Stamford Health Expands Women’s Health Services In Fairfield County

Information via Stamford Health

STAMFORD, CT — Stamford Health announced recently that it will expand access to women’s health services throughout lower Fairfield County through two significant community grants and the addition of six new physicians.

Simultaneously, ongoing renovation of the Whittingham Pavilion at Stamford Hospital on the Bennett Medical Center Campus, which houses all mother baby services, a new Stamford Health Medical Group location in Harbor Point opening in 2024 and the relocation and transformation of Stamford Health’s Breast Center will further differentiate Stamford Health as a destination for women and families in the community.

Two significant grants will expand access to preventive care for patients in the community. The first, a grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA), funds a Community Health Worker Program focused on serving Stamford’s Haitian community.

Diana Dupey-Faustin has joined Stamford Health as its first bilingual community health worker and she will help patients navigate the health system and educate them on the importance of screenings and prevention.

The second grant, from Fairfield County Community Foundation Fund for Women and Girls, is a renewal to fund breast services such as mammograms, breast ultrasounds, breast MRI and biopsies for underinsured and uninsured patients.

Other grants from the Breast Cancer Alliance, Pink Aid, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Boehringer Ingleheim, and Stamford Ford are helping to reduce healthcare disparities and bring services to women in the community who could otherwise not afford them.

To expand access to care for women at Stamford Health, the health system made a series of strategic appointments including a new Cchair of OB-GYN, new associate breast surgeon, new OB-GYN, two new hospitalists and a new maternal fetal medicine physician who is expected to start later this spring.

Dr. Siobhan Dolan has joined Stamford Health as Chair of OB-GYN. She was most recently vice chair of genetics and genomics in the department ofoObstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine.

Dolan now oversees all of Stamford Health’s women’s services including the Women’s Specialty Center, maternity, labor & delivery Units and outpatient OB-GYN offices.

"I am excited to be a part of the exceptional team at Stamford Health," said Dolan in a news release. "My goal is to promote equity and innovation in support of outstanding care for women and our community so that every birthing person and every baby born at Stamford Hospital can thrive."

Dr. Swapna Ghanta joins Stamford Health as associate breast surgeon from NYU Langone Health where she served as a breast surgical oncologist.

Ghanta works with the award-winning Breast Center team at the Tully Health Center to provide surgical care to individuals with breast cancer.

Lyudmila B. Ganatra joins Stamford Health as an attending physician in OB-GYN after finishing her OB-GYN residency at Richmond University Medical Center. Ganatra sees patients in Riverside and she is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Theresa Mahon and Dr. Nikko Dunlevy both joined Stamford Health as hospitalists.

Hospitalists provide an elevated level of care to women and birthing people in labor and delivery, maternity, and the Emergency Department, providing 24/7 physician coverage for patients at Stamford Hospital.

Finally, Dr. Luciana Veira, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, is joining Stamford Health this month and will expand the system’s capacity to care for high-risk patients in the Women’s Specialty Center.