The Division of Women's Health in Emergency Medicine
About Us
As the first Division of Women's Health in Emergency Medicine in the United States, we have big goals. We aim to address the healthcare disparities facing women and girls in Emergency Departments through cutting-edge research on gendered healthcare disparities, comprehensive education of our faculty and staff in best practices, and performance and quality improvement projects in our departments and hospital system. Our mission also includes local, regional and national advocacy for women’s health.
Meet Our Team
Jessica Army, MD
Women's Health In Emergency Medicine Division Chief
WHEM Fellowship Program Director
Dr. Army is currently an Access Bridge Reproductive Justice Fellow, working with a national network of physicians to supercharge reproductive healthcare access in the ED and address gendered care disparities that particularly effect women of color and those with greater socioeconomic burdens of health. She has been the recipient of the Katz Innovations Grant towards reproductive healthcare access and co-authored our residency family planning policy. With support from the Katz Institute for Women’s Health, Dr. Army is spearheading a novel miscarriage management initiative using manual vacuum aspiration in the ED. She is also the Associate Program Director of the Emergency Medicine residency program at Northwell Health.
Dana Gottlieb, MD
Site Director at LIJMC
WHEM Fellowship Associate Program Director
Dr. Gottlieb leads our Sexual Assault and Forensic Examination (SAFE) education and improvement initiatives in the division and is the SAFE site liaison for LIJMC. Her work on gender disparities has appeared in Annals of Emergency Medicine. She has received the Northwell Health Women in Emergency Medicine Leadership Award and leads the Sex and Gender Subcommittee in the Emergency Medicine Service Line.
T.S. Mendola, PhD
Associate Program Director
Dr. Mendola leads communications, outreach, and strategic funding initiatives in the Division. With over 8 years of experience in reproductive justice advocacy and journalism, Dr. Mendola has published extensively on reproductive rights in major national news outlets. She has worked with NARAL and Planned Parenthood on patient storytelling and legislative initiatives. Dr. Mendola also teaches in the Medical Humanities curriculum at Zucker School of Medicine and acts as Program Manager in the Emergency Medicine Service Line.
Alexandra Over, DO
Inaugural Fellow
Dr. Over completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Staten Island University Hospital, where she pioneered a clinical referral toolkit to address social determinants of health in the Emergency Department. She discovered her passion for solving healthcare challenges through her previous work in benchtop PCR research, and volunteering at the Lung Center of the Philippines’s National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory.
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