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About Knafayim

Just walk beside me and hold my hand.

After suffering many early and mid-trimester losses, as well as a stillbirth, Mrs. Malkie Klaristenfeld recognized the need for an organization that would focus on providing practical and emotional support for Jewish couples experiencing perinatal and infant loss.

Since 2015, Knafayim has supported thousands of families in the frum community. We are a passionate team of trained professionals and volunteers who believe in the power of support for bereaved parents. Through medical guidance, referrals, companionship, and peer support, we hold space for the silent pain of shattered hopes and dreams.

Knafayim means wings: wings of hope, wings of protection, wings of encouragement. The support we provide enables bereaved parents to develop their own wings that will one day allow them to soar above the pain and darkness.

“When you talk about the loss of a pregnancy or the death of a baby or the need for a termination, the grief is overwhelming. Often, people feel they’re the only ones going through it. When you connect with Knafayim, you recognize there are many families who’ve experienced similar losses and you can hear from people who are farther along in their journey, so you know there’s hope.”

Frances T. McCarthy, MS, RNC, CPLC

Clinical coordinator for the Neonatal Comfort Care Program, NY Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Our Mission

To strengthen and support families experiencing pregnancy or infant loss. We are a community of support where grief and love intertwine.

Our Vision

We believe no parent should have to face the pain of losing a much wanted pregnancy or infant alone. Every couple deserves compassionate, knowledgeable, and culturally competent companionship, empowering them to make the choices appropriate for them.

Our Values

Empathy

We give you space to sit with your pain. We recognize that each person’s trajectory of grief is unique. We will respect your decisions and facilitate your unique way forward.

Validation

We understand that every person experiencing loss is in a world of pain that deserves validation and respect. No matter the gestational age of the loss, you have permission to grieve.

Constancy

The journey of grief is long and confusing. We are here to hold your hand throughout the journey, providing support and encouragement until you feel strong enough to fly on your own.

Respect

We recognize the human potential to integrate loss as a part of their life’s experience and story, carrying their experience as they move forward.

Our History

Knafayim timeline

  1. Creation of the concept and vision of pregnancy loss support

  2. First pregnancy loss support packet created

  3. Birth of Knafayim

  4. Knafayim Lakewood branch established

  5. Meeting with Lakewood Rabbanim about perinatal loss

  6. Knafayim Toronto branch established

  7. Knafayim Australia branch established

  8. SBH-Knafayim partnership

  9. Knafayim Israel branch established

  10. Introduction of Continued Comfort program

  11. Hebrew packet created

  12. Yiddish packet created

  13. Knafayim Israel branch expanded

  14. Knafayim Australia branch expanded

  15. Knafayim Toronto branch expanded

  16. Upcoming Branches

    South Africa, Brazil, Switzerland

From a mother

“Knafayim doesn’t push an agenda. They present all sides of the situation and empower you to decide what will work best for you, like whether or not to see the baby, what procedure to do, or how to tell your kids. Knafayim’s professionalism and high level of training helped me feel secure that I understood all my options.”

Knafayim Mom

Our Team · Founder & Director

Mrs. Malkie Klaristenfeld

We get what you’re going through because we’ve been there too.

“I grew up in a home where we lived with Hashem. That we wake up in the morning and Hashem gives us a plan, and we embrace it. I got married, very focused on fulfilling this next stage in life. This stage was very different, though, from what I’d imagined it to be: I didn’t dream I’d have a life of losses. But I knew I was a fighter, I was a strong person. That was my coping mechanism, telling myself I could do this. I could take it…”

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As a teacher and growth-oriented thinker, Mrs. Klaristenfeld found comfort in reading and learning about perinatal loss. After her tenth loss, though, she hit her breaking point. She’d gone to all the top doctors, had done all the research, gotten all the medication, done everything right … and it ended in a stillbirth. It was devastating, and for the first time she felt she couldn’t continue anymore. She knew then that going through it on her own wasn’t going to work anymore.

She shared this thought with a friend who said, “Malkie, you should do something with this!” galvanizing her into action. Mrs. Klaristenfeld created a care packet for pregnancy loss, something women could carry with them and that would help them move forward as they walked out of the hospital with otherwise empty arms.

Through founding ATIME’s Pregnancy Loss Support Program in 1999, and in her current work as founder and director of Knafayim (since 2015), Mrs. Klaristenfeld has created a comprehensive network of support services so that no couple should have to travel the journey of reproductive loss alone. In addition to the community and sisterhood she has created to support bereaved parents, she uses her wealth of experience and knowledge to guide medical professionals and community leaders in how to best support families facing reproductive loss, and has trained emotional doulas in New York, Israel, Australia, Toronto, London, Antwerp and Montreal. She brings all facets of her upbeat personality (mother, teacher, writer, musician) with her as she provides couples with sensitive and respectful companionship along their journey.

Knafayim is there for every bereaved couple, at whatever stage of the reproductive journey they experience loss.

Executive Team

  • Mrs. Malkie Klaristenfeld

    Founder and Director

  • Dvora Entin, LCSW, PMH-C

    Clinical Consultant

  • Mr. Yehuda Roth

    Executive Administrator, Coordinator of Burial Services

  • Mr. Berl Graus

    Administrator

Administrative Team

  • Mrs. Surie Eisenberger

    Case Manager

  • Mrs. Mindy Felsenberg

    Administrative Assistant

  • Mrs. Rivky Lefkowitz

    Director of Operations

  • Mrs. Rechy Lustigman

    Editor

  • Mrs. Miriam Leah Reiss

    Executive Secretary

  • Mrs. Sury Roth

    Care Packet Distribution

  • Mrs. Esty Stein

    Project Coordinator

  • Mrs. Yitty Witriol

    Director of Development

Regional Coordinators

  • Australia

    • Yumi Rosenbaum
    • Dvori Rosenbaum
    • Chayim Klein
    • Miri Eckstein
  • Baltimore

    • Ilana Honlein
    • Shani Listhaus
    • Yael Schwartzenberger
  • Belgium

    • Esther Teitelbaum
  • Brooklyn

    • Rochel Leah Grossman
    • Rivky Weisel
  • United Kingdom

    • Tziny Perlmutter
    • Chavy Freshwater
    • Esther Rosenberg
    • Minky Niederman
    • Shiri Gillis
  • Five Towns

    • Meira Shlomowitz
    • Shua Shlomowitz
  • Israel

    • Rina Zinkin
    • Dahlia Reinheimer
  • Lakewood

    • Leah Deutsch
    • Leah Rother
  • Los Angeles

    • Adina Richter
  • Monroe

    • Rechy Lustigman
  • Montreal

    • Leahle Felberbaum
  • Sephardic Bikur Holim (SBH)

    • Rebbetzin Molly Haber
    • Gladys Hazan
    • Rachel Hazan
    • Lillian Esses
    • Michelle Sassoon
  • South Africa

    • Genevieve Kopping
  • Toronto

    • Nomi Kutner
    • Leah Miller
    • Leora Spitz
    • Devoiry Lowenbraun
  • Switzerland

    • Yocheved Koschland

Support Group Moderators

  • Ariella Babad, LCSW

    New Chapter Support Group

  • Shaindy Bondi, LCSW

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Laurie Chameides, LCSW

    Caring Hearts Support Group

  • Andrea Chattah, LMHC

    “Was It For Nothing” Event/RPL Zoom Series

  • Chanie Delman, LCSW, PMH

    Heartbeats Support Group

  • Yaffa Dyckman, LCSW

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Dvora Entin, LCSW, PMH-C

    Still A Mother Support Group

  • Ruth Gabay, LCSW

    Painful Choices Support Group

  • Audrey Grazi, LCSW

    Still A Mother In-Person Brooklyn Support Group

  • Sury Halpern, LMFT

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Chani Juravel, LCSW

    Pathways Support Groups

  • Merav Kaisman, LPC

    Still A Mother In-Person Lakewood Support Group

  • Libby Klein, LCSW

    Still A Mother In-person Lakewood Support Group

  • Chaya Kohn, LMHC

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Shaindy Lefkowitz, LCSW

    Still A Mother In-person Monroe Support Group

  • Chanie Litwin, LCSW

    Israel Support Groups

  • Dvora Levy, LCSW

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Frances T. McCarthy, MS, RNC, CPLC

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Sarah Miller, PhD

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Naomi Rosenkranz, MS, MS Ed, PMH-C

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Brocha Shereshevsky, LCSW

    Still a Mother/Heartbeats Support Groups

  • Faigy Singer, MSN, RN, CNE, CCE

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Gitty Sofer, LSW

    Still A Mother Lakewood In-Person Support Groups

  • Irene Sprung, LCSW

    Continued Comfort Support Group

  • Mara Tesler Stein, PsyD, PMH-C

    Teleconference Support Series

  • Moshe Winograd, PhD

    Silent Strength Father’s Support Group

Medical Advisory Team

  • Alan A. Adler

    M.D., FACOG

    Read bio Close bio of Alan A. Adler, M.D., FACOG

    Dr. Adler is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and is a fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Adler is the founding member of New York Obstetrics and Gynecology and has been in private practice since 1993.

    Dr. Adler earned his undergraduate degree and graduated magna cum laude from New York University and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received his medical degree from New York University Medical School, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and graduated as valedictorian of his class. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

  • Peer Dar

    MD OBGYN

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    Pe’er Dar, MD, is Director of Fetal Medicine and OBGYN Ultrasound at Montefiore and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Dar’s clinical focus is on the care of women who carry babies with disorders and medical conditions that may affect their lives and he leads the Fetal Medicine and Surgery Team at Montefiore. He particularly specializes in diagnosis and management of medical and structural abnormalities in the fetus and in complicated twin and triplet pregnancies. His expertise include performing detailed ultrasound examination of the fetus including fetal echocardiography (scanning of the fetal heart) and fetal neurosonography (scanning of the fetal brain) as well as performing in-utero fetal surgeries such as fetoscopic laser surgery for monochorionic twins with twin to twin transfusion syndrome, in-utero blood transfusion for fetuses with anemia and in-utero drainage and shunt procedures. Dr. Dar is also experienced in performing amniocentesis, chorionic villous sampling (CVS) and multifetal selective reduction for multiple pregnancies.

    Dr. Dar completed his Doctor of Medicine from Tel-Aviv University in Tel-Aviv, Israel in 1986. He started his postgraduate education at Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, with a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a specialty in high-risk pregnancies from 1992 through 1998. He then came to Montefiore-Einstein, completing a two-year fellowship in medical and reproductive genetics. After spending two years as an attending-specialist in the field of prenatal diagnosis he completed in 2005 three-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Montefiore-Einstein. In 2007, he completed additional training in fetal surgery in world-known fetal surgery centers in France and Belgium.

    Dr. Dar is very active in research and he is currently the principal investigator in many studies including international multicenter studies. His research focus is in fetal medicine and surgery, non-invasive prenatal screening and placenta accreta spectrum. He has shared his work in many peer-reviewed journals, textbook chapters, abstracts and invited presentations. He is also a reviewer for national and international journals including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Plos one and Prenatal Diagnosis.

    Dr. Dar is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Clinical Genetics and is a member of several professional societies including the Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society and the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has been regularly listed among Castle Connolly Top Doctors for obstetrics and gynecology in the New York Metro area.

  • Colleen Denny

    OBGYN

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    Dr Denny is double board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and complex family planning. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the faculty of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She is passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of gynecologists and obstetricians, and has received many resident physician and medical student teaching awards over the years. As director of the family planning service at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, she works hard to make sure that people can access time-sensitive reproductive healthcare quickly and smoothly.

  • Monica V Dragoman

    MD, MPH OBGYN

    Read bio Close bio of Monica V Dragoman, MD, MPH OBGYN

    Monica Dragoman, MD, MPH, is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist with subspecialty training in Complex Family Planning. Dr. Dragoman is the System Director in the Division of Complex Family Planning and also serves as Program Director for the Complex Family Planning Fellowship in the Raquel and Jaime Gilinski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She also holds an appointment as Assistant Professor.

    Before joining Mount Sinai, Dr. Dragoman most recently served as Medical Director for Clinical Research and Training at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. While at Planned Parenthood, she managed an active portfolio of research, including NIH- and industry-sponsored investigations of new contraceptive technologies while actively providing patient care and clinical training for various cadres of the clinical team members. Dr. Dragoman also has held an appointment as Medical Officer in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland where she participated in the update and development of a number of key family planning guidelines, including the WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. She has also consulted on a number of reproductive health projects domestically and abroad for organizations such as WHO, the CDC Foundation, Gynuity Health Projects, Ipas, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Her research interests include innovating service delivery and improving quality of abortion care as well as contraceptive access and safety among various subpopulations. Her work has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals and publications.

    Dr. Dragoman is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as a Fellow of the Society of Family Planning where she also serves on the Clinical Affairs Subcommittee. She is an active Board Member of Global Doctors for Choice.

    Dr. Dragoman received her medical degree from Medical College of Ohio and a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and went on to complete a fellowship in family planning at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital.

  • Victor Grazi

    MD OBGYN

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    Dr. Victor Grazi, MD works in Brooklyn, NY as an obstetrics & gynecology specialist and has 38 years experience.

    He graduated from University of Pennsylvania / School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Grazi has worked on more claims relating to high risk pregnancy, encounters for normal pregnancies and vaginal delivery and vbac than other providers in the area.

  • Adam R Jacobs

    MD OBGYN

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    Adam Jacobs, MD, is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist. He serves as the Medical Director of the Division of Complex Family Planning in the Raquel and Jaime Gilinski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and is the Ryan Residency Family Planning Program Director for The Mount Sinai Hospital.

    Dr. Jacobs holds appointments as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Pediatrics, and Medical Education. He established multiple family planning training programs over his career, including development of formal family planning clinical training at The Mount Sinai Hospital in 2004 and a LARC training program at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. He has received commendation for his efforts as a medical educator, winning both the CREOG National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education and an APGO Excellence in Teaching Award. He also received a national award for his clinical service. He actively served as a board member for several leading family planning service and advocacy organizations, including Planned Parenthood of New York City and Physicians for Reproductive Health. His research interests include abortion safety, understanding and reducing abortion stigma, and contraception for transgender individuals and adolescents. He has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and presented his work at national conferences.

    Dr. Jacobs received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and completed a fellowship in obstetrics and gynecology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, subsequently joining the faculty at Mount Sinai.

  • Joshua Klein

    MD, FACOG

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    Dr. Klein is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and assistant professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He earned his medical degree at Harvard University, completing his residency in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Massachusetts General and Brigham & Women’s Hospitals. He did his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Columbia University and is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

    Before leading the Extend Fertility Medical Practice, Dr. Klein practiced for several years at one of the largest academic IVF programs in the US, where he served as medical director for Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York in Brooklyn. Dr. Klein has authored and co-authored publications in leading peer-reviewed academic journals such as Science, Fertility and Sterility, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has also written numerous chapters for medical textbooks and has presented research at national conferences including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).

    Dr. Klein sits on the medical board of several fertility advocacy organizations and regularly gives lectures and presentations to community groups on infertility and fertility preservation. He is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor and has been named a Super Doctor each year since 2017.

  • Jonathan Lanzkowsky

    MD OBGYN

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    Dr. Jonathan Lanzkowsky, MD is an Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialist in Brooklyn, NY and has over 29 years of experience in the medical field. Dr. Lanzkowsky has extensive experience in Obstetric Care. He graduated from Finch University of Health Sciences / Chicago Medical School in 1993.

  • David B. Lubell

    MD OBGYN

    Read bio Close bio of David B. Lubell, MD OBGYN

    Dr. Lubell is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. He received his Medical Degree from the Bruce Rapaport faculty of Medicine at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Israel, graduating Cum Laude. He completed his residency training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he received numerous awards and recognition for his medical research and clinical teaching skills. Dr. Lubell is an academic faculty member at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He is actively involved in educating medical students and resident staff. In addition to being highly proficient in all aspects of OBGYN, Dr. Lubell’s special interests include vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) delivery, management of depression and anxiety in pregnancy, adolescent GYN, family planning, menopausal issues for women and minimally invasive gynecologic procedures. He is known for providing exceptional care based on a foundation of caring and sensitivity.

  • Laura MacIsaac

    MD MPH OBGYN

    Read bio Close bio of Laura MacIsaac, MD MPH OBGYN

    Laura MacIsaac, MD, MPH, is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist with subspecialty training in Complex Family Planning. She serves as the Associate Program Director of the Complex Family Planning Fellowship Program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

    Dr. MacIsaac has created and led family planning training programs in several academic medical centers in New York City. She is a distinguished medical educator as the first recipient of the Ryan Residency Training Grant for Family Planning and recognized with national as well as institutional teaching awards. She also served on an expert working group for the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use in 2010 and the U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use in 2013. She participates in national and regional work as a Fellow of ACOG, including course director for post-graduate courses in Family Planning at the National Clinical Meetings, serving on the Long Acting Reversible Contraception Committee, and is the Chair of Section 1, District I of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She has also published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and presented her work at national conferences.

    Dr. MacIsaac received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College and her medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and completed a fellowship in family planning at the University of California, San Francisco. With the support of an ACOG Women’s Health Policy Award, she completed a Master in Public Health in Health Policy and Management from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

  • Rachel Masch

    MD, MPH OBGYN

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    Rachel Masch MD, MPH, is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist. Dr. Masch holds an appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

    Before coming to Mount Sinai, Dr. Masch directed the Reproductive Choice Service at New York University/Bellevue Hospital. While there, she developed a family planning curriculum that was nationally distributed. She is a Fellow of both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society of Family Planning.

    In addition to her family planning activities, she is also the Chief Medical Officer of Basic Health International, an organization dedicated to the eradication of cervical cancer. Dr. Masch is committed to education, research, implementation, policy and advocacy. She has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and presented her work at national and international conferences.

    Dr. Masch received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her medical degree from Brown University Medical School. She completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center and received a Master in Public Health in Health Policy and Management from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

  • Fran McCarthy

    MS, RNC

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    Fran McCarthy has been a nurse for over 35 years. For 28 years she was a Neonatal Intensive Care nurse at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital where she cared for critically ill newborns and first began to understand how to care for families facing loss, death and bereavement. For over 5 years she has been the Clinical Coordinator of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program at NYP Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital under the direction of Dr. Elvira Parravicini, attending Neonatologist in the NICU. The primary focus of this program is to provide perinatal palliative care to women who are pregnant with babies with life-limiting conditions. The program accompanies mothers and their partners and families through pregnancy, birth and the grieving process. Fran considers this work a privilege and feels she receives much more than she gives.

  • Victor A. Rosenberg

    MD, FACOG

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    Dr. Rosenberg is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Subspecialty Board Certified in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He is a Cornell and Yale trained physician with an active clinical practice in high risk obstetrics.

    During his fellowship, Dr. Rosenberg conducted innovative research and authored numerous publications on the topics of infection complicating preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) and preterm birth and the role of proteomics in the diagnosis of infection. He also conducted a prospective study investigating the mechanism of action for heparin in the treatment of thrombophilia during pregnancy.

    Dr. Rosenberg’s current practice focuses on all aspects of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, also known as “High Risk Obstetrics,” including prenatal ultrasound, management of high risk pregnancies, the prevention of recurrent adverse pregnancy outcomes and thrombophilia in pregnancy. Dr. Rosenberg is an experienced consultant and medical expert witness for both plaintiff and defense.

  • Bianca Stifani

    MD MPH FACOG

    Read bio Close bio of Bianca Stifani, MD MPH FACOG

    Bianca Stifani, M.D., M.P.H., FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and complex family planning specialist. Originally from Italy, she grew up in Belgium and moved to New York since 2002. Dr. Stifani is passionate about global health and has worked in multiple countries throughout Europe, Africa, and Latin America. She also loves conducting research about reproductive health and teaching research methods to residents, medical students, and other faculty members.

  • Zev Williams

    M.D. PhD

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    Zev Williams, MD, PhD is the Wendy D. Havens Associate Professor of Women’s Health and the Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He completed his MD and PhD training in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine before continuing to the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital for his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. After completing his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Weill-Cornell, Dr. Williams then did a post-doctoral fellowship on RNA biology in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Tuschl at Rockefeller University. As a physician scientist, Dr. Williams’ focus has been on helping those suffering from recurrent pregnancy loss and infertility and developing novel technologies and treatments to improve patient success.

“It is in our own experiences of brokenness that we find the strength and courage to help others who struggle with similar experiences.”

Sarah F, client

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