She completed a radiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship in ultrasound at Brigham and Women’s, which was still a rudimentary field at the time. She chose the field because she wanted children and she didn’t want to be exposed to radiation.
After completing her fellowship and giving birth to a son and daughter just one year apart, Dr. Benaseraf could not get a hospital job in Boston and opened Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates in 1982.
In addition to her son and husband, who is a cardiologist and professor of cardiovascular medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Benaceraf has a daughter, Bridget Benaceraf Libby, and three grandchildren.
Ten years after opening the clinic, Dr. Benaceraf said in an oral history interview that he was virtually the only doctor in the Boston area to specialize in prenatal ultrasound. As a result, her practice expanded rapidly, and patients from all over New England and beyond sought her out.
During this period, she made discoveries about the nuchal fold and, in particular, the development of fetal hearing. In recent years, she has shifted her focus to gynecological imaging and conditions such as endometriosis, pelvic pain, and ovarian cancer.
During his 40-year career, Dr. Benaseraf has seen tens of thousands of patients, publishing hundreds of journal articles and several books. She also trained a large number of doctors. One of them, Dr. Laura E. Reilly, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Weil Her Cornell Her Medicine in New York, described Dr. Benaseraf in an interview as “incredibly talented” and “a great teacher.” ” was expressed.
She also called Dr. Benaseraf a “pioneer” in using ultrasound in women’s reproductive health services. Mostly to reassure the expectant mother.
“Her diagnostic ability was second to none,” added Dr. Riley.
