Story No. 304: Dr. Azmina from New York
I am proud of being able to practice family medicine in a way that is honest and fulfilling. When I meet patients for the first […]
I am proud of being able to practice family medicine in a way that is honest and fulfilling. When I meet patients for the first […]
PPNYC's Laura McQuade wrote in the New York Daily News about a New York City Council hearing on crisis pregnancy centers, in which Dr. Cynthia Calixte testified.
The first time I went to a Planned Parenthood clinic, I was 21. I was on birth control pills, but I hadn’t had my period […]
I take care of young women and girls—8th and 9th graders—in the Bronx. They are white, black, Latina, Asian. They come from single parent homes […]
As an obstetrician/gynecologist, I have had many patients like Jennifer (name changed), a 22-year-old Catholic mother of one. She decided to postpone expanding her family […]
I’m a family physician working in a Federally Qualified Health Center in Harlem. We regularly take walk-ins, especially for prenatal visits. This particular patient, who […]
Last year I found out that the mutated BRCA2 gene (the gene mutation associated with breast cancer) runs in my family. As a woman in […]
My sister in law recently had an abortion, and gave me permission to share her story with you. As a physician, I was extremely surprised […]