Alex Robles, MD

Lauren Bishop, MD is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Bishop received her undergraduate degree from Fordham University before earning her medical degree at Ross University. She continued her medical training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University and Medstar Washington Hospital Center, where she led medical student education in her chief year. During this time she was awarded the Georgetown University Hospital S.P.I.R.I.T award for demonstrating compassion and commitment to patient care. She then completed her fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Bishop is a board-certified Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and Society for Reproductive Investigation. She has published on diminished ovarian reserve and assisted reproductive technology in peer reviewed journals, and has presented her research at national and international conferences. Dr. Bishop is devoted to helping couples achieve their dreams of completing their family. She offers of full range of fertility treatments including ovulation induction, IVF, oocyte and sperm donation, and preimplantation genetic testing. She has a special interest in fertility preservation, and patients with diminished ovarian reserve, endometriosis, and ovulatory disorders. Dr. Bishop firmly believes in a patient centered model of care, and personalizes each treatment plan to her patients’ unique needs.

Dr. Wendy Silver is an associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at CUIMC. Her areas of interest and expertise include autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, and behavioral neurology. In research, Dr. Silver is currently Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on a project titled, "Optical Measurement of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Pediatric Subjects with Post-Traumatic Headache: A Pilot Study." In this study, Dr. Silver and her co-investigators are using a new near infrared device that measures cerebral blood flow to look at subjects’ age 15-19 years of age with prolonged post-concussion headache.

Dr. Oberfield, a professor of pediatrics, has been the director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Columbia University Irving Medical Center since 2004. Throughout her career, Dr. Oberfield has been dedicated to educating the next generation of pediatric endocrinology sub-specialists. She was for many years director of the fellowship training program in pediatric endocrinology, and is currently associate program director. Since 2005 she has been the principal investigator of a T32 training grant in pediatric endocrinology from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, one of only a handful of such programs in the country. Since 1998, she has mentored more than 35 fellows and more than 30 pre-doctoral students including Endocrine Society, DERC, and Doris Duke summer fellows. From 2021-2022 Dr. Oberfield served as president of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES), an international organization of more than 1,300 members, that provides resources for healthcare professionals and trainees and affords educational support for patients and families affected by disorders of the thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands; growth disturbances; and conditions of bone metabolism and diabetes. Her priorities as president, she says, were “to maintain and expand the relevance of bench, translational and clinical researcher as well as the importance of the practicing pediatric endocrinologist, even in an era when delivery of health care and research related to children and adolescents is being dramatically eroded.” Dr. Oberfield has been engaged in patient-oriented research for her entire career, with a particular focus on disorders of adrenal hormone synthesis, adrenarche, and PCOS. She has conducted studies of body composition in children and continues to be involved in multiple studies of childhood obesity. Her clinical research has centered around the developmental/pediatric endocrinology, specifically the HPA axis which intimately affects metabolic function, interacting with adiposity, including studies of body composition in adrenarche and PCOS. She has been the author or co-author of more than 225 articles, multiple chapters and reviews, and is an invited speaker at national and international meetings, including the 2012 NIH-sponsored Evidence Based Methodology Workshop on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. She is currently an editor for the Journal of Pediatrics and is an associate editor for Hormone Research in Pediatrics. She continues to be listed in Castle Connelly’s “America’s Top Doctors” and NY Magazine’s “Best Doctors."