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Faculty of Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program

Chairman

Carlos Benito, Chairman 
Fellowship: MFM-UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ

Medical School: UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Master’s Degrees in Public Health from the UMDNJ School of Public Health and in Health Care Administration from Seton Hall University

Residency Program Administration

Richard Stewart
Program Director

Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ

Medical School: University of Health Sciences, Kansas City, MO

Dusan Perisic, MD
Associate Program Director
Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeon
Medical school, a surgical internship and residency training in Serbia
Research fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Morristown Memorial Hospital

Mary Ellen Hobler
Ob/Gyn Residency Program Coordinator

Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty

William Lowe III, MD
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1993
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1989

Mina Ayyad, MD
Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital l-Atlantic Health System
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada

Not Pictured: Yashica Shah, MD
Part Time Faculty: Ushma Patel, MD, Joseph Vaydovsky, MD, Melissa Ackerman, MD

Division of Gynecologic Surgery Faculty

Thomas Magliaro, MD

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Faculty

Carlos Benito, Chairman 
Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ

Medical School: UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Master’s Degrees in Public Health from the UMDNJ School of Public Health and in Health Care Administration from Seton Hall University

Christopher Houlihan, MD
Fellowship: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1995
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1993
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1989

Janelle Foroutan, MD
Fellowship:UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2007–2011
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine, Class of 2007

Revital Faro, MD
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems Internship, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2006-2007
Medical School: Tel Aviv University Sackler, Class of 2006

Kristy Palomares, MD
Residency: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine and College of Engineering - Medical Doctorate and Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering

Ashwin Jadhav, MD
Graduated from N.D.M.V.P. Samaj’s Medical College in Nasik, India
Master’s in Health Informatics at the School of Health Information Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center
Ob-Gyn Residency training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Program at Queens Hospital Center, New York
Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center

Division of Urogynecology Faculty

Mark Mokrzycki, MD
Fellowship: New York University Medical School
Residency: New York University Medical School
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Manish Gopal, MD, MSCE
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Medical School: MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (Volunteer) Faculty

Shefali Mavani Shastri, MD, FACOG

Rotation Director

Richard Scott Jr., MD
Founding Member, Reproductive Medical Associates
Fellowship: Jones Institute of Norfolk Virginia
Medical School: University of Virginia Medical School

Paul Bergh, MD
Founding Member, Reproductive Medical Associates
Fellowship: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Michael Drews, MD
Founding Member, Reproductive Medical Associates
Fellowship: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Medical School: Cornell University Medical College

Doreen Hock, MD
Fellowship: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Michael Bohrer, MD
Fellowship: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Johns Hopkins Medical School
Medical School: State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center