Allegra Cummings, MD, FACOG

Dr. Maria Teaiwa-Rutherford is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Teaiwa-Rutherford obtained a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University and earned her medical degree at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She then completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where she served as chief resident.Before joining Weill Cornell in 2021, Dr. Teaiwa-Rutherford developed a thriving practice at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital (later Mount Sinai West), where she felt privileged to be a part of many women’s lives through routine gynecological care and family planning to pregnancy and beyond. Dr. Teaiwa-Rutherford was named a Top Doctor in the New York Magazine rising stars issue two years in a row and also received the Vitals Patients' Choice award. Born and raised in the Fiji Islands, Dr. Teaiwa-Rutherford has a strong interest in promoting women's health in developing countries. She has partnered with international medical programs to provide free obstetric and gynecological care to women at hospitals in Fiji and Kiribati. In her spare time, Dr. Teaiwa-Rutherford enjoys running and yoga. She lives in Westchester County with her husband and three children.

Dr. Ayisha Buckley is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Buckley focuses on high-risk pregnancy with special interest in severe maternal morbidity, cardio-obstetrics, health equity, global/international health, and medical education.Dr. Buckley earned her medical degree and bachelor's degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine, after completing a highly competitive combined MD/Bachelors program. She graduated magna cum laude and went on to complete her OB/GYN residency at Stony Brook University Medical Center, followed by a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Buckley subsequently completed an additional fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Anesthesia Critical Care.During her residency, she served as a medical student mentor and was honored with the Award for Excellence in Obstetrics as well as several medical students teaching awards, including the Resident Teaching Award. During her MFM Fellowship, she was inducted into the illustrious Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.Dr. Buckley has been published in peer-reviewed journals and publications on topics like racial and ethnic disparities with the vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) calculator as well as in the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response among pregnant women. Dr. Buckley is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Dr. Farzaneh Nabizadeh is a faculty attending physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Nabizadeh is an experienced, board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist. Her skills and interests encompass the full range of obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Nabizadeh earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Ottawa. She received her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. After medical school, she worked as a research coordinator at Columbia University, studying osteoporosis, with her work being published in peer-reviewed medical journals. She completed her residency in Obstetricsand Gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital in 2008.Before joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Nabizadeh spent six years in private practice at Mount Sinai West and at the Reliant Medical Group in Worcester, Massachusetts. During her time at MSW and Worcester, she also was Director of Medical Education in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Saint Vincent Hospital and an associate clinical professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine and the Ross University School of Medicine. Dr. Nabizadeh’s life as an obstetrician-gynecologist has included formal awards for the teaching of residents and medical students, as well as research into women’s health, including a paper on hydrothermal endometrial ablation, a minimally invasive alternative for uterine fibroids. She also has an impressive history of medical volunteerism: she has worked with Doctors Without Borders since 2012, visited Guatemala with Surgicorp in 2015, and provided free medical care in Worchester at a local church-run clinic.Dr. Nabizadeh is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She speaks English, German, and Farsi.In her free time, she runs, boxes, and loves to read poetry.