Board Certifications

Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Biography

Dr. Garfield A. D. Clunie is a leading expert in women’s health and healthy equity. He currently serves as President of the nation’s oldest and largest organization of African American physicians, the National Medical Association and has dedicated more than 15 years with the organization.  He has served on the National Medical Association’s Board in several roles including as Region 1 Chair and Trustee; Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Chair of the Committee on Administrative and Financial Affairs, National Treasurer and has served as a member of numerous councils/committees. Dr. Clunie has built his career on serving vulnerable populations and as an advocate for the elimination of health disparities and seeking health equity for all.

Dr. Clunie is double boarded in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Clunie currently works at the Mount Sinai Health System, where he supervises MFM fellows, OB/GYN residents, and medical students at the Outpatient High-Risk Pregnancy Clinic and Ultrasound Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital and is Site Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Mount Sinai Downtown – Union Square.

In addition to caring for pregnant women with complex medical conditions, Dr. Clunie’s special interests include prenatal diagnosis of fetal anatomic and genetic abnormalities, and preconception and inter-conception care, diabetes in pregnancy and fetal growth abnormalities. Dr. Clunie has authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. In September, Dr. Clunie will be joining the faculty at NYU Langone Health where he will be Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and inaugural Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department.

After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Dr. Garfield Clunie earned his medical degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University.  He completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Downtown Hospital and went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) at Tufts – New England Medical Center. 

Dr. Clunie has focused his organizational leadership on his beloved National Medical Association but he is active in numerous organizations including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology where he is a fellow and Secretary/Treasurer of District II, Section 1 (Manhattan) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, where he is a fellow has served on the Legislative Affairs Committee, the Maternal Alcohol Abuse Task Force, and is currently a member of the Global Health Committee. As a medical student he was a leader and served as Co-President of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) at his medical school and as Region 4 Director, which involved coordinating and executing programmatic initiative within 6 states (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama) as well as the Caribbean. The SNMA is the nation’s oldest and largest association of minority medical students. He is also a member of the NAACP, the National Action Network, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council’s Jamaica Diaspora Northeast Health Sector and the Jamaica Diaspora Health Taskforce Action Network.

Dr. Clunie’s personal story is one of resilience, vision and tenacity; he  is a native of Jamaica, born in The Garden Parish of Saint Ann, and currently resides in New York City where he serves on the Board of his condominium. Dr. Clunie remains dedicated to addressing health and wellness nationally and internationally as this is his purpose of his life.