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Nina G. Piazza, M.D.

(Pronouns: she/her/hers)

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 254-6480

Fax: (585) 254-1092

URMFGA member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

groupAn Accountable Health Partner

assignmentAccepting New Patients

Faculty Appointments

Patient Care Setting

Family Medicine

Biography

Professional Background

Dr. Nina Piazza earned a Bachelor’s degree from Williams College, where she graduated cum laude and with honors. After spending a year teaching elementary school in rural China with the Yongfeng Teaching Fellowship, she attended the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, where she obtained her MD degree in 2017. She completed internship and residency in Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Madison, where she served as chief resident.

Dr. Piazza is Board Certified in Family Medicine and joined the faculty of the Department of Family Medicine in 2020. She practices full spectrum care at Brown Square Health Center, a part of Jordan Health, a federally qualified community health center. She values caring for a diverse group of patients and is passionate about promoting health equity. She has specific interests in reproductive health, addiction medicine, and gender affirming care and hormone therapy.

In addition to her own Family Medicine practice, Dr. Piazza teaches and supervises family medicine residents across settings, including caring for hospitalized adults at Highland Hospital. She also values her role teaching and mentoring medical students with the Family Medicine Interest Group, as well as during their time spent on family medicine clinical rotations.

Credentials

Education

2017
MD | University of Rochester

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/2018 - 06/30/2020
Residency in Family Medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health

06/14/2017 - 06/30/2018
Internship in Family Medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health

Awards

2022
AAFP FMIG Program of Excellent Awards: Excellence Award in Collaboration
Sponsor: American Academy of Family Physicians

2021
AAFP FMIG Program of Excellent Awards: Excellence in Promoting the Scope and Diversity of Family Medicine
Sponsor: American Academy of Family Physicians

2021
AAFP FMIG Program of Excellent Awards: Excellence as First-Time Applicant
Sponsor: American Academy of Family Physicians

2020
McGovern-Tracy Scholars Award
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Family Medicine
Location: Madison, WI.

2017
Community Service Award; Medical Society of the State of New York
Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Location: Rochester, NY

2017
Department of Family Medicine Award
Sponsor: University of Rochester Department of Family Medicine
Location: Rochester, NY.

2017
AWWA Glasgow-Rubin Achievement
Sponsor: American Medical Women's Association
Location: URSMD, Rochester, NY.

2017
Distinction in Community Health
Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Location: Rochester, NY

2016
Alpha Omega Alpha
Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Location: Rochester, NY.

2016
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Location: Rochester, NY.

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Publications

Journal Articles

2023
Lau, Janice C. MD; Piazza, Nina, MD; Brown, Elizabeth, MD, MPH. ""Best Practices for Integrating Medical Students into Outpatient Primary Care Practices"" . Family Doctor, A Journal of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians. 2023; Volume 11(Number 4): 14-16.

6/2022
Schecter, Arielle; Piazza, Nina. ""Paging Dr. Google: The Ethics of Patient Care in the Age of Vaccine Hesitancy."". Family Doctor. 2022; Volume 11(Number 1): p.34.

1/2021
Piazza, N; Martonffy, AI. "Does ondansetron reduce the need for hospitalization or IV fluids in children with AGE?" . Evidence-Based Practice. 2021; Volume Publish Ahead of Print: 2.

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