Alexis D Boneparth, MD

Allison Levey, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Cardiology. She speciailizes in non-invasive imaging and community pediatric cardiology within the division of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Levey’s practice is dedicated to the care of newborns through adolescents with congenital heart disease. In addition, she has a strong interest in community pediatric cardiology seeing patients with such complaints as murmurs, chest pain, palpitations, and syncope. She also has a strong interest in fetal cardiology and helping families understand the diagnoses and working with them through this time. She joined the division of Pediatric Cardiology as an attending in 2009 after completing her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and her medical degree from Columbia University. She then completed her pediatric residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of NY- Columbia University. She was recently named to NY Metro and Fairfield county Top Doctors by Castle Connolly.

Dr. Anju Wagh isa Board-certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York - New York Presbyterian with 20+ years of experience and also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Waghgraduated from B.J. Medical College in India before completing her Pediatric residency from North Shore University Hospital - Cornell Medical Center and Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Bellevue HospitalCenter- NYU Medical Center. She isactively involved in resident and fellow education and alsoruns multiple workshops to teach procedural skills to both residents and fellows.

I am a pediatric endocrinologist with interests that include polycysytic ovary syndrome (PCOS), bone health, disorders of puberty, thyroid disorders, pituitary disorders and growth disorders. In addition to my training in pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology, I have Master of Science degrees in Nutrition (1999) and in Patient Oriented Research (2014) and have completed a research fellowship at the Body Composition Unit of Columbia University Medical Center (2003). I comleted the TRANSFORM KL2 program sponsored by the Irving Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, a mentored career development program. My responsibilites include my clinical practice, overseeing clinical and research fellows, mentoring students, and running a clinical study. I have been certified as a clinical densitometrist by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry and interpret pediatric bone mineral density studies performed at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. My research project, “A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial assessing the efficacy of metformin for hepatic fat in adolescents and young adults with polycystic ovary syndrome” has the primary goal of exploring the use of novel and noninvasive testing and a pilot double-blind placebo-controlled trial of metformin with the intention of identifying and potentially treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents and young adults with PCOS. My research is unique in that it uses minimally invasive body composition methodology, which makes it particularly attractive for use in adolescents and young adults. My overall clinical research goal is early identification and treatment of metabolic and body composition abnormalities associated with PCOS and to prevent lifelong morbidity associated with this disorder in a young population