Valsa Mathew, Obstetrics and Gynecology - Doctor Biography

Dr. Valsa Mathew is a Board Authorized professional in obstetrics, gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine. She has grown to the educational position of Mentor of Medical Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a member of the Organization of Women Surgeons, a life member of The New York Academy of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Surgeons.

Her biography is currently in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. She has been detailed in The Most effective Doctors -- New York City Area. She was also listed in New York Journal as one of the Top Ten Maternal-Fetal Medicine Professionals in New York City.

Physician Valsa was the 1st black woman in the United States to be Board-authorized in High-Risk obstetrics and to be approved into The New York Obstetrical Community.

Dr. Valsa Mathew is the nationwide best-selling publisher of the heartwarming memoir, "The Ditchdigger's Children" released in 1995 and has never been out of print. The book, "The Ditchdigger's Daughters" was also presented on the "Oprah Winfrey Show". This family bio (co-authored with Jo Coudert) is a honor to her parents and was compacted in The Reader's Digest, converted into 19 different languages, adapted into a World Premiere Movie and selected for the Peabody Award and the Cable ACE Award for Most effective Image.

In 1996, the American Collection Organization named it as one of the Most effective Books for Young Grownups and Doctor Valsa was offered the "Excellence in Literature" Award by the New Jersey Education Organization. She has also published the medical care text qualified, "Primary Treatment for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist".

As mature perinatologist in the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Heart, Dr. Valsa Mathew recognized and designed the program for a new form of early prenatal analytic testing known as CVS (chorionic villus sampling). Dr. Valsa Mathew was one of the exclusive American researchers whose CVS results were depended upon by the FDA prior to its allowing acceptance for the process in 1989.

For many years Dr. Valsa Mathew has been an outspoken recommend on women's health issues, and a representative for The March of Dimes.

She has hosted her own television show on women's health, transmitted from New York City, and has showed up on such preferred television shows as "The Oprah Winfrey Show", "The TODAY Show" and "Good Morning, America".

Before her profession in medicine, Dr. Valsa Mathew carried out with her family orchestra, recognized as "The Valsa Sisters" throughout high school, college, medical school and residency. The family story was the subject of a Reader's Digest article entitled, "Donald Valsa's Magnificent Dream" in February of 1987 and is cited in the Congressional Record of the United States House of Representatives.

Dr. Valsa Mathew has been honored several honorary doctoral degrees--most recently, the Doctor of Science (Sc.D) from Tuskegee University. In 1996, she and her husband received their Executive Masters (M.P.H.) Degree in Health Policy and Management from Columbia University.

After graduating with honors from Monmouth College in New Jersey, she acquired her M.D. degree with awards from Columbia University College of Health professionals and Physicians. Doctor Valsa was the 1st American woman to be recognized into the OB/GYN residency system at The Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. She then finished a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at The Sloane Hospital for Women and The Babies Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.