by Biniam Abraham | Nov 11, 2019 | Personal Story
By Biniam Abraham, PA-S, James Madison University I’m a physician assistant (PA) student from the James Madison University (JMU) Physician Assistant Program. As part of my clinical rotation I have been shadowing with and learning from the OB/GYN providers for the past... 
by Sharon Chang | Nov 4, 2019 | Fertility and Infertility
She was bubbling over with enthusiasm the day we met her and heard her story. In fact, we unleashed a torrent of memories by asking Mary how she first became a Tepeyac patient. The former Mary Peters was a single woman trying to manage an irregular menstrual cycle.... 
by Sharon Chang | Oct 28, 2019 | Infant Loss, Miscarriage, and Perinatal Hospice
2017 marked a turning point in the lives of Lauren and Jeffrey Huang. Three uneventful pregnancies and one early miscarriage had led Lauren to expect neither more nor less than business as usual with her childbearing. Learning that she was pregnant for a fourth time... 
by Sharon Chang | Oct 21, 2019 | Pregnant Women in Need
Jocelyn She was jobless and her partner was without a secure job. That was the situation when Jocelyn found herself pregnant and reported to the Metro Women’s Center for help. The Center referred her to Tepeyac OB/GYN—where, to her intense surprise and tremendous... 
by Kathryn Doherty | Oct 14, 2019 | Infant Loss, Miscarriage, and Perinatal Hospice
I want to say thank you to all of you who support Tepeyac OB/GYN through Divine Mercy Care. You’ve done more for me than you could ever know. Sometimes when we write a check or pledge funds to an organization online, it feels impersonal. What good have we done? I... 
by Divine Mercy Care | Oct 7, 2019 | Fertility and Infertility
Larry and Jennifer Watson have an extraordinary story built around succeeding miracles – and this is after only six years of marriage. Less than a year after their marriage, Jennifer, a Tepeyac patient since 2005, was diagnosed with stage 4b Hodgkins Lymphoma. The... 
by Sharon Chang | Sep 30, 2019 | Personal Story
When we first met her, briefly, amidst the hubbub of Divine Mercy Care’s 2018 Gala, we already knew that we were encountering one of the most remarkable donors our organization had ever seen. Sitting down to talk with Kay Crnkovich shortly before Thanksgiving, we... 
by Sharon Chang | Sep 24, 2019 | Fertility and Infertility, Pregnancy and Birth
They were present in her from the first, and in abundance – the devotion, trust, and moral courage that characterize a woman of the Lord who wanted every part of her life full of the faith, including her place of medical care. While working at Fair Oaks Hospital,... 
by Sharon Chang | Sep 16, 2019 | Personal Story
Interviewer: You’ve been here far longer time than most people nowadays spend with any one employer. How did it all begin? What first inspired you to consider working with Tepeyac and what convinced you actually to make the move? Dr. Fisk: I spent the first several... 
by Sharon Chang | Sep 9, 2019 | Wholistic GYN and Adolescent Care
The first time Jenny (not her real name) gave birth, in January of 2017, she was a mere sixteen years old. Not long afterwards, her gynecologist, perfectly agreeable to accommodating an adolescent unwed mother’s lifestyle, fitted her with an IUD. It was only a few...
