We built Phia to answer that. Most families struggle in silence. The care is fragmented. The burden is high. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The first 100 days set the trajectory for a lifetime of health. Our virtual team wraps 24/7 expert care around new families, slashing complications, speeding recovery, and laying the groundwork for thriving kids and resilient communities.
After over a decade in neonatal and pediatric medicine—training and practicing at Mount Sinai, Montefiore, NewYork-Presbyterian, and most recently as an attending at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia at Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — I kept seeing the same pattern: babies receive structured, proactive follow-up care. Their growth, development, and health are closely tracked. But the mothers? Their pain, exhaustion, mood shifts, and physical recovery are often fragmented across a system not designed to care for them.
Despite growing awareness of postpartum depression, lactation challenges, and maternal complications, our healthcare system still treats postpartum care as secondary. That gap became impossible to ignore.
Phia was born from that frustration. I wanted to create what I wish had existed—for my patients, and for me: a model of care that makes maternal mental health, pain, recovery, and support non-negotiable. One that’s smart, coordinated, and accessible—regardless of income, background, or geography.
At Phia, we bring the same rigor, urgency, and surveillance we apply to neonatal care—and focus it on the person who too often gets left behind. Every postpartum journey deserves that level of care.
