CHAUR-DONG HSU, MD, MPH, FACOG, CHAIR OF OB/GYN, specialist in maternal fetal medicine, high risk pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy loss, and hypertension in pregnancy. Dr. Hsu officially joined Nassau University Medical Center as chairman of the department of obstetrics/gynecology in January 2008, coming from Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, where he was the chairman of the department OB/GYN as well as vice chair and professor with tenure at New York Medical College. Currently, he holds an academic tenure track appointment as Professor of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Hsu graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan in 1982 and came to the United States for his residency training at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He became a postdoctoral researcher and a clinical fellow of maternal-fetal medicine at Johns Hopkins University. At the same time, he obtained his Master's degree of Public Health and was a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He joined Yale University as a faculty member from 1993-1999, and became a professor at Duke University in 2000. Before returning to New York, he became an endow chair at the University of Nebraska. In addition to his past administration experience including chairman, vice chair, directors for clerkship, residency, and fellowship programs, Dr. Hsu has served in various department, hospital, university, and community educational and administrative committees. In addition to

During his past academic career, he has been recognized as an excellent educator. Dr. Hsu also makes a strong commitment in promoting residents' education. He was voted Best Teacher by medical students and residents multiple years. He has been invited nationally and internationally to give numerous lectures, specifically pregnancy complications involving preeclampsia. Dr. Hsu has been focusing on the research in preeclampsia and intra-amniotic infection during pregnancy. Due to his research work, Dr. Hsu has been elected as the Board of Directors as well as the Secretary and Treasurer of North American Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (Preeclampsia Society). He is on the editorial boards and journal reviews for national and international journals as well as being an international educational and clinical consultant in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Dr. Hsu has been included in numerous prestigious lists, including American TOP Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Best Doctors in America, Best Top Doctors in New York and several magazines for past years.