Monica V Dragoman, MD, MPH

Monica Dragoman, MD, MPH, is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist with subspecialty training in Complex Family Planning. Dr. Dragoman is the System Director in the Division of Complex Family Planning and also serves as Program Director for the Complex Family Planning Fellowship in the Raquel and Jaime Gilinski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She also holds an appointment as Assistant Professor.

Before joining Mount Sinai, Dr. Dragoman most recently served as Medical Director for Clinical Research and Training at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. While at Planned Parenthood, she managed an active portfolio of research, including NIH- and industry-sponsored investigations of new contraceptive technologies while actively providing patient care and clinical training for various cadres of the clinical team members. Dr. Dragoman also has held an appointment as Medical Officer in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland where she participated in the update and development of a number of key family planning guidelines, including the WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. She has also consulted on a number of reproductive health projects domestically and abroad for organizations such as WHO, the CDC Foundation, Gynuity Health Projects, Ipas, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Her research interests include innovating service delivery and improving quality of abortion care as well as contraceptive access and safety among various subpopulations. Her work has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals and publications.

Dr. Dragoman is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as a Fellow of the Society of Family Planning where she also serves on the Clinical Affairs Subcommittee. She is an active Board Member of Global Doctors for Choice.

Dr. Dragoman received her medical degree from Medical College of Ohio and a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and went on to complete a fellowship in family planning at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital.