Carolina P Rezende, PA

Dr. Perera is an obstetrician/gynecologist providing prenatal care and a wide range of gynecological services. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Perera received her training in OB/GYN at the Columbia University Medical Center. Her positive experiences during training led her to join the faculty at Columbia. Dr. Perera was drawn to obstetrics and gynecology as she enjoys providing thorough primary and preventative care to women of all ages and patient centered prenatal and obstetric care. She has a special interest in resident and medical student education and received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. She is proficient in Spanish.

Sonal Pruthi, MBBS, is a vascular medicine and interventional cardiologist, board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, interventional cardiology, echocardiography, and nuclear medicine. She specializes in minimally invasive vascular procedures for arterial and venous diseases, including pulmonary embolism. Dr. Pruthi's training includes being the Valedictorian at University College of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, and completing residency at SUNY Upstate New York. She completed her fellowship at the University of Connecticut/Hartford Hospital, followed by pursuing Interventional Cardiology training at NYU Langone Medical Center. She also received subspecialty training in Endovascular Intervention and Vascular Medicine at Columbia. Dr. Pruthi is a full-time faculty member, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, NY.

Dr. Ausiello is instructor in Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He received his undergraduate training at Harvard College and his medical training at Harvard Medical School. He completed three years of house staff training (internship, residency) on the Medical Service at Massachusetts General Hospital followed by a year as a Research Fellow at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He completed three years of fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. During his fellowship his research focused on growth hormone deficiency. He received an Endocrine Fellows Foundation award to investigate the potential differences between growth hormone and IGF-1 in subjects with growth hormone deficiency. Dr. Ausiello co-authored a chapter in a neurosurgery text book focusing on the pre-operative endocrine management of patients having pituitary surgery. He also co-authored a paper on the post-operative management of patients who have undergone pituitary surgery. He currently holds a general endocrine practice within the Endocrine Division at Columbia University Medical Center with a focus on metabolic bone disease, thyroid and neuroendocrine diseases. He is the primary attending on the in-patient neurosurgical service where he works closely with the fellows caring for patients who have undergone surgery by our neurosurgeon Dr. Jeffrey Bruce. In addition, two afternoons a month he precepts the endocrine fellows in the general endocrine and thyroid clinics. Dr. Ausiello also attends at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allan Hospital as a private consult for the vascular service with a primary focus on in-patient diabetes management.