Dr. Abuhamad currently serves as Mason C. Andrews Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Radiology, Dean, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Executive Vice President, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. Dr. Abuhamad is a past President, Provost & Dean of Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Abuhamad had served as past President of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education (SUSME), Perinatal Quality Forum (PQF) and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). He is also founder and past Chair of the Council for Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care, in Washington DC. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, authored eight textbooks in fetal echocardiography, ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, first trimester ultrasound and office procedures, and received numerous national and international awards including the 2019 Commonwealth of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award and the 2022 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Life-Time Achievement Award. He is the recipient of the National Institute of Health RO1 grant to study “Novel Tools for the Noninvasive Evaluation of the Human Placenta”. Dr. Abuhamad established the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ISUOG) outreach program and has led several ultrasound training missions to the developing world to include Haiti, Ghana and Somaliland. He is well known internationally for his work in ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, fetal echocardiography, global outreach and patient safety. Dr. Abuhamad has been a faculty member at EVMS, at ODU, and a citizen of Southeastern Virginia for 32 years.

Mari joined the University Hospitals Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, in the Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) in May. Dr. Mari is an accomplished physician-scientist with international renown in the fields of fetal diagnosis and intervention, and the former Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tennessee. In his position overseeing ultrasound and fetal therapy, Ruhlman Family Chair in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at UH. Dr. Mari will be leading the growth of University Hospital’s expanding fetal care program along with Ellie Ragsdale, MD, and Mae-Lan Winchester, MD. He is internationally known for his work developing Doppler ultrasonography for the non-invasive diagnosis of fetal anemia, and for the use of Doppler velocimetry of the fetal middle cerebral artery for diagnosis and management of growth-restricted fetuses. He has been a pioneer of interventional fetal therapy for the treatment of twin-twin-transfusion syndrome. Mari has been the co-founder of three fetal therapy centers in the United States. He has trained several hundred ob/gyn residents and medical students, 30 clinical fellows, and 30 research fellows. During his 10 years as MFM Fellowship Director and Chair at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, he collaborated closely with the Fetal Center of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Zaskia Rodríguez hails from the town of Arecibo, where she completed her early university studies in Natural Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico. She then moved to the Río Piedras campus to earn her Bachelor’s degree in Biology. She pursued postgraduate studies in Medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and returned to her island to complete her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Municipal Hospital of San Juan from 2011 to 2015. Dr. Rodríguez then relocated to Ponce, where she began practicing her profession and later established her private office in the town. She is certified by the American Academy ofetrics and Gynecology and is board certified in her specialty. Additionally, she serves as a faculty member at the Ponce School of Medicine and is part of the faculty for the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at San Hospital in Ponce. Currently, she is the President of Caribe-Gyn.

Born and raised in Ponce, of Italian descent, her calling for oncology was born during her time in Italy, where she worked as a volunteer with cancer patients. A graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana in Santo Domingo, she earned her medical degree with honors. She completed her specialty in internal medicine at the Hospital de Damas in Ponce. She completed two years of research in oncology and three years of sub-specialty training in hematology and oncology at the San Juan Veterans Hospital. Among her accomplishments, she stood out for her work in the Breast Cancer Clinics at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. There, she also earned certification in Bone Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Di Marco is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Oncology.

Dr. Laboy is a retired obstetrician-gynecologist and former Program Director of the OB/GYN Residency at Hospital Episcopal San Lucas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He currently collaborates with the Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine and serves on the Scientific Committee of Caribe Gyn, contributing his extensive academic and clinical experience to medical education.

Dr. Diaz is dual board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) and Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS). Dr. Diaz completed her undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Puerto Rico, graduated Magna cum laude with a Bachelor's in general sciences in 1996, graduated with honors from medical school in 2000, and completed an OBGYN residency at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Center in 2004. In 2009, she completed her FPMRS Fellowship and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition to her Urogynecology training, she completed postgraduate training in pelvic floor neurophysiology. Dr. Diaz joined the faculty at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 2009 as Assistant Professor, Division Director, and Program Director of the Urogynecology Fellowship. She has held numerous leadership positions throughout her career, served on several national committees with the American College of OBGYN, presented research projects at multiple international meetings, and lectured and proctored at the national level on advanced laparoscopic robotic surgery techniques. In addition, she founded and held the position of CEO of Puerto Rico Rise Up, a non-profit organization that helped the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2019. She continues to chair the organization’s board of directors.