Whitney Alexandra Booker, MD
Locations and Appointments
ColumbiaDoctors - 4 Studio Arcade
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- RiverSpring
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Whitney Alexandra Booker, MD
Whitney A. Booker, MD, MS is a double-board certified physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, nationally recognized for providing care in prenatal fetal diagnosis and high-risk maternal medicine. She specializes in advanced ultrasound imaging, prenatal diagnostic genetic testing and treatment of women with rare medical conditions in pregnancy. In addition to her clinical care, Dr. Booker is a physician-scientists with multiple sources of University and NIH grant funding, with a research focus on cardiovascular disease and hypertension in pregnancy. Beyond her interest in hypertension, Dr. Booker also specializes in pregnancies of women conceived by IVF, advanced maternal age and various other rare maternal medical conditions. Additionally, she is trained in cerclage placement and takes care of pregnancies at risk for preterm birth.
Dr. Booker is a proud graduate of Columbia's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS '05), where she received her undergraduate BS in Biomedical Engineering. She was a nationally recruited Division I athlete at Columbia, where she was recognized as an All-Ivy League lacrosse player. She attended medical school in Chicago at University of Illinois, where she was an active member and served in multiple leadership roles in the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), leading initiatives in supporting Black and Latino medical students and concurrently addressing the needs of underserved patients in the urban community. Dr. Booker went on to complete residency in New York City at Mt. Sinai Hospital, where she was selected for the Gold Humanism Society in recognition of her excellence in humanistic patient care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to teaching and service. Following residency, she returned to Columbia, where she completed a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine in 2019. She as served as faculty at Columbia since 2019, where she as developed a busy clinical practice, providing consultation and prenatal care to women with high-risk pregnancies. Her national leadership experience, research, and rigorous clinical training has supported her passion and dedication to reducing ethnic and racial disparities in maternal health in the community.
Board Certifications
- OBGYN - Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Expertise
Abnormal Prenatal Diagnosis
Advanced Fetal Ultrasound
Cervical Insufficiency
Fetal Anomaly
Fetal Ultrasound
Heart Disease In Pregnancy
High Risk Obstetrics
High Risk Pregnancy
Medical Complications In Pregnancy
Perinatal Ultrasound
Pregnancy Complications
Prenatal Ultrasound
Preterm Birth Prevention
Transabdominal Cervical Cerclage (TAC)
Transvaginal Cervical Cerclage
Education
Fellowship: Columbia University / College of Dental Medicine
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Fellowship: Columbia University / College of Dental Medicine
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at CUMC
Board Certifications
- OBGYN - Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology