CHAUR-DONG HSU, MD, MPH, FACOG, CHAIR OF OB/GYN AT NUMC INCLUDED IN CONSUMERS’ RESEARCH COUNCIL OF AMERICA – GUIDE TO AMERICA’S TOP OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS 2010 EDITION
April 13, 2010
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CHAUR-DONG HSU, MD, MPH, FACOG, CHAIR OF OB/GYN AT NUMC INCLUDED IN CONSUMERS’ RESEARCH COUNCIL OF AMERICA – GUIDE TO AMERICA’S TOP OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS 2010 EDITION
Specialist in maternal fetal medicine, high risk pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy loss, and hypertension in pregnancy selected as one of Top Doctors, as highly recommended by their peers and thoroughly screened by Consumer Research Council of America
East Meadow, New York, ……Chaur-Dong Hsu, MD, MPH, FACOG, Chair of OB/GYN at Nassau University Medical Center is again included in Consumers’ Research Council of America – Guide to America’s Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2010 Edition. Dr. Hsu is a specialist in maternal and fetal medicine, high risk pregnancy, pregnancy loss, prenatal diagnosis and hypertension in pregnancy who was one of a number of specialists selected to be included in this year’s 2010 edition of the guide.
In congratulating Dr. Hsu on his well deserved honor, Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the Nassau Health Care Corporation said: “This outstanding recognition of being included in Consumers’ Research Council of America – Guide to America’s Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2010, Edition is a testament to Dr. Hsu’s expertise in the field of maternal fetal medicine, demonstrating NUMC’s commitment to its patients in providing the highest quality of care. This acclaimed guide of the top specialists reflects the high esteem and respect accorded to Dr. Hsu by his physician peers.”
Consumers’ Research Council of America is an independent research company based in Washington, DC that evaluates professional services throughout America. CRCA has compiled a list of top obstetricians and gynecologists throughout the US by utilizing a point system, that uses a point value for criteria deemed valuable in determining the top health care professionals. The selection process is based on a point value system that awards points for education and continuing education, years of practice, board certification and affiliations with professional associations.
Dr. Hsu officially joined Nassau University Medical Center as chairman of the department of obstetrics/gynecology in January 2008, coming from Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, where he was the chairman of the department OB/GYN as well as vice chair and professor with tenure at New York Medical College. Dr. Hsu graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan in 1982 and came to the United States for his residency training at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He became a postdoctoral researcher and a clinical fellow of maternal-fetal medicine at Johns Hopkins University. At the same time, he obtained his Master’s degree of Public Health and was a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He joined Yale University as a faculty member from 1993-1999, and became a professor at Duke University in 2000. Before returning to New York, he became an endow chair at the University of Nebraska. In addition to his past administration experience including chairman, vice chair, directors for clerkship, residency, and fellowship programs, Dr. Hsu has served in various department, hospital, university, and community educational and administrative committees.
During his past academic career, he has been recognized as an excellent educator. Dr. Hsu also makes a strong commitment in promoting residents’ education. He was voted Best Teacher by medical students and residents multiple years. He has been invited nationally and internationally to give numerous lectures, specifically pregnancy complications involving preeclampsia. Dr. Hsu has been focusing on the research in preeclampsia and intra-amniotic infection during pregnancy. Due to his research work, Dr. Hsu has been elected as the Board of Directors as well as the Secretary and Treasurer of North American Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (Preeclampsia Society). He is on the editorial boards and journal reviews for national and international journals as well as being an educational consultant.
Dr. Hsu has been included in numerous prestigious lists, including the Best Doctors in America, Best Top Doctors in New York, for past years.
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