Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D.

After completing her residency in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Robin Kalish trained to become a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. Her expertise includes caring for women with medical conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and lupus, as well women who conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or have multifetal pregnancies. In addition, she specializes in obstetric ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis including chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis. While not all of Dr. Kalish's patients are high risk, she considers every pregnancy unique.Dr. Kalish believes that educating her patients is an important part of her job. Pregnancy is a time when people are willing to make positive changes in their lives. They are more apt to exercise, change their diet, give up smoking, deal with stress, work on their relationships, and build up their support systems. Dr. Kalish strives to help her patients choose healthier lifestyles and behaviors and have healthier pregnancies.As a practitioner, faculty member, and researcher, Dr. Kalish is one of the reasons Weill Cornell Medical Center is regarded as one of the foremost teaching hospitals in the world, leading not just in the advancement of patient care but also in the development of future leaders of medicine.Since joining Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Kalish has collaborated on more than 40 peer-reviewed medical journal research articles. Much of her research has focused on twin pregnancies. In addition, she is currently working on a study of treatment options for depression during and after pregnancy. She is also actively involved in training and supervising medical students and residents as well as fellows in Maternal-Fetal Medicine."Obstetrics is a rewarding field of medicine. I am privileged to have the opportunity to help my patients' dreams come true."A graduate of Dartmouth College, Dr. Kalish received her M.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, New York, and her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. She has held a faculty appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College since 2003. She is currently a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Vice Chair of Obstetrics at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Dr. Outtz Reed is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and earned her M.D. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania.

Physiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman Dr. Stein obtained his undergraduate degree from Columbia University, and his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, followed by a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Stein was a member of the medical staff at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston for 16 years, where he served as Chief Medical Officer from 2000 onward, and was the medical director of the stroke rehabilitation program. He also served as a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School. In September 2008, Dr. Stein was appointed Physiatrist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, as well as Professor and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Stein’s clinical and research interests are in the area of stroke rehabilitation. He has had a particular focus on the use of exercise as a treatment, and on the use of robotic and other technologies to facilitate recovery of motor function after stroke. He has authored or coauthored two books on stroke recovery and rehabilitation for stroke survivors and their families, and edited a multi-authored medical textbook on this subject entitled “Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation.”