Our Team

 Dr Shekarloo is the founder of MAAHSA and  an Obstetrician Gynecologist and the Director of Global Health and Peer Review at Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) in Brooklyn. She has over ten years of experience working in women’s and adolescent health. Dr. Shekarloo began her career as a community activist and organizer on  issues such as domestic and sexual violence, substance abuse and their impact specifically on women of color and their communities. She developed the Global Health Program at MMC in 2018 and has organized surgical trips with her residents to Kenya and Guatemala in partnership with Saving Mothers. She has a passion for equitable access to maternal and adolescent health globally. 

Sophia Lubin is a  first-generation Haitian American. She is a member of ACOG and has been a clinical faculty at NYIT-NYCOM as well as the Sophie Davis CUNY School of Medicine.

She annually works with Howard Medical Students through a hands-on experience as a member of NOAHNY, a nonprofit organization that has built hospitals in the northern part of Haiti.  Dr. Lubin is also a member of MiMSI(Modification In Mother Baby-Mortality Initiative) a nonprofit organization that provides prenatal care to women in the south of Haiti. Dr. Lubin is a committed humanitarian who has provided medical relief efforts in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. She continues to visit Haiti on an annual basis where she provides free OB/GYN care. Dr. Sophia Lubin is currently practicing in Brooklyn at The Brooklyn Heights Women’s Center, and is  also a faculty attending at Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Lubin is involved in a myriad of community efforts including hosting special events called “Ladies Night Out”. She is passionate about broadening her scope of practice to help women lead happy, healthy and empowered lives.

Dr. Nuria B. Luna Ramirez  is currently an Administrative Chief Resident in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maimonides Medical Center and brings with her a passion for gynecologic surgery and a commitment towards helping out underserved communities and populations. Prior to coming to Maimonides, Dr. Luna Ramirez attended the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and a Transitional Year at the  Episcopal San Lucas Hospital in Ponce where she was part of the Island's response to Hurricane Maria.   

Dr. Catherine Cepeda is currently an Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident at Maimonides Medical Center. As a first generation Dominican Dr. Cepeda strives to work alongside underserved communities in an effort to promote equitable access to basic healthcare. In her residency at Maimonides, Dr. Cepeda as part of the core medical faculty travelled to Guatemala last February where in partnership with Casa Materna she conducted ultrasound trainings , laceration repair and simulation trainings on postpartum hemorrhage and preeclampsia prevention and intervention

Dr. Mostashari is a co-founder of MAAHSA and the CEO of LifeNome, and a lifelong sustainable development practitioner. He serves as a co-founder and board member of the Science for Africa initiative. From 2004-2008  he served as a strategic advisor to the Assistant Secretary General for the Untied Nations Development Program (UNDP) on development projects in sub-Saharan Africa, overseeing a portfolio of over $1.2 billion in projects related to health, energy and environment, and governance. Dr. Mostashari is in the top 20 cited scholars in systems thinking in the world and has published numerous peer-reviewed publications at the intersection of health and systems science.