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By Chris Motola
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Doctor who moved back to CNY to practice obgyn talks about her profession, marathons, the region and things women can do to have a better pregnancy
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Dr. Lindsay Madom
Q: How long have you been in Central New York? A: We just moved here in August. My husband joined Upstate Orthopedics—he’s a spine doctor—but we’d originally come here for medical school from 1999 to 2003.
Q: Did you do your ob-gyn rotations at Upstate? A: I did my first two years of medical school here and when we started to do our rotations in our third and fourth year, I was down in Binghamton, working out of Hamilton Hospital. I did come back up for an acting internship my fourth year. Q: Why did you choose obstetrics and gynecology? A: I think it was something I was always drawn to. I wanted to keep an open mind when I went into my rotations—I think I started with psychiatry, then I did medicine, then I did surgery, then I did ob—I kind of wanted to try everything before I got to ob, but I just loved it and decided to stick with it. Q: Do you and your husband end up talking a lot of shop? A: We try not to, but if one of us has a rough day we’ll talk and vent. We’re very centered around our kids, so I think we end up talking about them more than anything else. But we do talk, yes. It’s actually kind of nice having a husband who is a doctor. He gets what I’m going through, the process of my day. Q: How do you help new patients get comfortable? A: I’m a pretty laid back provider. I don’t typically wear a white coat. I think being a younger doctor helps a little bit, especially for the younger population of pregnant women who are in a similar life stage. Most of it is a conversation, you still say what’s necessary, but a large part of the visit is conversation. Q: What are the pros and cons of being a younger doctor? A: I think sometimes the energy of youth is good. Sometimes I don’t
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feel so young though (laughs). I think it helps bond with people my age. The majority of pregnant women are between age 19 and 45, so there’s a lot of commonality with these women. I have three kids, so a lot of the conversations I have with the women who come in our about our kids and what’s going on in our lives right now. There are a lot of people going into ob now part-time who want to spend time with their families. That’s what I’m doing. Q: So you’re able to split the time between career and family pretty well? A: It’s worked out perfectly. I work three days and then take a reasonable amount of call once a week and one weekend a month. My husband and I have to plan our call schedule around each other, obviously. Q: There are a lot of outreach campaigns to women to keep up with their health. Do you think they’ve been effective? A: I do. I think women are pretty good about that, getting their
pap smears once a year and coming in for their mammograms after they turn 40. I think women are very receptive; there’s a lot of information out there. I think the women who don’t come in are sometimes fearful of finding something or fearful of doctors in general. They just need to remember that most of these tests won’t come back positive, but in order to do regular gyn maintenance, it’s important for us to do these tests and make sure they come back normal. Q: What’s a piece of health care advice you could give women that they might not know? A: One thing I would say as far as pregnancy goes would be folic acid. I think women know that its important for the development of the baby’s spine, but the most important thing with regard with that is that it’s best to start folic acid three months before pregnancy. That really helps the baby. Q: What else should patients who are having a planned pregnancy do? A: A lot of women come in, say they’re planning to start a family and wonder what they can do and can’t do prior to and during pregnancy. Exercise is a very acceptable thing to do, any level of exercise that they were doing prior to pregnancy they can continue during their pregnancy. There are foods you shouldn’t eat during pregnancy, but you don’t need to eat an organic diet. Obviously, stay away from cigarettes and alcohol. Caffeine in moderation. Q: Tell us a bit about your own exercise routines. A: I’ve actually done half-marathons. I’m, hopefully, training for one coming up in Saratoga. I just had a baby eight months ago—I have 3 1/2year-old twin boys and an 8-month old little guy. With the twins, I didn’t really run at all. With Bryce I ran up to eight months and was living in Utah at the time, with the high altitude. Once I had him, I was so overwhelmed with moving back here and getting situated. So I’m hoping to start training again soon. I usually use a Hal Higdon training model four to five times a week. I’d like to do the New York City marathon someday, that’s the big one. It’s hard to get into.
Lifelines: Business: CNY Obstetrics & Gynecology, PC, 5800 Heritage Landing Drive, Suite C, East Syracuse Age: Age 35 Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, Doctor of Medicine 08/1999-5/2003 Affiliations: ACOG, Junior Fellow, Crouse Hospital Residency: Women and Infant”s Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University Providence, RI; residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology 06/2003-06/2007 Personal: Lindsay Madom joined CNY Ob/Gyn January 3, 2011. She completed her residency training at Women & Infant’s; Hospital in Rhode Island in June 2007. She worked with the Center for ObGyn in Providence, RI until July 2009. Her husband, Ian Madom accepted an Orthopedic Spine fellowship at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT for one year starting August 1, 2009. During that time she cared for their 2 year old twin boys. In 2010, he accepted a position at Upstate Orthopedics. Their third son arrived June 25, 2010. Hobbies: Skiing, Running; she is training for the ½ Marathon for the fall of 2011