Around the Globe for Women's Health

Dr. Taraneh Shirazian is the Director of Global Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. She is also the cofounder and Medical Director of Saving Mothers (www.savingmothers.org), a nonprofit dedicated to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality and improving the lives of women through prevention, education, training of local providers, and clinical outreach. Dr. Erin Gertz is the first Global Health Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Ob/Gyn at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World.- Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting.- Obstetric Fistula.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy.- The Unmet Need for Family Planning.- Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site.- At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer using a Single Visit Approach.- The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment.- Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, not a Right – Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings.- Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity.