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Dr. Mikal Finkelstein
Pediatrician
Mikal, born and bred in NYC, currently lives in the Village with her husband, 6-year-old son, 4-year-old daughter and 15-year-old cat. When she's not seeing patients, she loves to knit, ski, run, eat and travel. She works out of LaGuardia Place Pediatrics, and has been in private practice for 5 years.
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Nicole Meadow, MPN, RD
Dietitian
Nicole, a registered dietitian, lives in Encino, CA with her
two-year-old son Andrew and husband Kevin. She works with babies, kids
and young adults, and also teaches classes in her community. Learn more about her practice at www.nicolemeadow.com. In her
spare time, she likes to spend time with her family, cook and practice
yoga.
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Conner Herman & Kira Ryan
Sleep
Conner and Kira are the co-founders of Dream Team Baby, an infant and toddler sleep consultancy
based in Manhattan. They help families all over the country get some much
deserved rest. Their holistic approach to solving children’s sleep problems is
supported by a diverse board of experts from the medical and mental health
community, including a pediatrician, a lactation consultant and a
psychotherapist. When Conner and Kira aren’t teaching babies to sleep, they
enjoy planning the 2035 wedding of their toddlers, Wyatt and Emilia. Learn more
about their services at www.dreamteambaby.com.
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Melissa Gould and Ellie Miller
Baby Planning
Ellie and Melissa, proud moms of Tyler, Ben and Sophie, are the founding partners of The Baby Planners™, a nationwide
baby concierge and consulting service that caters to the needs of
expectant parents.Learn more at at www.thebabyplanners.com.
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Lisa Peri
Parenting
Lisa, an expert on discipline and family dynamics, advises parents out
of her private Beverly Hills practice. She also teaches Mommy and Me
classes and is a consultant to the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Right now, she's finishing up a book and getting ready to appear on TLC's "Bringing Home Baby." Learn more about her practice at www.lisaperi.com.
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Maria Kammerer, CNM
Nurse-Midwife
Maria lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Andrew and son Joshua. She used to be an avid knitter, quilter, reader, baker and cook. Now, she enjoys spending time with Joshua singing and playing music, exploring nearby hiking trails, picnicking with the mom-baby playgroup and reading and rereading story books in Spanish and English. She has started baking and cooking again, much to Andrew's delight. Maria is on the board of the California Nurse Midwives association, and currently works part time with Kaiser Permanente.
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Dr. Joseph Hill
Fertility
Dr. Joseph Hill is a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist, president and CEO of the Fertility Centers of New England, and an expert in recurrent pregnancy loss. He was previously the director of reproductive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and an associate professor in OB/GYN and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School. He's also the father of our editorial assistant Nest Erin.
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Dr. Pam Spurr
Sex
Psychologist Dr. Pam Spurr, our resident sex, love and relationship expert, wrote Naughty Tricks & Sexy Tips and Make Love All Night & Talk to Him in the Morning. Check out her answers to non baby-related couples questions on The Nest.
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Dr. Ashley Roman
OB/GYN
Ashley is on faculty at the New York University School of Medicine and specializes in high-risk obstetrics. Outside of work, her primary interest is her 10-month-old daughter, who has energy and attitude to spare and is already showing an obsession with shoes (like mother, like daughter).
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Dr. Leigh Serra
Pediatrician
Leigh, mom to six-month-old Isabelle, works at LaGuardia Place
Pediatrics in downtown Manhattan. Currently, her biggest challenge is
trying to balance her professional life with her role as a mom and her
overwhelming need for more sleep. She went to college at Bryn Mawr, med
school at UPenn, and did her pediatric residency training in New York.
She's especially interested in breastfeeding and international
medicine, and has spent time working in Poland and Cambodia.
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Dr. Vicki Papadeas
Pediatrician
Vicki has been a practicing pediatrician for over 20 years, and currently works out of LaGuardia Place Pediatrics in downtown Manhattan. She lives in the neighborhood with her husband, two children (a 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl) and puppy. She’s a Pennsylvania native, but has lived in NYC since she fell in love with the city almost 20 years ago. When she’s not in the office, you’ll find her on the slopes, watching her kids compete in ski races... and trying to keep up on her own set of skis!
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Denise Gershwin, CNM
Nurse-Midwife
Denise has worked in obstetrics for ten years and lives outside San Diego with her husband of ten years and nine-month-old son Benjamin. These days, she enjoys reading nursery rhymes and cloth books, singing lullabies and the ABCs, attending playgroup and seeing mommy friends and their kids, long walks with the stroller, and quick dinners with the husband whenever possible. About a year ago, her interests also included sailing, hiking, traveling, reading, yoga, coffee dates with friends, and long dinners with the husband. She likes her new life better, thank you.
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Dawn Davenport
Adoption
Dawn is a writer, attorney, researcher, radio host and speaker specializing in adoption and infertility. She's authored a book and hosts a radio show on adoption, and, perhaps most
important, she is a mom of four by birth and adoption and cares
passionately about the issue. Learn more about Dawn at www.findingyourchild.com
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