Dr. Ashlesha K. Dayal is a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, Vice Chair of Obstetrics at NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens, in Flushing NY, and an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College. She focuses her clinical efforts on maternal safety, patient safety, and decreasing perinatal morbidity, particularly in the labor and delivery setting. Dr. Dayal has been on the Preterm Birth Task Force, the 17P Committee and serves as the Chair of Section 3 of District II of ACOG. She is also the residency site director for the Weill Cornell ObGyn Residency Training Program for New York-Presbyterian/Queens Hospital. Dr. Dayal serves on the Sepsis Taskforce for District 2 and the Postpartum Task Force for the District. Dr. Dayal received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine from the Six Year BA/MD Program and completed her residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park NY. She completed her fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.