Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief
Willard C. Rappleye Professor and Chair
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
Mary E. D’Alton, MD is Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief and Chair at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Specializing in Maternal Fetal Medicine, the majority of Dr. D'Alton's practice focuses on patients with high-risk pregnancies due to complex fetal or maternal conditions. At NYP/CUIMC, she has implemented a multidisciplinary, coordinated approach to manage the highest risk pregnancies at the Carmen and John Thain Center for Prenatal Pediatrics, which opened in 2011, and the Mothers Center, which opened in May 2018. As Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn, Dr. D’Alton has worked to fill the gaps in women’s health, building and strengthening NYP/CUIMC’s programs in infertility, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, gynecologic oncology, family planning, and integrated women’s health care. Her work to advance education, research, clinical practice, and policy in women’s health has won national recognition, including her election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2013. As co-chair of ACOG District II's Safe Motherhood Initiative since 2013, Dr. D’Alton has played a pivotal role in the effort to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in New York State and nationally. Dr. D’Alton has served as president of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS) and of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM), which honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. The author or contributor to over 275 publications, Dr. D'Alton is co-editor of Seminars in Perinatology and has served on the editorial board of ACOG's Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Friday, January 31, 2025
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Friday, January 31, 2025
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
