Boston Obstetrics & Gynecology

Wishing a VERY happy {early} birthday to our Patient Coordinator, Sandi!!

We hope you have a fabulous week off to celebrate your milestone birthday!🥳

🥵Did you know?
Pregnancy can make a person more likely to get sick when it’s very hot. Everyone should be sure to stay hydrated and take it easy in these hot summer days!
You should also make yourself familiar with the symptoms of heat-related illness.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th
The office will be CLOSED.

You can still reach Boston Ob/Gyn staff:
👉🏼URGENT: call the office to have the on-call doctor pages for clinical issues; 617-566-1535
👉🏼NON-URGENT (8:30am-4:30pm): send a message to clinical & non-clinical staff by logging into your Patient Portal (preferred method for anything unrelated to scheduling)
-OR-
Send a general email to [email protected]
-OR-
Text us: 617-566-1535

Wishing you a safe & warm snow day ☃️

✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. BRENDA BAKER✨
Before settling in Massachusetts, Dr. Baker spent time living in Pakistan, Maryland, Illinois and California . She earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of California-San Francisco and her BS in Mathematics & Computer Science from the University of Illinois. Dr. Baker completed her residency with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where she is now on staff in the ob/gyn department and as a clinical instructor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology for Harvard Medical School.
She is a founding member of Boston Ob/Gyn and has enjoyed seeing the practice grow from its inception in 2002!

Dr. Baker loves spending free time with her family traveling or exploring nature, pickleball, cooking and reading.

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. BAKER 🥳

Want to leave her some birthday love?
LEAVE HER A REVIEW!
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ℱ𝓇ℴ𝓂 ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝓉ℴ 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇𝓈，𝓌ℯ 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 ＆ 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓁𝓉𝒽𝓎 𝒩ℯ𝓌 𝒴ℯ𝒶𝓇！

✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. ANJÉLICA CARBAJAL✨
Dr. Carbajal is originally from Arizona and is bilingual (Spanish). After many years with BIDMC-Chelsea, she joined Boston Ob/Gyn in 2018. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency with Brigham & Women’s Hospital. In addition to her practice here, Dr. Carbajal is on staff at Beth Israel Medical Center in the ob/gyn department and is a clinical instructor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology for Harvard Medical School.
She loves getting to know her patients and truly enjoys her work as an ob/gyn!

Dr. Carbajal loves spending free time with her Frenchie, Lukas, cooking and traveling!

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. CARBAJAL 🥳

🎉HAPPY {belated} BIRTHDAY TO, MAIJA🎉

Our nurse, Maija, celebrated her birthday on 12/22 and we were able to celebrate both of these wonderful women at our holiday party a couple of weeks ago!
If you’ve had the chance to chat with Maija, we know you agree that she’s one of the best! After many years working on Labor & Delivery at Beth Israel, Maija brought her experience, knowledge and energy to Boston Ob/Gyn. Her experience and compassion is unparalleled and we’re lucky to have her!

Maija loves spending time with her friends, husband, 2 daughters and 2 dogs. She enjoys wine and crafting in her free time!

Want to send them some birthday love?
WRITE A REVIEW! (link below & in story)
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Do you have an upcoming appointment at our office? Want to save time in the waiting room? Use your own device to check-in for your appointment ahead of time and make your next visit simpler and faster!

✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. JACKIE CROOPNICK✨
Dr. Croopnick is a Newton, MA native who has been with Boston Ob/Gyn since 2007. She attended The Chicago Medical School and completed her residency with NY Medical Center and also obtained a BA from Barnard College/Columbia University in Applied Mathematics. In addition to her practice here, Dr. Croopnick is on staff at Beth Israel Medical Center in the ob/gyn department and is a clinical instructor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology for Harvard Medical School.
She loves getting to know her patients and truly enjoys her work as an ob/gyn!

In her free time, you can find Dr. Croopnick spending time with her husband & 3 kids, at dinner with friends, riding her Peloton or seeing a movie or concert.

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. CROOPNICK 🥳

💜Want to make Dr. Croopnick feel extra special on her bday?
LEAVE A REVIEW!
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✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. MICH LAFORNARA✨

Dr. Lafornara is a Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology for Harvard Medical School and is on Boston Magazine’s Top Doctors List ⭐️

She is on staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Her Bachelor of Science degree was in Biological Sciences from Cornell University. She has a Master’s in Immunology from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY.

Dr. Lafornara loves spending free time with her family & friends, playing tennis and cooking with her kids.

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. LAFORNARA 🥳

💜Want to make Dr. Lafornara feel extra special on her bday?
LEAVE A REVIEW!
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Smiling because today is the day! It’s such a joy to finally see our patients’ faces mask-free after all this time; we can’t wait to 𝐬𝐞𝐞 you! 😃

𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦？𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑘！𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘－𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑀𝐴 ＆ 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑢𝑝．

✨GREAT NEWS✨
As of Friday, May 12th, you will no longer be required to wear a mask during your appointments with Boston Ob/Gyn!

While this news is exciting for most, we understand that not everyone will be ready to unmask. Please let our staff know upon check-in if you would prefer your doctor and medical assistant to wear a mask during your visit.

As always, please wear a mask or reschedule your appointment to prevent the spread of illness.

✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. MIMI YUM✨

Dr. Yum is currently a Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology for Harvard Medical School. She is on staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Yum earned an AB degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, 1988. She went to the University of Pennsylvania for med school and completed her residency at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Yum has been named in Boston Magazine’s Top Doctors List every year since 2017!

Dr. Yum loves spending free time with her family, traveling, cooking and running.

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. YUM🥳

Want to leave her some birthday love?
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✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. PHOEBE✨

Dr. Mitchell is on staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
She is a Boston-area native and returned for her OB/GYN residency after obtaining her B.S. in International Public Health at Georgetown University and her M.D. at Johns Hopkins. She currently lives in Jamaica Plain with her husband, their son, Charlie and their dog!

Before joining our practice, Dr. Mitchell experienced being a patient at both BIDMC and Boston Ob/Gyn. She loves that she gets to share that experience and unique perspective with her patients!

In her free time, she enjoys travel, hiking, sewing and spending time with friends and Family.

👉🏼Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. MITCHELL! 🥳

👉🏼Another fun fact: Dr. Mitchell shares a birthday with our longtime nurse, Carol!

If you’ve had the chance to chat with Carol, we know you agree that she’s one of the best! Carol joined Boston Ob/Gyn in 2002 and has been the core of our nursing staff ever since. Her experience and compassion is unparalleled and we’re lucky to have her!

Carol loves spending time with her friends and family, especially her 2 grandsons, and traveling. She also has her own interior design business!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAROL!🥳

⭐️⭐️Want to leave themsome birthday love?⭐️⭐️
LEAVE A REVIEW!
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✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. BRENDA BAKER✨
Before settling in Massachusetts, Dr. Baker spent time living in Pakistan, Maryland, Illinois and California . She earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of California-San Francisco and her BS in in Mathematics & Computer Science from the University of Illinois. Dr. Baker completed her residency with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where she is now on staff in the ob/gyn department and as a clinical instructor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology for Harvard Medical School.
She is a founding member of Boston Ob/Gyn and has enjoyed seeing the practice grow from its inception in 2002!

Dr. Baker loves spending free time with her family traveling or exploring nature, cooking and reading.

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. BAKER 🥳

Want to leave her some birthday love?
LEAVE HER A REVIEW!
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✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. ANJÉLICA CARBAJAL✨
Dr. Carbajal is originally from Arizona and is bilingual (Spanish). After many years with BIDMC-Chelsea, she joined Boston Ob/Gyn in 2018. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency with Brigham & Women’s Hospital. In addition to her practice here, Dr. Carbajal is on staff at Beth Israel Medical Center in the ob/gyn department and is a clinical instructor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology for Harvard Medical School.
She loves getting to know her patients and truly enjoys her work as an ob/gyn!

Dr. Carbajal loves spending free time with her Frenchie, Lukas, cooking and traveling!

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. CARBAJAL 🥳

Want to leave her some birthday love?
LEAVE HER A REVIEW!
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❄️sᴄᴇɴᴇs ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ 2022 ʙᴏɢ ʜᴏʟɪᴅᴀʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ❄️

With some of our staff now working remotely, it was so nice seeing everyone all together again! Thank you to for helping us host such a great event!

Want to send us a little holiday cheer? Leave us a review!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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The office will be closing early today to give our staff the chance to celebrate the holiday season together!

For urgent issues, please have the answering service page the on call MD; 617-566-1535

𝕄𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝔸𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕎𝕖𝕖𝕜!
ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ sᴜʀᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ 3!
Eᴍɪ, Nᴀɴᴄʏ ᴀɴᴅ Hᴀʏʟᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ! ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʀᴏᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴛs, ᴛᴏ ᴀssɪsᴛɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴅᴜʀᴇs, ᴛᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴏᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀᴛᴏʀs, ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏ ɪᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ!
ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ!🫶🏼

Have you reviewed us on Google?
We really appreciate the kind words from our patients 💙

✍🏼⭐️ https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJP1QEjJl544kRjnPcgu5sxE0

Good luck to Dr. Croopnick, our medical assistant, Hayley and all those running in the Falmouth road race today!

✨MD SPOTLIGHT on DR. MICH LAFORNARA✨

Dr. Lafornara is a Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology for Harvard Medical School.
She is on staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Her Bachelor of Science degree was in Biological Sciences from Cornell University. She has a Master’s in Immunology from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY.

Dr. Lafornara loves spending free time with her family & friends, playing tennis, cooking, at Barry’s Bootcamp or SoulCycle and reading.

Fun Fact: Today is her birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. LAFORNARA 🥳

We’d love to hear what you love most about Dr. Lafornara!
Share your comments below👇🏼

📢TRAFFIC ALERT:
The US Open Championship will be held at The Country Club in Brookline from June 11-19.

With an estimated 175,000 attendees over the course of the event, traffic is expected to be be greatly impacted all week. Impacted routes include; Route 9, VFW Parkway, West Roxbury Parkway, Centre St., Jamaicaway, Heath St, Hammond St, Warren St, Lee St, Clyde St, Newton St, Allandale Rd, Cottage St, Walnut St.

👉🏼PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR APPOINTMENT👈🏼

📲PLEASE CALL OR TEXT the office if you are going to be late. Please note, we may need to reschedule your appointment if you will be more than 15 mins late.

✨APPRECIATION POST✨
for our favorite Patient Coordinators on Administration Professionals Day, SHANNON & LINDA!

From handling constant phone calls, emails and texts to helping our in-office patients, nurses and physicians and SO much more—you ladies do it all and you do it so well! Your dedication, teamwork and compassion to patients and co-workers alike means the world to us and we couldn’t do it without you! We appreciate you very much, today and everyday 💜

Please join us in giving Linda & Shannon a shoutout if you’ve had the pleasure of working with them!

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is the leading membership organization for obstetrician–gynecologists. ACOG and Boston On/Gyn, strongly recommend that everyone get a COVID-19 vaccine, including anyone who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or thinking about getting pregnant.

COVID-19 Vaccines in Pregnancy: Safe, Proven, Effective Vaccination is recommended before, during, and after pregnancy.

If you’re lucky enough to see the Lovely Linda today, be sure to wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🥳

Linda is one of our fabulous Patient Coordinators. She is patient, caring and a joy to work with. Thank you for everything you do, Linda! We hope you have a great day💙

❄️stay safe and we’ll see you Monday!❄️

We’re excited to once again allow patients to bring 1️⃣ support person or partner with them to their appointments!

Thank you for your continued support & cooperation💛

Please familiarize yourself with the current BIDMC policy on Labor & Delivery and the Post Partum floors. We encourage you to reach out to your doctor with any questions!

Visit https://www.bidmc.org/centers-and-departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology for additional resources and information!

Thank you for your cooperation and support in our continued efforts to protect our patients and staff 💙

Partners & support people will continue to be welcomed virtually.

We hope to be able to disregard this policy soon!