Dr. Ottenheimer is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and was awarded the Paul Stolley Award in Clinical Epidemiology for her work on family planning practices in Cameroon, West Africa. Dr. Ottenheimer completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St.Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. Dr. Ottenheimer went on to be an attending physician at Bronx Lebanon Hospital; later becoming Director of adolescent OB/GYN services and co-Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Program. Dr. Ottenheimer is now in private practice, where she continues to focus on gynecologic care for adolescents and young adults, as well as for sexual trauma survivors . She currently serves as a medical advisor for the Hope for Haiti Foundation. In addition she has served as a consulting physician for Midwives for Haiti, and for Physicians for Human Rights Interdisciplinary Training Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones in Eastern Congo. For over a decade, Dr. Ottenheimer has been an active member of Physicians for Human Rights for which she conducts pro bono medical exams for female asylum seekers. Dr. Ottenheimer serves as faculty at the Human Rights Program at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Weil Cornell Clinic for Human Rights aiding victims of female genital mutilation/cutting, domestic violence, and sex trafficking in their applications for asylum. Dr. Ottenheimer has been faculty in multiple asylum evaluation trainings for medical professionals and has lectured extensively on human rights violations against women, with a focus on female genital cutting.
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