Meredith Shur, MD, FACOG, is a former Medical Review Board member with Verywell. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and she is a clinical instructor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Since 2004, Dr. Shur has practiced at east Side Women’s Ob-Gyn Associates in New York, New York.
Dr. Shur is a graduate of University of Virginia and Albany Medical College. She completed her residency and chief residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
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