Mommy Docs

The first and arguably the most important choice in the journey to becoming a mother is picking your health care provider. In an ideal situation, your provider can be the same person who delivers your baby. This isn’t always possible, but it allows for a comfortable consistency throughout the pregnancy. In our experience with the [...]

We have a new show in development – “Mommy Docs” – for Public Television, but in the meantime, please check out your favorite episodes of “Deliver Me” on Discovery Fit & Health, airing weekdays at 10 a.m Eastern and 7 a.m. Pacific. For a full list of showtimes and episode information, click here. This week: [...]

Hi everyone, I wanted to get the word out! Milk + Bookies is an amazing non-profit organization founded by Meredith Alexander, a fellow mom and friend. Her charitable organization exposes children to learn about giving. Our children are given the opportunity to select, purchase, and donate books to other children who do not have access [...]

Today, we announced a new partnership with Insight Pharmaceuticals (e.p.t. and Monistat) that will focus on highlighting various women’s health issues. This week, we shot some informational videos that will be available very soon — stay tuned! In the meantime, here are a few photos from the shoot.

LANGHORNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Insight Pharmaceuticals, a leading manufacturer and marketer of over-the-counter consumer health products, today announced its partnership with Doctors Yvonne Bohn, Allison Hill, and Alane Park, practicing OB/GYN physicians and active moms in Los Angeles. These women’s health experts are nationally known as the “Mommy Docs,” and are co-authors of the best-selling book “The [...]

My male friend Emilio was circumcised as an adult.  He grew up in South America where circumcision was not widely practiced.  As a child, he suffered from numerous infections of the foreskin.  As an adult, the scar tissue from the infections grew too much to bear, and he decided to undergo the procedure at age [...]

1.  I understand my own mother so much more now.  I get how hard it is to be a parent, and how much she sacrificed for me, loved me and is still here for me. 2.  I think I am a better OB-GYN since I have become a mom.  I understand how precious children are.  [...]

I have been a physician for 17 years and the thing I like least about what I do is giving a patient bad news. Most of the time when patients come in for a blood test or have a biopsy, the best way to give follow up results is tricky. Most patients do not have [...]

Becoming an OB/GYN certainly wasn’t the easiest road.  The training was rough to say the least – working 80 to 100 hours per week for four years in one of the most challenging fields of medicine.  After residency, things improve somewhat, but the hours are still long with middle-of-the-night phone calls and trips to the [...]

I saw a patient of mine yesterday named Shannon.  I have been her doctor ever since I started my practice more than 12 years ago and I look forward to our annual catch-up sessions.  When we met she was a nervous high-school senior, and I have watched her grow into a confident businesswoman.  She met [...]