Dr. Dawn Pekarek is a native of Westlake, Ohio, and she is a member of the Ochsner maternal-fetal medicine team. After graduating from high school, she entered into a combined BS/MD program with the University of Akron and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (now known as Northeast Ohio Medical University). She completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio. Following residency, she completed a combined fellowship in clinical genetics and maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Pekarek has also practiced in Ohio, California and Nevada. She has participated in national committees for both the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.Her areas of interest include prenatal ultrasound, prenatal genetics and medical complications of pregnancy.

Medical Education

Northeast Ohio Medical University (previously NEOUCOM)
Field of Study: MD

Northeast Ohio Medical University
Field of Study: MD

Internship

Summa Health System
Field of Study: ob/gyn

Summa Health Systems
Field of Study: Obstetrics/Gymecology

Residency

University of Alabama School of Medicine
Field of Study: Medical Genetics

Summa Health System
Field of Study: ob/gyn

University of Alabama School of Medicine
Field of Study: Clinical Genetics

Summa Health Systems
Field of Study: Obstetrics/Gynecology

Fellowship

University of Alabama School of Medicine
Field of Study: Maternal Fetal Medicine