Resident Physician - PGY 1
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Main Address
UCSF OB/GYN&RS Residency Program
550 16th Street, 7th Floor
OBGYN, Mailstop 0132
San Francisco, CA 94143-0132
| Location | Office Phone | Fax |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Bay | (415) 476 - 5192 | (415) 476 - 1811 |
| Mount Zion | (415) 353 - 9240 | (415) 353 - 9509 |
| San Francisco General Hospital | (415) 206 - 3061 | (415) 206 - 3112 |
Research/Clinical Interests: Health equity, immigrant and refugee health, medical pedagogy, reproductive justice, and history of medicine.
Education/Training
| Year | Institution | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|
| current | University of California, San Francisco | Residency | Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences |
| 2019 | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA | MD | Medicine |
| 2013 | Brown University; Providence, RI | BA | History |
Research & Professional Experience
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 2017 to present | Co-Founder of EqualRx (Equal Treatment). EqualRx is a registered non-profit that produces short, curated medical education modules on racial justice-related topics in healthcare. |
| 2019 | Student organizer for Health Equity Week 2019 at Penn Medicine. Moderated a discussion with Dr. Dorothy Roberts following her talk on “Mistreating Health Inequities in the Genomic Age” and facilitated a screening and discussion of the film No más bebés. |
| 2015-2019 | Medical student representative to the Office of Inclusion and Diversity Council at Penn Medicine. |
| 2018-2019 | Medical student coordinator of the Women’s Refugee Health Clinic at Penn Medicine. |
| 2017-2018 | NIH-NHLBI-funded Scholarly Pursuit: Beyond Lowering Cholesterol, Statin-Mediated Effects on the Immune Environment. |
| 2017-2018 | Medical student research: Surgical Outcomes in Obese and Non-Obese Women Receiving Postpartum Sterilization. |
Achievements & Recognition
| Year | Major Honors |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Helen O. Dickens Graduation Award; Perelman School of Medicine |
| 2018 | Gold Humanism Honor Society; Perelman School of Medicine |
| 2018 | NIH-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Short-term Training Grant; Perelman School of Medicine |
| 2015-2019 | 21st Century Tuition Scholarship; Perelman School of Medicine |
| 2014-2015 | Garcia-Robles Fulbright Fellowship |
| 2010-2011 | David L. Boren Scholarship for Arabic Language Study; Brown University |
Publications on PubMed
Deshpande NA, Labora A, Sammel MD, Schreiber CA, Sonalkar S. Relationship between body mass index and operative time in women receiving immediate postpartum tubal ligation. Contraception. 2019 Aug;100(2):106-110. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2019.05.003. Epub 2019 May 10. PMID 31082395
Pringle K, Mackey JM, Modi P, Janeway H, Romero T, Meynard F, Perez H, Herrera R, Bendana M, Labora A, Ruskis J, Foggle J, Partridge R, Levine AC. “A short trauma course for physicians in a resource-limited setting: Is low-cost simulation effective?” Injury. 2015 Sep;46(9):1796-800. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.05.021. Epub 2015 May 18. PMID: 26073743