Dr. Hadpawat-Lee is a board-certified OB/GYN with over two decades of clinical, academic, and leadership experience. She currently serves as Chief Medical Officer and Director of Women's Health at Unicare Community Health Centers, a federally qualified health center system serving Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. She is a Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor at UC Riverside School of Medicine.

Education

• BA, Natural Sciences & Public Health — Johns Hopkins University

• ScM, Maternal & Child Health — Harvard School of Public Health

• MD — Stony Brook University School of Medicine

• Residency, OB/GYN — Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

 Board Certification

• Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (2010–present)

• California Medical License: C55783

Selected Career Highlights

• Chief Medical Officer, Unicare Community Health Centers (2026–present)

• Regional Medical Advisor, Billion to One (2024–present)

• Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Officer, UC Riverside

• Harvard Medical Director Leadership Institute, 2024

• Stanford Faculty Development Certificate, 2017

• Chairman's Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, Albert Einstein

• College of Medicine

• Published researcher in maternal health, preterm labor, and quality improvement

Areas of Expertise

Dr. Ades is a board-certified OB/GYN with over 20 years of experience in clinical medicine, research, healthcare leadership, quality, safety, and equity. She serves as Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jacobi Medical Center and Clinical Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She is the founder and co-director of the EMPOWER Center, a comprehensive care center for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, and Principal Investigator of the Empower Lab at NYU.

Education

• BA, History & Biology — Wellesley College

• MD — SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

• MPH, Quantitative Methods — Harvard School of Public Health

• Residency, OB/GYN — Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

• Fellowship, Reproductive Infectious Disease — UCSF

Board Certification

• Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (2010–present)

• New York Medical License: 262477 (active)

Selected Career Highlights

• Chair, Obstetrics & Gynecology — Jacobi Medical Center (2025–present)

• Clinical Professor — NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2025–present)

• Founder & Director — EMPOWER Center, NYC Health & Hospitals

• (2013–present)

• Principal Investigator — Empower Lab, NYU (2015–present)

• Médecins Sans Frontières — South Sudan & Jordan

• Mayor's Office to End Gender-Based Violence Advocate of NYC Award, 2021

• 30+ peer-reviewed publications; book editor, Springer (2020)

Areas of Expertise