In addition to her leadership roles at NYMC, Jennifer Salcedo, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P., FACOG, practices complex family planning, pediatric & adolescent gynecology, and general obstetrics and gynecology at NYMC's affiliate, Westchester Medical Center. Before joining NYMC, she was the Residency Program Director in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Director of the Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion & Family Planning and an Associate Residency Program Director at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. There, Dr. Salcedo also held adjunct faculty appointments in the Office of Public Health Studies and the Department of Biomedical Sciences. She has held leadership positions in the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Society of Family Planning, and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and serves as an American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Specialty Certifying Examiner. Dr. Salcedo is certified by the ABOG in obstetrics and gynecology.

Areas of Expertise

• Healthcare service delivery
• Healthcare policy
• Complex family planning
• Pediatric & adolescent gynecology
• Graduate medical education

Education

• B.S., Psychobiology, University of Southern California
• M.P.P., Health Care, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
• M.P.H., Northwestern University
• M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Residency, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of California, Irvine
• Fellowship, Complex Family Planning, University of California, Los Angeles

Honors and Awards

• Mentor of the Year Award, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (CREOG) District XI (2020)
• National Faculty Award, CREOG
• Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation, Best of Cool Ideas, University of Southern California 17th Annual Innovations in Medical Education Conference (2020)
• Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) National Faculty Award, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Women’s Health, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (2015)

Research

• Service delivery in women’s health
• Emergency contraception
• Graduate medical education

Publications

• Martinez-King LC, Machiorlatti M, Ogburn T, Salcedo J. Physician's Knowledge and Practices Surrounding Low-Dose Aspirin for Preeclampsia Risk Reduction. Am J Perinatol. 2024 May;41(S 01):e1120-e1125. doi: 10.1055/a-1990-2728. Epub 2022 Nov 30. PubMed PMID: 36452971.
• Stowers P, Fontanilla T, Elia J, Salcedo J, Kaneshiro B, Tschann M, Soon R. A qualitative study of perspectives on research participation among individuals who recently experienced an abortion in Hawai'i. Contraception. 2023 Oct;126:110107. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110107. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 37390947.
• Dang D, Salcedo J. Patient Acceptance of Primary Care Behavioral Health in a Resident Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic. South Med J. 2023 Sep;116(9):733-738. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001596. PubMed PMID: 37657779.
• Salcedo J, Cleland K, Bartz D, Thompson I. Society of Family Planning Clinical Recommendation: Emergency contraception. Contraception. 2023 May;121:109958. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.109958. Epub 2023 Jan 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 36693445.
• Moayedi G, Stevens K, Fontanilla T, Tschann M, Bednarek PH, Salcedo J, Kaneshiro B, Soon R. Intranasal fentanyl for first-trimester uterine aspiration pain: A randomized controlled trial. Contraception. 2022 Sep;113:101-107. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.04.008. Epub 2022 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 35472333.
• Stowers P, Fontanilla T, Elia J, Salcedo J, Tschann M, Kaneshiro B, Soon R. Fetal tissue donation for research at the time of abortion: A qualitative study of individuals who experienced an abortion in Hawaii in 2018-19. Contraception. 2022 Sep;113:84-87. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.05.005. Epub 2022 May 15. PubMed PMID: 35584722.
• Friedlander EB, Raidoo S, Soon R, Salcedo J, Davis J, Tschann M, Fontanilla T, Horiuchi W, Kaneshiro B. The experience of pain in real-time during medication abortion. Contraception. 2022 Jun;110:71-75. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.03.003. Epub 2022 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 35283083.

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Professional Service

• Dean’s Executive Committee, New York Medical College School of Medicine
• Education Quality Improvement Program, New York Medical College School of Medicine
• Library & Academic Support Services Committee, New York Medical College School of Medicine
• Education & Curriculum Committee, New York Medical College School of Medicine
• Graduate Medical Education Committee, Chair, New York Medical College School of Medicine
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), Board Examiner for Specialty Certification
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Clinical Practice Guidelines – Obstetrics Committee, Member
• Society of Family Planning (SFP) Conference Abstract Reviewer
• Society for Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) Conference Abstract Reviewer
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Conference Abstract Reviewer

Memberships and Affiliations

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Society of Family Planning
• North American Association of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
• American Medical Association

Teaching Responsibilities

• MS3 Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship Contraception & Abortion Session (intermittent)
• Residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology (WMC-sponsored), didactic sessions in complex family planning