Biography
Dr. Veronica Lerner earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York in 2002. Following her residency, she pursued a fellowship in pelvic surgery, specializing in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Urogynecology at the Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle.
In 2007, she joined the faculty at the NYU School of Medicine as Director of Simulation in the Department of OB/Gyn, where, as an Associate Professor, she developed academic programs and medical teams and mentored medical students. In 2017, she moved on to Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she assumed a similar role, building a simulation program for minimally invasive GYN surgery. Through her tenure there, she developed comprehensive multidisciplinary teams and services for patients with endometriosis and fibroids. In 2024, she was promoted to the rank of full professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health
Dr. Lerner has expertise in advanced laparoscopic, robotically assisted, and vaginal procedures and specializes in treating patients for endometriosis, fibroids, adenomyosis, chronic pelvic pain, other pelvic pain, and bleeding disorders, as well as prolapse and incontinence. Her academic interests include education via simulation and its relationship with quality improvement, advancement of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, and the quality of surgical care. She has authored multiple publications, including 42 peer-reviewed articles, contributed to 3 textbooks, spearheaded multiple research projects, and serves as a peer reviewer for several journals. She served on the Editorial Board of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal and continues to serve as an associate editor for the Simulation in Healthcare Journal. She has received 15 institutional and four nationally recognized teaching awards. She has been actively involved in leadership positions at the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), SGS (Society of Gynecologic Surgeons), and American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Simulation Consortium Working Group. Dr. Lerner has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor and awarded Best of Manhattan for Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. Lerner is also a Super Doctors® Hall of Fame physician.
Dr. Lerner is committed to sharing the most current information and evidence-based treatment options with her patients, empowering them throughout the decision-making process of their medical journey.
To find out more about vaginal surgery and vNOTES surgery, performed by Dr. Lerner, see link here
https://www.concordemed.com/medical-divisions/minimally-invasive-gynecologic-surgery/
Academic Title
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Administrative Title
Director of Simulation, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Lenox Hill Hospital
Medical School
MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Residency
Obstetrics and Gynecology – Mt. Sinai Hospital
Fellowship
Pelvic Surgery – Virginia Mason Hospital
Board Certifications
Obstetrics and Gynecology – American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Subspecialty – American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minimally Invasive Gynecology Subspecialty – American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Languages Spoken
Russian, Spanish
Insurances Accepted
Aetna
Cigna
CIIPA-NSLIJHS
Connecticare (applies to services rendered in NYS for Connecticare Commercial members ONLY)
Emblem (GHI) except for Emblem Millennium Network for all lines of business
Emblem (HIP) except Emblem Reserve (VIP Reserve) Medicare Plan
Empire BCBS except EBCBS Medicaid HMO, HealthPlus HMO and Empire MediBlue HealthPlus Select (HMO)
Medicare
Railroad Medicare (Palmetto)
Humana Medicare
MagnaCare
Northwell Direct
Oxford Plans except Oxford Metro
UHC Plans except UHC Core, UHC Charter Networks and Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare NYS Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
Concorde Medical Group participates with the above payors Commercial, Medicare and Individual Exchange Plans