CORE RESIDENCY FACULTY
Ellen Biggers, MD
Program Director
Dr. Ellen Biggers is the OBGYN Residency Program Director. She has over 20 years of experience as a board certified OB/GYN. Dr. Biggers completed her training at Albany Medical Center and spent many years working in the Capital Region before arriving at MVHS in 2023.
Rose Antilus, MD
Dr. Antilus has more than 15 years of experience in the OB/GYN specialty. Dr. Antilus earned her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and has served in leadership roles in Performance Improvement & Quality Assurance for several years, prior to joining MVHS. She is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prabhat K. Ahluwalia, MD
Dr. Ahluwalia has more than 40 years of experience in the OB/GYN specialty and earned his medical degree from Kanpur University in India. He completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Detroit-Macomb Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and was the Director of the Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery for 16 years. Dr. Ahluwalia is currently the Chief Gynecologist at St. Elizabeth medical Center and Chairman of the Department of Perinatology at Little Falls Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
GENERAL FACULTY
Nicholas Baranco, MD
Dr. Nicholas Baranco oversees our residents Maternal Fetal Medicine rotation at SUNY Upstate Medical Center. Dr. Baranco completed his own residency at SUNY Upstate in 2016. He specializes in complex pregnancy.
Muzeyyen Ercanli, MD
Dr. Ercanli has more than 15 years of experience in the OB/GYN specialty and joins MVHS from Heights Medical, a private practice in Brooklyn, New York. She specializes in providing care to women across the continuum of care, including prenatal, antepartum and postpartum gynecological care. She also provides support and care to women through the perimenopause and menopausal processes.
Dr. Ercanli earned her medical degree from Uludag University in Bursa, Turkey. She performed her OB/GYN residency at Suleymaniye Maternity and Women’s Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. She completed an additional OB/GYN residency at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Jeannette Green, MD
Dr. Green received her Doctorate of Medicine with distinction in research from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. She served her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining MVHS, Dr. Green was a provider with Garnet Health in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. She has more than two years of experience.
Roxane Handal-Orefice, MD
Dr. Roxane Handal-Orefice, OB/GYN, specializes in maternal fetal medicine and general obstetrics and gynecology. She sees patients of all ages and believes in making sure the patient feels cared for and important. Dr. Handal-Orefice received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed residency at Boston University Medical Center. She also has a Masters in Public Health and speaks fluent Spanish, French and Haitian Creole.
Courtney Pineau, MD
Dr. Pineau received her Doctorate of Medicine and Master of Science at Saba University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, IL.
Mukesh D. Shah, MD
Dr. Shah received his medical degree from Topiwala National Medical College in Bombay, India. He completed OB/GYN residencies at New York Medical College – Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York, New York and St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.
Mary Cunningham, MD
Dr. Cunningham earned her medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. She completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency and fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Cunningham is the Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at SUNY Upstate Medical University and the Section Chief of Robotic Surgery at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, NY. She is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology.
ADMINISTRATIVE FACULTY
Elizabeth Christensen
Program Coordinator