I am a licensed, board certified pediatrician, mother of three, with a long standing dedication to traditional Judaism. I am a licensed, board certified pediatrician, mother of three, with a long standing dedication to traditional Judaism. Though I am currently based west of Boston, Massachusetts, I grew up in Woodbridge, CT\u00a0 in an egalitarian Conservative home. I graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in Psychology, and then completed my medical studies at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mdmohelet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Though I am currently based west of Boston, Massachusetts, I grew up in Woodbridge, CT\u00a0 in an egalitarian Conservative home. I graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in Psychology, and then completed my medical studies at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. During my residency in Pediatrics at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center I fell in love with the parts of my job that allowed me the privilege to help parents care for their new babies. Throughout my years in practice I looked forward to these special visits with new parents, and these interactions remained favorite parts of my day.
While in college I discovered the excitement of performing with an a<\/em> capella<\/em> group, and my love of singing Jewish music continued after I moved to New York when I joined the group Neranena.
My training continued at the Brit Kodesh<\/em> course at the Jewish Theological Seminary, which allowed me the opportunity to study the Halacha<\/em> (Jewish Law), rituals and art surrounding Brit Milah<\/em> with the leading scholars in the Conservative movement. During these studies I was impressed with the powerful imagery associated with this observance. Brit Milah<\/em> is a permanent physical reminder of our covenant with and connection to God.
When I began contemplating becoming a Mohelet<\/em> I was struck by how beautifully this centuries old ritual sat at the intersection of my favorite passions; babies, medicine, Jewish observance and music.
In preparation for becoming a Mohelet<\/em>, I was privileged to train with Dr. Neil Pollock of Vancouver, BC who has developed a technique for painless circumcision. Since I am both a trained physician and a trained Mohel<\/em>, I can offer this pain-free option to your family, in order to ensure that your son is as comfortable as possible during the Brit Milah<\/em> ceremony.
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