism, recognizes the ways in which society and the health system promote them, and works proactively to dismantle them. In addition to her clinical and administrative duties, Dr Nathan is also active within ACOG, where she is a member of the Safe Motherhood Initiative Steering Committee. She was the Chair of the Maternal Sepsis Bundle workgroup and is a current member of the Health Equity Subcommittee. She also serves as a consultant to the New York City Department of Health, where she serves as the Co-Chair of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. In this role, she reviews events leading to maternal mortality for the majority of cases occurring in New York City. These reviews form the basis for the development of recommendations for city and state level initiatives to combat the root causes of the high maternal mortality rates in New York City.