Arina Chesnokova, MD MPH MSHP
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Attending, Gynecology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Gynecology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Phila, Pa
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Ob/Gyn
3400 Spruce St, 1 W. Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Ob/Gyn
3400 Spruce St, 1 W. Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
BA (Mathematics, Biochemistry, minor in French)
New York University, New York, NY, 2009.
MPH (Health Policy and Management)
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, 2011.
MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2018.
MSHP (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2024.
Permanent linkBA (Mathematics, Biochemistry, minor in French)
New York University, New York, NY, 2009.
MPH (Health Policy and Management)
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, 2011.
MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2018.
MSHP (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2024.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Chesnokova is trained in general obstetrics and gynecology, but her current practice is devoted primarily to gynecology. She specializes in menopausal care delivery and midlife women's health, as well as minimally invasive benign gynecologic surgery, including robotic surgery. Dr. Chesnokova is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. She practices at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Philadelphia VA Medical Center.Description of Research Expertise
Arina Chesnokova, MD, MPH, MSHP, is an Academic Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology and a Health Services Researcher. Dr. Chesnokova's research interests include the midlife transition and menopausal care delivery, particularly access to high-quality menopause care for all patients. She is also interested in outpatient care delivery models for underserved patients with OBGYN needs, equitable care delivery in low-resource settings, and value-based payment in obstetrics and gynecology care.Selected Publications
Apple A & Kaur K, Hamm R, Schachter A, Salva C, Sonalkar S, Vinekar K, Hall S, James A, Chesnokova A: Integrating Segregated Outpatient OBGYN Care: A National Survey of Program Directors. Scheduled to present poster, Academy Health Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Jun/Jul 2024.Chesnokova AE, Christensen T, Streaty T, McAllister A, Polite F, Sonalkar S: Medicaid compared to private insurance is associated with lower rates of sterilization in US women with unwanted. AJOG 230(3):P347.E1-347.E11, Mar 2024.
Chesnokova AE, Nagendra D, Dixit E, McAllister A, Schachter A, Schreiber CA, Roe AH, Sonalkar S: Trust in provider and stigma during second-trimester abortion. Sex Reprod Healthc 39:100932, Mar 2024.
Rast JE, Chesnokova AE, Bromberg J, Shea LL: Birth Morbidity and Readmissions in Autistic People and People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Poster, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, National Harbor, Feb 2024.
Stone J, Chesnokova AE, Srinivas S: Alternative Payment Models in Pregnancy to Improve Outcomes and Advance Equity. JAMA 330(22):2161-2162, Dec 2023.
Chesnokova AE, Hamm RF: Desegregation of care in obstetrics and gynecology: Clinician perspective. Poster, Academy Health Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jun 2023.
McAllister A, Christensen T, Dixit E, Chesnokova A, Sonalkar S: Achieving Equity in Postpartum Contraception Access. Clin Obstet Gynecol 66(1):63-72: 63-72, Mar 2023.
Chesnokova AE, Gallop R, Koepler N, Sonalkar S: Association of payer status with postpartum contraceptive method in women with unintended pregnancy. Poster, Society for Family Planning Annual Meeting 2021, Oct 2021.
Hamilton JE, Suchting R, Buck DS, Chesnokova A, Das S, Allen M, Cho RY: Determinants of High Psychiatric Utilization at a Large Urban Safety-Net Hospital. J Health Care Poor Underserved 32(1):296-320, 2021.
Allen SM, Liang CS, Chesnokova AE, Childress KJ, Pascoe KF, Dietrich JE: Patterns of Genital Examination and Vulvovaginal Graft-Versus-Host Disease in a Pediatric Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Population. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 33(6):658-666, Dec 2020.