The Division of Family Planning provides compassionate care for women and couples seeking family planning services and management of early pregnancy complications (miscarriage). Our program was established to integrate family planning training and research for obstetrics and gynecology residents while compassionately providing excellent medical care to our patients.
At PEACE, we provide the full range of family planning services to a diverse patient population in a nonjudgmental, caring and supportive environment. We provide education, access to contraception, and counseling to prevent unplanned pregnancies.
We work in conjunction with the Divisions of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Genetics in the management of pregnancies with diagnosed fetal anomalies, second-trimester pregnancy complications, and serious maternal conditions. We provide a range of options for the management of pregnancy loss or miscarriage. Medical student and resident education, patient care, and clinical research are the integral components of our program.
Program Goal
To improve resident training in all aspects of comprehensive family planning, options counseling, and induced and spontaneous abortion.
Services
- Contraception consultation and management
- Hormonal contraception
- Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) including hormonal and non-hormonal IUD's and contraceptive implants
- Emergency contraception, including the IUD
- Sterilization
- Evaluation of pain and bleeding in early pregnancy (less than 16 weeks gestation)
- Pregnancy options counseling
- Medical and surgical management of miscarriage
- Medical & surgical pregnancy termination
- Pregnancy loss/abortion counseling and referral
Listen to Dr. Courtney Schreiber on the Penn Medicine's Listening Lab discussing what you can expect at PEACE
Opportunities for Giving
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Pregnancy Early Access Center (PEACE) at Penn Medicine. There are 2 ways you can support the work of the PEACE team:
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision, the PEACE team has created a Patient Support Fund to offset out-of-pocket costs for patients of limited financial means to obtain abortion care at Penn. Penn Medicine is the local referral center for medically complex abortion care, and we are already seeing many patients coming to Penn from other states.
Give to the PEACE Patient Support Fund today to support abortion care for those who most need it and can least afford it:
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Your support of PEACE helps our team provide comprehensive family planning services to patients, pursue innovative research, and train the next generation of exceptional family planning providers:
Make a gift to PEACE today:
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To learn more about other options for giving, please contact:
Kelly McBride
Director of Development
Email: kmcbride@upenn.edu
Faculty
Emma Gilmore, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chioma Adaeze Ndubisi, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Andrea H. Roe, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Pennsylvania Hospital
Courtney A. Schreiber, MD, MPH
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Sarita R. Sonalkar, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania