Margarita Jurak, MD

Dr. Jurak is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and is an attending physician at Good Samaritan and South Shore University Hospital. Dr. Jurak holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Latvian Medical Academy, Riga, Latvia, and a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Ecole Suprieure d'Ostopathie, Paris, France.Prior to her move to the United States, she worked as an attending physician in both obstetrics and gynecology and emergency medicine. She was also the founder and director of the Latvian School of Osteopathy, teaching osteopathy to physicians internationally. After her move to New York, she completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Queens Hospital Center (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine), during which time she obtained a diploma in minimally invasive gynecological laparoscopy through the Universit dAuvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France. She also traveled to Nicaragua on a humanitarian mission through the organization Cristo Sana.Her professional interests lie in comprehensive women's health, with an emphasis on obstetrics as well as a full-spectrum approach to the management of pain conditions, including the use of manual medicine and exercise. Additionally, through her background in academic science and research, she has authored several studies, including "The Role of Connective Tissue in Osteopathy" and "Methotrexate in Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy".Dr. Jurak is fluent in several European languages including French, Russian and Spanish. Her free time is unevenly distributed between her family, painting, gardening, yoga, interest in basic sciences and history of art and perfume. 

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