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Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Veronica Alvarez Galiana

Veronica M. Alvarez-Galiana

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Alvarez-Galiana was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She has a passion to serve those less fortunate stemming from her parents' struggles early on as immigrants from Cuba. She has a BS in Neuroscience from the University of Miami, an MSEd in Community & Social Change, also from UM, and she received her medical degree at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine...
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Ian Bishop

Ian Bishop, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Ian Joseph Bishop MD, MPH, is double board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Complex Family Planning. He received his undergraduate degree in Comparative Politics from Yale University in 2007. He was a Fulbright-Hays scholar with the U.S. Department of State and focused on developing women’s health services in East Africa, partnering with international...
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Jose Carugno

Jose A. Carugno, M.D.

Professor
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Dr. Jose “Tony” Carugno is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology with AAGL fellowship training in Advanced Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Laparoscopy, Robotic Surgery and Pelvic Pain. He received his medical degree and completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in his home country at the Maternidad Concepcion Palacios, Central University of Venezuela....
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Judith Simms Cendan

Judith Simms-Cendan, M.D.

Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Judy Simms-Cendan is the Founding Division Director of Pediatric Adolescent Gynecologist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine OBGYN department.

Dr. Simms-Cendan graduated from the University of Miami with her Bachelor of Science, and from the University of Florida College of Medicine with her MD degree. She completed her residency...
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Liviu Cojocaru, MD, FACOG

Liviu Cojocaru, M.D., FACOG

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Dr. Liviu Cojocaru is a highly accomplished specialist in maternal-fetal medicine, fortified by a unique and extensive background in critical care. Dr. Cojocaru envisions a pioneering future in obstetrical care underpinned by a dual-fold ambition. The first of these visionary endeavors involves the establishment of an Obstetrical Intensive Care Unit (OB-ICU) at the esteemed...
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Sophia George, Ph.D.

Sophia George, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Publications
Biography: Dr. Sophia George, PhD is an Associate Professor appointment in the Division of Gynecological Oncology within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and a full member of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Academy Awardee. Dr. George is a native of the Caribbean and is...
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Victoria Guerrero Gorman

Victoria Guerrero Gorman, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Guerrero-Gorman was born and raised in Miami, FL. She has a passion for serving the women in the community she grew up in. She attended Florida State University and earned a BS in Biological Sciences, with minors in Chemistry and Psychology. She received her medical degree from Ponce Health Sciences University in Ponce, PR. She completed her residency training at Virginia...
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JoNell Potter

JoNell Efantis Potter, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., F.A.A.N.

Professor
Publications
Biography: Dr. Potter is a Professor of Clinical Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, with joint appointments in the Department of Pediatrics and School of Nursing. She serves as Vice Chair of Research for the Division of Reproductive Sciences, and Chief of the Women’s HIV Service. As Chief of the Women’s HIV Service,...
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Matthew Schlumbrecht, M.D.

Matthew Schlumbrecht, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Dr. Schlumbrecht is a Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami, Florida. He serves as the Director for the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program; Medical Co-Director for Research Operations, Cancer Survivorship Program; and the Co-Director of Cancer Control and Prevention for Gynecologic Oncology. He also...
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Anna Katerina Sfakianaki

Anna Katerina Sfakianaki, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Anna Sfakianaki is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Program Director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She practices Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Miami Health System and Jackson Health System - one of the largest and most diverse hospital systems in the country....
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Staff Physicians

Moises Lichtinger

Moises Lichtinger, M.D.

Staff Physician, Generalist