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Nina G. Piazza, M.D.

Nina G. Piazza, M.D.

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Family Medicine

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About Me

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...
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.

Certified Specialties

Family Medicine - American Board of Family Medicine

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor (Part-Time) - Department of Family Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Resident, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. 2018 - 2020

Internship, Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. 2017 - 2018

Education

MD | University of Rochester. 2017

Awards

Program Director's Award. 2023

Faculty Teaching Award. 2023

AAFP FMIG Program of Excellent Awards: Excellence Award in Collaboration. 2022

AAFP FMIG Program of Excellent Awards: Excellence in Promoting the Scope and Diversity of Family Medicine. 2021

AAFP FMIG Program of Excellent Awards: Excellence as First-Time Applicant. 2021

McGovern-Tracy Scholars Award. 2020

Community Service Award; Medical Society of the State of New York. 2017

Department of Family Medicine Award. 2017

AWWA Glasgow-Rubin Achievement. 2017

Distinction in Community Health. 2017

Alpha Omega Alpha. 2016

Gold Humanism Honor Society. 2016

Publications

Journal Articles

Call to Action: A Faculty Survey to Inform Future Efforts at Student-Run Clinics.

Piazza N, Bruehlman A

PRiMER : peer-reviewed reports in medical education research.. 2024 8 :6. Epub 01/31/2024.

"Best Practices for Integrating Medical Students into Outpatient Primary Care Practices" (PDF)

Lau, Janice C. MD; Piazza, Nina, MD; Brown, Elizabeth, MD, MPH.

Family Doctor. 2023; Volume 11(Number 4): 14-16.

"Paging Dr. Google: The Ethics of Patient Care in the Age of Vaccine Hesitancy."

Schecter, Arielle; Piazza, Nina.

Family Doctor. 2022; Volume 11(Number 1): p.34.

Does ondansetron reduce the need for hospitalization or IV fluids in children with AGE?

Piazza, N; Martonffy, AI.

Evidence-Based Practice. 2021; Volume Publish Ahead of Print: 2.

A Snapshot of Urban Adolescent Women's Contraceptive Knowledge at the Onset of a Community Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Promotion Initiative.

Greenberg KB, Jenks SC, Piazza N, Malibiran BR, Aligne CA

Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology.. 2017 August 30 (4):474-478. Epub 01/12/2017.