The Medical Center At Cold Spring

Dr. Esquitin is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He is a graduate of Harvard University and received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he also completed his residency. Dr. Esquitin completed a fellowship of cardiovascular disease at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.

Dr. Charles graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in chemistry from the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ. She later graduated from Drexel University School of Medicine in 2001. She went on to train at Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC where she acted a Chief Resident. In July 2005 Dr. Charles joined the Army and served as active duty military physician at Ft Riley, KS. In 2007 she was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. After returning from Afghanistan in 2008 she was appointed Chief of the OB/GYN department at Irwin Army Community Hospital in Ft Riley, KS.Dr Charles is board certified in general Obstetrics and Gynecology. She manages normal as well as high risk obstetrics complicated by hypertension, gestational diabetes, twin pregnancies. She is interested in VBAC, water births (first delivery at Hudson Valley Hospital was a water birth). She also works in conjuction with doulas. She offers a wide range of services in gynecology including minimally invasive laparascopic surgery, family planning and contraception, adolescent health counseling, menopausal management, urinary incontinence and infertility. She provides outpatient office procedures such as Essure vaginal sterilization, endometrial ablation, hysteroscopy.

Afsana Alam MPH, is a family medicine physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley. She has a special interest in improving the health of her community and in building relationships with patients and their families. After graduating from Cornell University, Dr...