"Manhattan Doctor Aims To Help Patients Open Up About Sexual Dysfunction" - Molly Crane-Newman
A trailblazing Manhattan doctor specializing in sexual dysfunction in women is determined to get her patients talking about what ails them. "I've spoken to patients about their sex lives ranging from teenagers to people in their 90s," said Barbara Chubak, MD, assistant professor of urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who specializes in women's sexual dysfunction. "What I wish more women knew was that they're normal down there." A few years ago, Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, professor and system chair of urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, decided it was time to expand the department - which at that time, had only one female urologist - to better reflect the patients it was serving. "You look at the average population," he said. "How do they feel coming to a male urologist for everything? I realized they might get shy." Today, four of the 34 full-time faculty members in the department are women, and Dr. Chubak's boss says she's brought a lot to the table. "She's upfront in talking about things," he said. "She's not shy in discussing the topics that are under-discussed."
- Barbara M. Chubak, MD, Assistant Professor, Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ashutosh Tewari, MBBS, MCh, Professor, System Chair, Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai