Anita P. Lasala, MD
Overview
Anita LaSala, MD is the clinical director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) practice and has extensive expertise in caring for high risk pregnancies. She is particularly interested in medical diseases that affect pregnancy, focusing on infectious diseases and maternal cardiac conditions and psychiatric illnesses. She supervises Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s perinatal clinic for high risk pregnancies complicated by medical diseases.
Dr. LaSala is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. She has recently published research on acquired heart disease in pregnancy. She is currently advisor on a research project to identify and quantify risk factors for preterm birth.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Abnormal Prenatal Diagnosis
- Fetal Anomaly
- Fetal Testing
- Fetal Ultrasound
- Heart Disease In Pregnancy
- High Risk Obstetrics
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Hypertension In Pregnancy
- Medical Complications In Pregnancy
- Multiple Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complication
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Prenatal Ultrasound
- Preterm Birth Prevention
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Languages
- French
- Spanish
Gender
- Female
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amerigroup of New Jersey
- New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- MVP Health Care-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)
- MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
TRICARE
- TRICARE
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Residency: 1984 Weill Cornell Medical College
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Maternal and Fetal Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov