Obstetrics and Gynecology
Office: 3750 Woodward, Suite 200; 313-993-4514
Chairperson: Chaur-Dong Hsu
http://obgyn.med.wayne.edu/
The discipline of obstetrics and gynecology is concerned with the reproductive health of women. This concept implies knowledge that extends from embryology through gerontology. A prime objective of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is to present, and to add to, the current knowledge of the normal physiology and pathology of reproduction.
Major teaching and research efforts in the Department focus on several sub-specialty areas including maternal-fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology, reproductive endocrinology/infertility, and reproductive genetics. In addition, emphasis is placed on family planning and contraceptive technology, sonographic imaging, psychosexual issues, and computer applications in treatment, diagnosis, and research. The faculty integrates basic science and clinical research into clinical practice.
Medical students gain clinical experience in obstetrics and gynecology in Detroit Medical Center Hospitals: Hutzel Women’s Hospital and Sinai-Grace in addition to other affiliated hospitals: William Beaumont, Oakwood, Providence, St. John’s, and Henry Ford. The third year clerkship includes an extensive didactic course, as well as in-depth clinical experience. Further, clinical and research opportunities are available in all sub-specialty areas during senior elective periods. Summer student research fellowships are available, both in clinical research within the Department, and in basic research at the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, where the Department’s basic science laboratories are located.
The graduate program concentrating in the reproductive sciences is included with the Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology.
ABDELRAHMAN, ANAN ADIB: M.B., Ain Shams University; Clinical Assistant Professor
ABED, HUSAM: M.B.Ch.B., College of Medicine, Al-Mustanseriyah University; Clinical Assistant Professor
ABRAMOWICZ, JACQUES: M.D., Tel-Aviv University; Professor (Clinician-Educator)
ABU-SOUD, HUSAM: Ph.D., Wivehoe University; B.Sc., Kuwait University; Associate Professor
ABUZEID, MOSTAFA: M.B.B.S., Cairo University; Clinical Professor
ADELMAN, MARC: D.O., Michigan State University; B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
AGUIN, TINA: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., Lake Superior State University; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)
ALFIERI, CRISTINA: M.D., Boston University School of Medicine; B.S., College of the Holy Cross; Clinical Assistant Professor
ALLEN, TODD: M.D., M.S., Case Western Reserve University; B.S., Hope College; Clinical Assistant Professor
ANDARY, LOUIS: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
APPIAH, KWABENA: M.D., University of Cincinnati Medical School; Clinical Assistant Professor
ARRINGTON, HAROLD: M.D., University of Michigan; B.S., Adrian College; Clinical Assistant Professor
ATTY, KORIAL: M.D., Assuit University; Clinical Assistant Professor
AWONUGA, AWONIYI: M.D., University of Ibadan; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)
BAYRAM, MEHMET O.: M.D., University of Istanbul; Clinical Assistant Professor
BEEMER, WESLEY: M.D., University of Michigan; B.A., Kalamazoo College; Clinical Assistant Professor
BELOTTE, JIMMY: M.D., Universite Notre Dame d'Haiti; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)
BENJAMIN, DANNY: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
BERENHOLZ, JOSEPH: M.D., Autonomous University of Guadalajara; B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
BERMAN, JAY: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., Queen's College; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)
BERMAN, NANCY: M.S.N., Wayne State University; B.S.N., University of Michigan; Instructor (Clinical)
BERNAL, HUMBERTO: M.D., Universidad de El Salvador; Clinical Assistant Professor
BOBO, ANDRE: M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine; B.S., Clemson University; Clinical Assistant Professor
BONNEFIL, WILLIAM: M.D., University of Haiti Medical School; B.S., Institution St. Louis de Gonzague; Clinical Assistant Professor
BOUTT, ANTHONY: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
BRONSTEEN, RICHARD: M.D., George Washington University; Clinical Assistant Professor
BRYSK, JUDITH: M.D., B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
BUDRYS, NICOLE: M.D., Wayne State University; M.A., B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
BUEKERS, THOMAS: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Detroit; Clinical Associate Professor
CALVER, DAVID: M.D., University of Michigan; B.A., Albion College; Clinical Assistant Professor
CANTOR, DAVID: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
CAPILI, ALBERT: D.O., B.S., Michigan State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
CASH, CHARLES: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
CHEN, KANG: Ph.D., Cornell University; B.S., National University of Singapore; Assistant Professor
CHRISTENSEN, CARL: M.D., B.A., Wayne State University; Clinical Professor
CHU, BETTY: M.D., B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
CLARKE, DAVID: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., Brown University; Clinical Assistant Professor
COLLINS-FULEA, CATHERINE: S.R.N., Radcliffe School of Nursing; S.C.M., Plymouth School of Midwifery; M.S.N, Oakland University; B.S.N., Mercy College of Detroit; Clinical Assistant Professor
COMSTOCK, CHRISTINE: M.D., University of Chicago; Clinical Associate Professor
DEAN, STEVEN M.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., Michigan State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
DENDRINOS, MELINA: M.D., Case Western Reserve University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Instructor
DEPPE, GUNTER: M.D., Bochum University; B.S., Hann Munden; Professor
DICKERSON, DIONNE: M.D., Wright State University; B.S., Howard University; Clinical Assistant Professor
DOCK, ROBERT: D.O., Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine; B.S., Indiana University; Clinical Assistant Professor
DODDS, ROBERT: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
DOLNICEK, THOMAS: M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center; B.S., University of Nebraska; Clinical Assistant Professor
DOMBROWSKI, MITCHELL P.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Professor
DOREY, LEONARD: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
DREWLO, SASCHA: Ph.D., Deutsche Sprthochschule Koln; Assistant Professor
DUDUM, JUDY: M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin; B.S., City College of San Francisco; Clinical Assistant Professor
EISENSTEIN, DAVID: M.D., B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
EMERY, ALLAN: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
ESPY, MURIEL: M.D., Meharry Medical College; Clinical Assistant Professor
FLOYD, WILLIAM S.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Clinical Associate Professor
FRANTZ, ANNE: M.D., Michigan State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
GARG, GUNJAL: M.D., Gajra Raja Medical College, India; Clinical Instructor
GARMEL, SARA: M.D., B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
GENNAOUI, ELIAS: M.D., Damascus University School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor
GIBSON, MELINDA: M.D., Northwestern University; Clinical Instructor
GOMEZ-LOPEZ, NARDHY: Ph.D., M.S., National Polytechnic Institute; Assistant Professor
GONIK, BERNARD: M.D., Michigan State University; Professor
GORDON, SEYMOUR V.: M.D., B.A., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
GOUD, PRAVIN: M.D., University of Bombay; Ph.D., Ghent University; Clinical Assistant Professor
GRAF, SHERRI: D.O., Des Moines University; B.S., University of Detroit; Clinical Assistant Professor
GRAHAM, THEODORE: M.D., Meharry Medical College; B.A., Columbia University; Clinical Assistant Professor
GUDIPATY, MADHURI: M.B.B.S., Andhra Medical College; M.D., Henry Ford Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor
HAJJAR, LEILA: M.D., Ohio State University; B.S., American University of Beirut; Clinical Assistant Professor
HAKIM, PAUL: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
HAROLD, PATRICE: M.D., B.A., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
HASSAN, SONIA: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., University of Michigan; Professor (Clinician-Educator)
HAYES, MARIA: M.D., B.A., Indiana University; Clinical Assistant Professor
HENDLER, ISRAEL: M.D., Ben Gurion University; Clinical Assistant Professor
HERTZ, MICHAEL: M.D., Wayne State University; M.P.H., B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Associate Professor
HERTZ, ROGER: M.D., B.A., University of Rochester; Clinical Associate Professor
HINTON, SHERRYL: M.D., Michigan State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
HOCHMAN, LEON: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
HODGE, DAVID: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
ISAACS, ELI M.: M.D., New York University, Buffalo; B.S., City College of the State University of New York; Clinical Assistant Professor
JEFFRIES, LISA: M.D., Michigan State University; B.S., Hillsdale College; Clinical Assistant Professor
JODICKE, CRISTIANO: M.D., Universidad Federal Da Bahia; Clinical Instructor
JONES, GARY: M.D., Northeastern Ohio University; Clinical Assistant Professor
JONES, JODY: M.D., B.S., Indiana University; Clinical Assistant Professor
JONES, THEODORE: M.D., Temple University; B.S., Morehouse University; Associate Professor
KAPLAN, JENNIFER: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
KASHEF, MINUCHEHR: M.D., Pahlavi University; Clinical Assistant Professor
KAUR, SATINDER: M.D., University of Kashmir Srinagar; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)
KAVEESHVAR, SACHCHIDANAND: M.B.B.S., University of Indore; Clinical Assistant Professor
KERNER, AMY: D.O., Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; B.S., John Carroll University; Clinical Assistant Professor
KHANDWALA, SALIL: M.B.B.S., University of Bombay; Clinical Assistant Professor
KIM, WOOSHIN: M.D., College of Medicine Seoul National University; Clinical Associate Professor
KMAK, DAVID: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., Wabash College; Clinical Associate Professor
KOWALCZYK, CAROLE: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
KRAWETZ, STEPHEN A.: Ph.D., B.S., University of Toronto; Professor
KUSHNER, ROGER: D.O., Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine; B.A. Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
LAASCH-HAND, CASSIE: M.D., B.S., Case Western Reserve University; Clinical Assistant Professor
LALL, CHITRANJAN: M.D., University of Puerto Rico; B.S., Inter American University; Clinical Assistant Professor
LAND, SUSAN: Ph.D., Wayne State University; Associate Professor (Research)
LEE, MONICA: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., Northwestern University; Clinical Assistant Professor
LEE, SANG: M.D., B.A., Seoul National University; Clinical Assistant Professor
LEE, WESLEY: M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University; B.S., Oregon State University; Clinical Associate Professor
LELAND, CHARLES: M.D., Yousei University College of Medicine; B.A., Western Washington State College; Clinical Assistant Professor
LEMEN, PAUL: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., Michigan State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
LEWIS, MARC: M.D., George Washington University; M.B.A., Wayne State University; B.S., Michigan State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
LICHTEN, EDWARD: M.D., Ohio State University; B.A., University of Akron; Clinical Assistant Professor
LIPSCHUTZ, DAVID I.: M.D., University of Michigan; B.A., Wayne State University; Clinical Instructor
LOBO, KAMLESH: M.D, University of East Africa, Makerere Medical School; B.A., Elmira College; Clinical Assistant Professor
LORENZ, ROBERT P.: M.D., University of Chicago; B.A., Princeton University; Clinical Associate Professor
MAGYAR, DAVID M.: D.O., Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine; B.S., Ohio State University; Clinical Associate Professor
MAICKI, HENRY W.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., Capital University; Clinical Assistant Professor
MAKELA, PAUL: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
MALONE, JOHN: M.D., St. Louis University; Clinical Associate Professor
MAMMEN, EBERHARD: M.D., University of Giessen; Professor Emeritus
MARIONA, FEDERICO: M.D., University of Buenos Aires; B.A., Carmen Arriola de Marin College; Clinical Professor
MARTINUZZI, KURT: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., Albion College; Clinical Assistant Professor
MASSE, DONALD: M.D., Marquette Medical School; Clinical Assistant Professor
MAXWELL, SHARI: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
MCBRIDE, KRISTEN: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Detroit Mercy; Clinical Assistant Professor
MCINTOSH, LISA: M.D., University of Illinois; B.S., Wheaton College; Clinical Assistant Professor
MEHTA, SHOBHA: M.D., B.S., University of Cincinnati; Clinical Assistant Professor
MERIWETHER, CURTIZ: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
METCALFE, NICOLE: M.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine; B.S., University of Pennsylvania; Clinical Assistant Professor
MILLER, ORLANDO J.: M.D., B.S., Yale University; Professor Emeritus
MILLER, SHARON: M.D., Michigan State University; B.S., Purdue University; Clinical Assistant Professor
MILOSAVLJEVIC, JENNIFER: M.D., Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine; B.A., Indiana University; Clinical Assistant Professor
MIMS-GILLUM, PHILLIS: M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine; B.S., Xavier University; Clinical Assistant Professor
MOSES, DAVID: M.D., Universidad Del Noreste and Ross University; Clinical Assistant Professor
MULLINS, JAMES: M.D., B.A., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
MUNKARAH, ADNAN: M.D., American University of Beirut; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)
MUSICH, JOHN: M.D., University of Minnesota; B.S., Saint John's University; Clinical Professor
NAYAK, NIHAR: D.V.M., M.S., Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology; Associate Professor (Research Educator)
NEHRA, PAUL: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Notre Dame; Clinical Associate Professor
NICHOLS, RONALD: M.D., Brown University; B.A., Boston University; Clinical Assistant Professor
NIELSEN, BRIAN: M.D., Wayne State University; M.S., University of Michigan; B.S., Alma College; Clinical Assistant Professor
NOHL, JAMES: M.D., University Autonoma de Jamanlipes; B.S., University of New Mexico; Clinical Assistant Professor
ORADY, MONA: M.D., University of Western Ontario; B.Sc., McMaster University; Clinical Assistant Professor
PACORA, PERCY: M.D., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Visiting Associate Professor
PAPAPANOS, PETER: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
PARK, ROSEMARY: M.D., B.S., Northeastern Ohio University; Clinical Assistant Professor
PERRY, STEPHEN: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
PICKENS, ALEX: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
PRAMOD, REKHA: M.B.B.S., Bangalore Medical College; Clinical Assistant Professor
PRYSAK, MICHAEL: M.D., University of Michigan; B.S., University of Detroit; Clinical Associate Professor
PUDER, KAROLINE: M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)
PUSCHECK, ELIZABETH: M.D., Washington University; M.S., University of Chicago; Professor (Clinician-Educator)
RANGARAJAN, N.S.: M.B.B.S., Madras Medical College; Clinical Assistant Professor
RAPPOLEE, DANIEL: Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco; B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; Associate Professor
REINKE-YOUNG, MICHELLE: D.O., Michigan State University; B.S., Wheaton College; Clinical Assistant Professor
RICHARDSON, DAVID: M.D., University of Illinois Medical School; B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Clinical Assistant Professor
RIZZO, CAROLE: D.O., Michigan State University; B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
RUDEN, DOUGLAS: Ph.D., Harvard University; B.S., Caltech; Professor
SACCO, ANTHONY G.: Ph.D., M.S., University of Tennessee; B.A., University of Rochester; Professor Emeritus
SAED, GHASSAN: M.D., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Essex; Associate Professor
SALESIN, MICHAEL S.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
SANGHA, ROOPINA: M.B.B.S., All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Clinical Assistant Professor
SCHNEIDER, ANNE: M.D., B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
SCHOENBERGER, ALVIN: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
SEABROOKS, FRANKLYN E.: M.D., Meharry Medical College; B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Instructor
SHERMAN, ALFRED I.: M.D., University of Toronto; Clinical Professor
SHIN, DONALD: M.D., Wayne State University; M.P.H., B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
SMITH, RICHARD: M.D., Howard University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
SOBEL, JACK D.: M.D., University of Witwatersrand; Professor
STEVENSON, PETER: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
TAYLOR, DONALD: M.D., University of Michigan; B.S., Adrian College; Clinical Assistant Professor
THEOHARIS, EVANS: M.D., B.A., Indiana University; Clinical Assistant Professor
TORNATORE, JEAN: M.D., Georgetown University; B.A., Rutgers University; Clinical Assistant Professor
TU, KANG-LEE: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
VICTORY, RAHI: M.D., Queens University; Clinical Instructor
VISTA-DECK, DIANE: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
VON OEYEN, PAUL: M.D., M.M.S., B.A., Brown University; Clinical Assistant Professor
WAGSTAFF, NATHAN: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., Oakland University; Clinical Assistant Professor
WALLACE, KIMBERLY: M.D., B.A., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor
WEST, BRUCE: M.D., University of Michigan; B.S., Morehouse College; Clinical Assistant Professor
WHITTINGTON, JEREMIAH: M.D., Michigan State University; M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Calvin College; Clinical Assistant Professor
WOLFE, THOMAS: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
WRIGHT, DEBRA: M.D., University of Nebraska; Clinical Assistant Professor
YEO, LAMI: M.D., B.S., Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine; Professor
ZALENSKI, DAVID: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor
ZIEGELMAN, SEYMOUR: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., University of Michigan; Clinical Instructor