Ayisha Buckley, MD

Dr. Feder is an experienced, board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist with special interests in preconception counseling. Dr. Feder joins Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology after 20 years as a senior faculty member at Mount Sinai West Hospital. She has held numerous leadership positions, such as the Director of Ambulatory Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai West, Medical Director of the Mount Sinai West Faculty Practice, and a member of the Mount Sinai West Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Selection Committee and Executive Committee. She is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Feder received her bachelor's degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. During her undergraduate career, she spent a year at King's College of the University of London studying history and English. She obtained her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1996. While in medical school, she was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Feder received residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, then a teaching hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 2000. As a resident, she was recognized for teaching excellence by Columbia's medical students. Also during residency, she was a Galloway Fellow at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center. In 2002, she was appointed Assistant Clinical Professorof Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, a position she held until 2013. Dr. Feder is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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. 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.