ROME—Two obstetricians/gynecologists on the medical staff at Rome Memorial Hospital have been awarded fellowships by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the nation's leading membership organization of obstetrician-gynecologists.

Dr. Ankur M. Desai and Dr. Lauren A. Giustra specialize in comprehensive obstetric and gynecological care at Mohawk Valley Women’s Health Associates located in Chestnut Commons at 107 E Chestnut Street, Rome and in New Hartford at 1 Paris Road.

Dr. Desai earned his medical doctorate from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn in 1992, after graduating from Wagner College, Staten Island, magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He was chief resident at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a clinic physician at Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, before moving to Rome in 1996.

Dr. Giustra graduated in 1992 from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. She was previously chief resident of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, moving to Rome in 1996. She received her undergraduate degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from Saint Joseph’s College, Windham, Maine, where she graduated summa cum laude.