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Lakshmi Mehta, MD is a clinical genetics and genomics specialist located in White Plains, NY. With a focus on children's health, Dr. Mehta offers a range of services including second opinions and virtual visits. Operating out of ColumbiaDoctors and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Dr. Mehta accepts various insurance plans and provides comprehensive care to new and existing patients.Generated from the website

Dina Podolsky, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is a board-certified general surgeon who graduated with honors from Rutgers University, where she also received her medical degree, and completed a residency in general surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Podolsky then completed fellowship training in complex abdominal wall reconstruction and robotic surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she worked closely with one of the world’s leading hernia surgeons, Dr. Novitsky. She is a member of several national organizations, including the Americas Hernia Society and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Dr. Podolsky has received numerous awards for her training and teaching, including the Leo M. Davidoff Award for Outstanding Teaching and the Golden Apple Teaching Award. Dr. Podolsky specializes in all aspects of hernia surgery, including inguinal, ventral, and complex abdominal wall reconstruction, employing minimally invasive techniques with laparoscopic and robotic surgery. She has presented research at major professional associations and continues to be active in research, publishing both academic research and textbook chapters. Dr. Podolsky currently sees patients in midtown Manhattan and Washington Heights.

Jennifer Posey, MD, PhD, is the chief of the Division of Clinical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics and the inaugural chief genomics officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CGO-CUIMC). She received her MD and PhD degrees from Baylor College of Medicine. After completing her residency in medicine at Columbia, she served as faculty and an attending physician for 10 years at Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics. Her professional interests focus on medical genetics and research genetics. She has an interest in pediatric clinical genetics and genomic medicine. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards including the American Society for Human Genetics Early Career Award and the American Society for Clinical Investigation Young Physician-Scientist Award. She is widely recognized for her 2017 New England Journal of Medicine paper, “Resolution of Disease Phenotypes Resulting from Multilocus Genomic Variation,” which opened the door to the next wave of genetic disease explanation and etiology.