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Department | Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences |
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Address | 550 16th Street San Francisco CA 94158 |
- Gestational and Pre-Gestational Diabetes
- Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Patient Education
- Provider Communication
- Issues Surrounding Periviable Deliveries
- Disparities affecting underserved and disadvantaged populations
- Pipeline initiatives in medical education
Cornell University |
B.A. |
Biology |
2003 |
Stanford University |
M.D. |
Medicine |
2009 |
University of California, San Francisco |
Residency |
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
2013 |
University of California, San Francisco |
M.A.S. |
Clinical Research |
2015 |
University of California, San Francisco |
Fellowship |
Maternal Fetal Medicine |
2016 |
2001 | UCLA Minority Scientist Development Research Program Scholar |
2001 & 2002 | Hispanic Scholarship Fund - Scholarship Award Winner |
2002 | Cornell University Howard Hughes Research Scholar |
2000-2003 | Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences Dean's List |
2006-2007 | Stanford University Medical Scholars Research Grant: "The Effect of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Cognition" |
2009 | Stanford University Latino Medicine Student Association (LMSA) "Excellence in Service" Award |
2014 | UCSF "Outstanding Resident Teaching" Award for Exceptional Achievements in Resident Education |
2015 | Pacific Coast Obstetrical & Gynecological Society Ted Adams Scholarship Award Winner, Poster Presentation at the 82nd Annual Meeting |
2015 | UCSF "Outstanding Resident Teaching" Award for Exceptional Achievements in Resident Education |
Shah AD, Hsiao EC, O'Donnell B, Salmeen K, Nussbaum R, Krebs M, Baumgartner-Parzer S, Kaufmann M, Jones G, Bikle DD, Wang Y, Mathew AS, Shoback D, Block-Kurbisch I. Maternal Hypercalcemia Due to Failure of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin-D3 Catabolism in a Patient With CYP24A1 Mutations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Aug;100(8):2832-6. PubMed
Lewkowitz AK, O'Donnell BE, Nakagawa S, Vargas JE, Zlatnik MG. Social media messaging in pregnancy: comparing content of Text4baby to content of free smart phone applications of pregnancy. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2015 Jul 26:1-7. PubMed
Encarnacion B, Zlatnik MG. Cesarean delivery technique: evidence or tradition? A review of the evidence-based cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2012 Aug;67(8):483-94. PubMed
Woodard GA, Encarnacion B, Perzaz J, Hernandez-Boussard T, Morton J. Halo effect for bariatric surgery: collateral weight loss in patients' family members. Arch Surg. 2011 Oct;146(10):1185-90. PubMed
Woodard GA, Encarnacion B, Downey JR, Peraza J, Chong K, Hernandez-Boussard T, Morton JM. Probiotics improve outcomes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: a prospective randomized trial. J Gastronintest Surg. 2009 Jul;13(7):1198-204. PubMed
Hagedorn JC, Encarnacion B, Brat GA, Morton JM. Does gastric bypass alter alcohol metabolism? Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2007 Sep-Oct(5):543-8; discussion 548. PubMed
Berghorn KA, Clark PA, Encarnacion B, Deregis CJ, Folger JK, Morasso MI, Soares MJ, Wolfe MW, Roberson MS. Developmental expression of the homeobox protein Distal-less 3 and its relationship to progesterone production in mouse placenta. J Endocrinol. 2005 Aug;186(2):315-23. PubMed