The Corne¬ Daily Sun Pollack Against Campus M.D. Gynecologist

By JULIA SENZON

Sun Staff Writer

President Martha Pollack expressed that she did not support the Student Assembly’s Resolution 15 — which requests that the University supply funds for an M.D. gynecologist — in a Feb. 10 email to Valeria Valencia ’23, S.A. president and co-sponsor of Resolution 15, citing Cornell Health’s existing gynecologic health support.

The S.A. adopted the resolution on Nov. 17, conveying its approval to Pollack one month later. The University Assembly approved a very similar resolution, Resolution 2, on Nov. 29. On the same day as the S.A., the U.A. received a nearly-identical email response from Pollack.

According to Valencia, the Faculty Senate is currently voting on Resolution X — their version of this proposal — until March 2.

In the email to Valencia, Pollack wrote that Cornell Health’s primary care clinicians have been trained to treat most gynecologic issues, offer preventative measures and screening and conduct minimally-invasive clinical procedures, including intrauterine device insertion.

“The primary care clinicians within Cornell Health have a combined 50 years of experience in gynecology services, and