Peter S. Bernstein, MD, MPH

Dr. Bernstein is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, who trained in obstetrics and gynecology at Yale-New Haven Hospital and completed clinical fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has also completed an MPH at Columbia University.

Dr. Bernstein was the medical director of obstetrics and gynecology at Comprehensive Family Care Center (CFCC), a federally qualified community health center operated by Montefiore Medical Center from 1998-2007.

Dr. Bernstein's clinical and research interests concern improving systems of care for women, particularly for underserved and medically complicated. His main area of focus has been the development of a comprehensive patient safety program that includes team training, medical simulation, and systems redesign. Other areas of focus of his include redesigning prenatal care from rethinking preconception care, the implementation and promotion of group prenatal care (Centering Pregnancy) and rethinking postpartum care.

As a result of his work locally and nationally, Dr. Bernstein served on the Board of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, chaired the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee, co-chairs the District II ACOG Safe Motherhood Initiative, and, currently, is the Chair of the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Healthcare that has representation of all national professional organizations that focus on women’s health.