Margaret Polaneczky, MD, provides gynecologic care to women of all ages, from preteen to postmenopause. She is an active advocate of women's health, patient education, and open communication between doctor and patient, and believes that health care works best when it is patient-centered.
A graduate of Villanova University, Polaneczky received her MS in biology at New York University and her MD from the Temple University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, and served for 4 years as assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine before accepting a faculty position at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in 1992. In August 2000, she became one of the first doctors in the United States to be certified as a menopause clinician by the North American Menopause Society.
Polaneczky writes The Blog that Ate Manhattan, a blog that combines her love of food, medicine, and New York City, which has been named one of the top 100 medical blogs and a “must-read” blog for women. Polaneczky also sings choral music, performs with her musical theater class, and loves to bike the loop in Central Park. She and her husband, who is also an educator, have two daughters.