Dr. Jennifer Salcedo Named Designated Institutional Official at New York Medical College

Jennifer Salcedo, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P., FACOG, has been named designated institutional official (DIO) at New York Medical College (NYMC). In her new role, which she will assume on August 1, Dr. Salcedo will maintain the institutional graduate medical education accreditation of the NYMC School of Medicine (SOM) by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) as well as the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), which includes overseeing 20 ACGME-accredited graduate medical education (GME) programs sponsored by the SOM and two CODA-accredited graduate dental programs.

Dr. Salcedo comes to NYMC from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), where she is associate professor and residency program director in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. While at UTRGV, she worked with colleagues to develop the new residency program and started an innovative border health track to address community needs in women’s health. 

“We are so pleased to welcome Dr.  Salcedo to NYMC as our new DIO,” said Jerry Nadler, M.D., dean of the SOM. “The DIO fills a critical role as an institutional leader committed to producing skilled physicians who are prepared to enter independent practice successfully. I am confident that Dr. Salcedo will be a great asset to the College and our graduate medical education programs.”  

“I’m excited to begin working with colleagues at NYMC to well-equip residents and fellows to meet the unique health care needs of their communities and serve as leaders in our complex health care system,” said Dr. Salcedo.

Dr. Salcedo received her medical degree and Master of Public Health degree at Northwestern University, completed residency training at the University of California, Irvine, and received a Master of Public Policy through UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. Following the completion of her fellowship in complex family planning, Dr. Salcedo served on the faculty of the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, where she was an associate program director and director of the Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning. There she also held adjunct faculty appointments in the Office of Public Health Studies and the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Salcedo has held leadership positions in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Society of Family Planning, as well as the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Dr. Salcedo has published more than 25 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has research interests in medical education, emergency contraception and health care systems improvement. She is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and holds a focused practice designation in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.