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Mikaela Kelly, MD, MPH
Resident Physician - PGY 1

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Main Address

UCSF OB/GYN&RS Residency Program
490 Illinois Street
10th Floor, Box 0132
San Francisco, CA 94143

Location Office Phone Fax
Mission Bay (415) 476 - 5192 (415) 476 - 1811
Mount Zion (415) 353 - 9240 (415) 353 - 9509
San Francisco General Hospital (628) 206 - 3061 (628) 206 - 3112

Research/Clinical Interests: Reproductive justice, family planning, and trauma-informed health care for victims/survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault.

Education/Training

Year

Institution Degree Field of Study
current University of California, San Francisco Residency Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
2021 University of California, Los Angeles – PRIME-LA (Leadership & Advocacy) MD Medicine
2020 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health MPH Maternal and Child Health
2012 Stanford University BA Human Biology

Research & Professional Experience

Year  
2019-2020 Graduate student researcher, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mixed-methods research exploring linkage and retention in care for Persons Living with HIV (PLWH) upon release from the Maryland State Prison System.
2019-2020 Graduate student researcher, Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO), Mixed-methods research study exploring post pregnancy family planning decision-making in two counties/districts in Kenya and Indonesia.
2016-2020 Graduate student researcher, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Quantitative research study evaluating improvement in quality of life in women undergoing abdominal or laparoscopic myomectomy for symptomatic fibroids.
2016-2020 Graduate student researcher, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Mixed methods community-based research study exploring the health needs of young women impacted by domestic minor sex trafficking.

Achievements & Recognition

Year Major Honors
2020 Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Society, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2020 Oliver Goldsmith, MD Scholarship, Kaiser Permanente
2019 Johns Hopkins Sommer Scholarship Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2018 Medical Student Essay Scholarship, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
2017 UCLA Dean’s Leadership in Health and Science Scholarship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2017 Jeanne Spurlock Research Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2015 UCLA David Geffen Medical Scholarship Award, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2012 Stanford Deans’ Award for Academic Accomplishment, Stanford University

Poster Presentations

Ports K, Barnert ES, Thompson L, Godoy S, Kelly M, Mondal S, Cook M, Bath E. Commercially sexually exploited youth: An evaluation of child maltreatment, child welfare placements, and youth mental health. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA; Nov 2018.

Ports K, Barnert ES, Thompson L, Kelly M, Godoy S, Mondal S, Bath E. Substance Use Profiles and Treatment Needs of Judicially-Involved Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA; June 2018.

Kelly MA (Presenter), Barnert ES, Ports K, Godoy S, Bath E. Understanding Commercially Sexually Exploited Youths’ Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Mental Health. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY; May 2018.

Barnert ES, Kelly M, Godoy S, Abrams L, Ports K, Bath E. Understanding Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth’s Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Contraception and Pregnancy: The Tension of Fierce Autonomy. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Toronto, Canada; May 2018.

Kelly MA (Presenter), Barnert ES, Ports K, Godoy S, Bath E. Understanding Commercially Sexually Exploited Youths’ Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Contraception. American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX; April 2018.

Kelly MA (Presenter), Barnert ES, Ports K, Godoy S, Bath E. Pregnancy Outcomes Among Judicially-Involved Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth. American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX; April 2018.

Kelly MA (Presenter), Barnert ES, Godoy S, Thompson L, Cook M, Ports K, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Goboian S, Bath E. Understanding the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Girls: A Partnership with the STAR Court. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Washington, DC; October 2017.

Barnert ES, Kelly MA, Godoy S, Thompson L, Cook M, Ports K, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Goboian S, Bath E. Understanding the Health Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth: A Partnership with the STAR Court. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA; May 2017.

Bath E, Kelly M, Thompson L, Cook M, Godoy S, Ports K, Goboian S, Ijadi- Maghsoodi R, Barnert ES. Characteristics of Participants in a Specialty Court for Sexually Exploited Girls with Substance use and Mental Health Problems. College of Problems of Drug Dependency Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada; Oct 2017.

Oral Presentations

Kelly MA (Presenter), Powell T, Barnert ES, Bath E. I Get Called it All: Exploring the Terminology Preferences of Young Women Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Symposium. Baltimore, MD; May 2020.

Publications

Rodriguez-Triana V, Kwan L, Kelly MA, Olson T, Parker W. Quality of Life After Laparoscopic and Open Abdominal Myomectomy. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2020, Jul; In Press. PMID: 32721469.

Hammond I, Godoy S, Kelly M, Bath E. A transgender girl’s experience: sexual exploitation and systems involvement, International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 185-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-07-2019-0059

Godoy SM, Abrams LS, Barnert ES, Kelly MA, Bath EP. Fierce Autonomy: How Girls and Young Women Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation Perceive Health and Exercise Agency in Health Care Decision-Making. Qual Health Res. 2020; 1049732320913857; PMID: 32285750.

Barnert ES, Godoy SM, Hammond I, Kelly MA, LR Thompson, Mondal S, Bath EP. Pregnancy Outcomes Among Girls Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Acad Pediatr. 2019; PMID: 31841662.

Bagot K, Hodgdon E, Sidhu N, Patrick K, Kelly M, Bath E. End User-Informed Mobile Health Intervention Development for Adolescent Cannabis Use Disorder: Qualitative Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019;7(10):e13691. PMID: 31588909.

Barnert E, Kelly M, Godoy S, Abrams LS, Bath E. Behavioral health treatment "Buy-in" among adolescent females with histories of commercial sexual exploitation. Child Abuse Negl. 2019;104042. PMID: 31227269.

Barnert E, Kelly M, Godoy S, Abrams LS, Rasch M, Bath E. Understanding Commercially Sexually Exploited Young Women's Access to, Utilization of, and Engagement in Health Care: "Work Around What I Need." Women’s Health Issues. 2019;29(4):315-324.PMID: 30962075.

Kelly MA, Bath EP, Godoy SM, Abrams LS, Barnert ES. Understanding Commercially Sexually Exploited Youths' Facilitators and Barriers toward Contraceptive Use: “I Didn't Really Have a Choice.” J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2019;32(3):316-324. PMID: 30529698.

Kelly MA, Barnert E, Bath E. Think, Ask, Act: The Intersectionality of Mental and Reproductive Health for Judicially Involved Girls. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2018;57(10):715-718. PMID: 30274642.

Barnert ES, Kelly MA, Shumyatsky AG, MacGibbon M. Chapter 13: The Patient with Substance Use. In: Tichen KE & Miller E, eds. Medical Perspectives on Human Trafficking in Adolescents-A Case-Based Guide. New York, NY: Springer Nature. In Press. ISBN 978-3-030-43367-3

Advocacy

Executive Committee Member, National Board of Directors, Medical Students for Choice, 2016-2021