Edith Gurewitsch Allen
Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Maternal Fetal Medicine Poughkeepsie
Office
(845) 214-1821
Fax (845) 214-1835 21 Reade Place Suite 1000 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601Schedule an Appointment Today!
About
Edith Gurewitsch Allen
Born, raised and educated in New York, Dr. Edith Gurewitsch Allen was in the first class that accepted women at Columbia College. She received her medical school training and degree from the College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia University, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Gurewitsch Allen completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at The New York Hospital Cornell University Medical Center. From there, she joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1997, where she continued as a full-time faculty member in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine until March 2018, when Dr. Gurewitsch Allen was recruited back to New York as Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. There, she held the rank of Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. From April 2023 to July 2024, Dr. Edith Gurewitsch Allen assumed the role of Interim Chair of the Department, overseeing a complex transitional period, stabilizing the department and preparing for a change in permanent leadership. Dr. Gurewitsch Allen's primary research is on shoulder dystocia and its relationship to obstetric brachial plexus injury. She has been funded by a 5-year, $2M R-18 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study the most effective simulation methods to ensure skill acquisition and assess provider competency in the management of shoulder dystocia and correlate it with a reduction in actual clinical brachial plexus injury. From 2004 - 2007, Dr. Gurewitsch Allen was supported by an R-49 grant from the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control as principal investigator. She focused on examining mechanisms of injury, and objectively evaluating obstetrical maneuvers. In this area especially, Dr. Edith Gurewitsch Allen has attained national and international recognition, disseminating her work through more than 130 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, invited oral presentations and internet instructional formats. She is a co-inventor on two patents: a birthing simulator and a brachial plexus simulator. To further develop her teaching and administrative skills, Dr. Gurewitsch Allen earned a Master of Education in Health Professionals and she completed a Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management. Both Masters were completed at Johns Hopkins University. As the new Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Dr. Edith Gurewitsch Allen views her role as director, mentor and advocate of the Department’s faculty and administrators to enable the delivery of exceptional quality reproductive health care for people seeking obstetric and gynecologic services in the Center of Excellence model. She is committed to professional education and training of the future generation of obstetricians & gynecologists, hoping to reopen residency training on the Vassar Brothers Medical Center campus.
Primary Specialty
OBGYN
Practice
Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Maternal Fetal Medicine Poughkeepsie
Gender
Female
Education
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University
Training
Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Hospital
Certification
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Medicare Railroad, Elderplan, Centivo, MVP Health Care, Coventry-Aetna, Cigna, Aetna, EmblemHealth, Emblem Health, Medicaid New York, Empire Plan, Multiplan Inc, MagnaCare, Hamaspik, Empire Health Plan, Empire BlueCross Blue Shield, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Medicare New York, Wellcare, United Healthcare, Fidelis Care, Tricare Humana Military
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Admitting Hospitals
Nuvance Health - Northern Dutchess Hospital, Nuvance Health - Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Nuvance Health - Putnam Hospital
Office Name
Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Maternal Fetal Medicine Poughkeepsie
Languages
Hebrew, English
Services
Edith Gurewitsch Allen offers OBGYN services in Poughkeepsie, NY at 21 Reade Place Suite 1000, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Obstetricians & Gynecologists (OBGYN) specialize in female reproductive health issues as well as gynecological health issues.
To learn more about OBGYN services, or to make an appointment with Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Maternal Fetal Medicine Poughkeepsie in Poughkeepsie, NY, please call (845) 214-1821. Additional Services Gynecologist, Doctor
To learn more about OBGYN services, or to make an appointment with Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Maternal Fetal Medicine Poughkeepsie in Poughkeepsie, NY, please call (845) 214-1821. Additional Services Gynecologist, Doctor
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