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Iman Berrahou, MD
Graduated - Class of 2022 

Generalist - Yale

Research/Clinical Interests: Health disparities, LGBTQ Health, Medical Education, Gynecologic Surgery


 

Education/Training

Year

Institution Degree Field of Study
2022 University of California, San Francisco Residency Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
2018 Harvard Medical School MD Medicine
2013 The University of Texas at Austin BA, BS Plan 2 Honors, Microbiology

 

Research & Professional Experience

Year  
2016-2018 Researcher/Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Boston Chapter. Improving the Cervical Cancer Screening Experience for LGBTQ People: A Community-Based Film Project
2016-2018 Researcher, Fenway Health. Referral Practices for Positive Intimate Partner Violence Screenings in the Transgender Patient Population
2016-2017 Researcher, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Modes of Delivery of Vertex/Non-Vertex Twins: A Study of Neonatal Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness
2016-2017 Senior Director/Medical Education Committee Co-Leader, Crimson Care Collaborative Student-Faculty Clinic, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2016 Researcher, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Urogynecology. Tensioning of Retropubic Suburethral Slings with Babcock versus Kelly Clamp
2014-2015 Co-President, LGBTQ and Allies of HMS/HSDM (LAHMS), Harvard Medical School
2014-2015 Researcher, Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Isolated Collateral Ligament Knee Injuries in Children: A Retrospective Review of the Pediatric Experience
2012-2013 Plan 2 Honors Senior Thesis, UT Austin. El Ghorba: Songs of Exile in Algerian and French Society
2010 Summer Medical Intern, L’Hopital Generale d’Oran, Oran, Algeria.

Achievements & Recognition

Year Major Honors
2017 Robert Ebert Prize for Best Poster in Health Care Delivery Research or Service, Harvard Medical School Soma Weiss Research Day
2016-2017 Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Boston Chapter of The Albert F. Schweitzer Fellowship
2013 Graduated magna cum laude in Microbiology, magna cum laude and special honors in Plan 2 Honors Program, The University of Texas at Austin
2011 Alpha of Texas Phi Beta Kappa Inductee, The University of Texas at Austin

Poster Presentations:

Berrahou I, Potter J. Seizing Missed Opportunities: A Model of Affirmative Care for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming (TGNC) Adolescents. Presented at the LGBT Health Workforce Conference, New York, NY; April 2017.

Berrahou I, Potter J. Improving the Cervical Cancer Screening Experience for LGBTQ patients: A Community-Based Film Project. Presented at the Harvard Soma Weiss Conference and Research Day, Boston, MA; March 2017.

Chang O, Hota L, VonBargen E, Berrahou I, Le A, Neo D, Hacker M, Lefevre R, Rosenblatt P. Tensioning of retropubic suburethral slings with Babcock versus Kelly clamp. Presented at the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS), annual national meeting, San Antonio, TX; March 2017.

Berrahou I, Potter J. Seizing Missed Opportunities: A Model of Affirmative Care for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming (TGNC) Adolescents. Presented at the Rhode Island Trans Health Conference, Providence, RI; March 2017.

Kramer D, Berrahou I, Miller P, Heyworth B, Yen Y. Management of Isolated Collateral Knee Ligament Injuries in Pediatric and Adolescent Athletes. Presented at the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society (PRiSM), annual national meeting, Dallas, TX; January 2017.

Berrahou I, Kramer, D. Isolated Collateral Ligament Knee Injuries in Children: A Retrospective Review of the Pediatric Experience. Presented at the Harvard Soma Weiss Conference and Research Day, Boston, MA; March 2015.

Oral Presentations/Workshops:

Berrahou I, Leonard S, Zhang A, Obedin-Maliver J. Self-Reported Parental Structures on Birth Certificates in California. Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research. December 2020, Panelist in an Oral Symposium

Berrahou I, Obedin-Maliver J. Birth Outcomes for Sexual Minority Women. Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research. December 2020, Panelist in an Oral Symposium

Berrahou I, Royce C, Bergquist S, Seriff-Cullick A, Potter J. A Film-Based Curriculm to Improve the Cervical Cancer Screening Experience for LGBTQ Patients. Presented at the CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD; February 2018.

Berrahou I,Potter J. Strategies to Improve the Cervical Cancer Screening Experience for LGBTQ Patients: A Film-Based Curriculum. Presented at the 35th GLMA Annual Conference on LGBT Health, Philadelphia, PA; September 2017.

Publications

S Leonard, Berrahou IK, Zhang A, Monseur B, Main E, Obedin-Maliver J. Obstetric and birth outcomes among sexual and/or gender minority patients, California, 2016-2019. AJOG. Volume 226, Issue 1, Supplement, January 2022, Pages S69-S70.

Zhang A, Berrahou IK, Leonard S, Main E, Obedin-Maliver J. Birth registration policies in the United States and their relevance to sexual and/or gender minority families: identifying existing strengths and areas of improvement. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Dec 9;293:114633. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114633. PMID 34933243

Das KJH, Peitzmeier S, Berrahou IK, Potter K. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Screening and Referral Outcomes among Transgender Patients in a Primary Care Setting. J Interpers Violence. 2021 Feb 25;886260521997460. doi: 10.1177/0886260521997460. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33629628

Chang OH, Hacker MR, Rosenblatt PL, Neo D, Von Bargen E, Berrahou I, Le A, Lefevre R, Hota LS. Comparing postoperative voiding dysfunction after mid-urethral sling using either a Babcock or Kelly clamp tensioning technique. Int Urogynecol J. 2019 Feb;30(2):301-305. doi: 10.1007/s00192-018-3638-y. Epub 2018 Mar 29. PMID: 29600405.

Kramer DE, Miller PE, Berrahou IK, Yen YM, Heyworth BE. Collateral Ligament Knee Injuries in Pediatric and Adolescent Athletes. J Pediatr Orthop. 2017 Dec 8. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001112. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29227374.