Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada
Dr. Anne Berndl is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Sunnybrook, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, and an associate scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. She is the creator and director of the accessible care pregnancy clinic, the first clinic in North America to provide pregnancy care specifically for women with physical disabilities. Dr. Berndl also serves as the chair of the Women's Health Guideline – Spina Bifida Association and has received grants for work in the field of spinal cord injury and myasthenia gravis during pregnancy. She is involved in multiple research projects focused on pregnancy experiences for women with physical disabilities, with the goal of providing excellence in pregnancy, labor, and birth care for individuals with physical disabilities.