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Biography: Dr. Lauren Ruggiero is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist who provides a broad scope of women's healthcare services, such as pregnancy and postpartum care, contraceptive placement, and annual health maintenance exams. Dr. Ruggiero provides both in-office and hospital-based obstetric and gynecologic care. She specializes in performing ambulatory procedures such as intrauterine device insertion, manual vacuum aspiration, and hysteroscopy.Dr. Ruggiero completed her medical degree at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and her residency training at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve. Since 2017, she has been a fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2024, as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.Throughout her career, Dr. Ruggiero has worked with a variety of diverse patient populations. These experiences have contributed to her philosophy of approaching each visit with an open mind and nonjudgmental attitude. By understanding each patient's values and needs, she partners with them to construct an evidence-based treatment plan that she delivers with empathy and compassion.Dr. Ruggiero has received multiple awards for teaching, research, and academic excellence. She has served as the Vice Chair representing Manhattan for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Biography: Russell Miller, MD is the Sloane Hospital for Women Professor of Prenatal Pediatrics (in Obstetrics and Gynecology) at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Miller's clinical and research interests include prenatal diagnosis, sonographic evaluation of fetal malformations, evaluation and management of complicated twin pregnancies, Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, and performing invasive fetal therapies. Dr. Miller completed his medical school education as well as residency and subspecialty fellowship training in Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) at Columbia University Medical Center. Among his many clinical and research awards and recognitions, he has been nominated as the Children's Hospital of New York Physician of the Year in three different years.

Biography: Dr. Steven Sheng was born in Beijing, China, and immigrated to the United States as a child, where he grew up on Long Island, New York. After completing his primary education, Dr. Sheng went on to George Washington University where he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy while also obtaining a minor in Biological Sciences. After his undergraduate program, Dr. Sheng went on to serve in the New York Teaching Fellows program, where he was an educator in New York City for two years. Dr. Sheng completed the program while earning his Masters in Education from Queens College. Dr. Sheng then attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he completed his Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Sheng completed his residency as a Chief Resident at The Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, New York.Dr. Sheng is committed to providing compassionate and high-quality care in both general and high-risk obstetrics. Dr. Sheng also provides a wide range of gynecological care, including annual exams, preventative care visits, early screening, infertility counseling, treatment of sexually transmitted infections, and contraceptive management. His scope of practice also includes the management of cervical, vulvar, uterine, and ovarian pathology; endometriosis; fibroids; ovarian cysts; and abnormal pap smears.Dr. Sheng has admitting privileges and performs deliveries and minimally invasive procedures at NewYork-Presybterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. Dr. Sheng is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.