According to Dr. Zubritzky, “Our practice was originally based in the West End of Pittsburgh and we delivered babies at Ohio Valley General Hospital. When OVGH closed its obstetric service in 2009, we relocated to St. Clair Hospital and added a South Hills office. We now have that office and others in Robinson and Kennedy. With the growth of our practice, we needed additional physicians to meet the demand, and we know that some patients want female OB/GYNs. Fortunately, we found two outstanding candidates in Tera Conway and Paula Duncan. Dr. Christy and I believe they will be a perfect fit. We both have a hands-on, friendly, personal approach; we believe in treating patients with empathy and compassion. Paula and Tera have the same approach; they’re warm, down-to-earth, and giving. They are also excellent clinicians. Both are willing and wanting to work hard, and they will. In our practice, we’re dedicated to providing
beyond. I can provide the preventive care
great healthcare to women.”
and screenings that she needs to stay
Providing great care to women is both
healthy, and I can treat problems that arise.
a professional and personal mission for
I love the variety of my work and I hope to
Dr. Conway and Dr. Duncan. They themselves are
have a nice mix of obstetrics and gynecology
strong, spirited women, and strong is what
in my practice. Although I enjoy surgery,
they want all women to be. As obstetrician/
there is nothing quite like the joy of delivering
gynecologists, they are all about caring for,
a baby and that very special moment that
supporting and empowering women, and
I feel honored to be part of ― it’s what
their own friendship is a testament to how
really sparked my interest in the field in
essential women are to each other. Both
medical school.”
appreciate that in their specialty of OB/GYN
“
i CHoSe to praCtiCe ob/gyn beCauSe it iS eSSentially primary Care. … i Can Care for a woman in adoleSCenCe, tHrougH Her pregnanCieS and CHild-bearing yearS, and beyond.
”
— TERA S. CONWAY, M.D.
For Dr. Duncan as well, the highlight
they will be able to have long-term relation-
of her work is the delivery room. “It’s just
ships with patients. “I look forward to
so beautiful,” she says. “The wonder of birth
working with my patients as partners and
is never lost on me. Sometimes I can’t
specialty care all rolled into one, touching
helping them develop healthy lifestyles,”
believe that I get to do what I do.”
every age group. An OB/GYN might spend
Dr. Conway says. “I’m a believer in being
Of course, there is much more to
the morning in a Birthing Suite, delivering
pro-active about one’s health; a healthy
being an OB/GYN than delivering babies.
and tending to newborns and mothers,
lifestyle is empowering.
OB/GYNs are among the most diversified
then head to the office to counsel a young
medical specialists; their training and
woman about contraception or treat a
OB/GYN is because it is essentially primary
repertoire of skills includes obstetrics,
mid-life patient for menopause symptoms.
care,” says Dr. Conway. “I can care for a
gynecology, surgery, fertility care,
woman in adolescence, through her
neonatology, urology, GYN oncology,
women’s experiences of labor and birth and
pregnancies and child-bearing years,
genetics and diagnostic imaging. OB/GYN
their emotional and psychological impact.
through the transitions of mid-life and
is primary care, preventive care and
“One of the reasons I chose to practice
Dr. Duncan has a special interest in
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