Karen La Face, MD

Dr. LaFace is a board certified Family Physician. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Ohio State University, obtained her MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where she was a 21st Century Medical Scholar, and completed the Residency Program in Family Medicine at Brown University.

Dr. La Face has been providing medical care in Ithaca and the surrounding areas since 1999. She was inspired to create Women’s Care to provide comprehensive, holistic health care to women. She has interests and expertise in nutrition, preventive medicine, women’s health, and hormonal issues that affect women. Her goal is to discover the cause of a patient’s problems rather than to simply alleviate symptoms with medications or other treatments. She believes that all aspects of health: physical, emotional and spiritual, are important. She is trained in western medicine, but is open to incorporating safe, proven alternative therapies into her practice.

She is a teacher of Cornell graduate and medical students and a clinical co-director of the Post- Baccalaureate Program in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. She is a member of the medical staff of Cayuga Medical Center and a Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. La Face has travelled as a physician with the United States diving team for national and international competitions. Dr. La Face currently serves as a preceptor to the Weill Cornell Residency Program.

Education & Training

• Medical Education:  University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (Philadelphia, PA)
• Internship:  Brown University School of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island (Pawtucket, RI) – Family Medicine
• Residency:  Brown University School of Medicine – Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island (Pawtucket, RI) – Family Medicine

Certifications

• American Board of Family Medicine