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UCSF ObGyn&RS

Residency Program

About Me

Why OB/GYN?

So many reasons! One is that pregnancy is often the first time many young patients, especially those from marginalized communities, interact with the healthcare system or even become adequately insured. It makes us uniquely positioned to address structural barriers to health and advocate for policy changes to improve outcomes for underserved patients. Also, few fields truly allow you to walk a patient through every step of their care from clinic to inpatient floor management to the operating room.

Why UCSF?

I wanted to be trained by a community that would encourage me to challenge the status quo and critically think about how we could be doing better for patients. The commitment to health equity here is so clear and I feel confident that I will become the OB/GYN I want to be by training at UCSF. Plus, the people are amazing!

Outside of Residency

Traveling, going to concerts, trying new places to eat, and (most importantly) sitting in the sun!

Nguyen, Natalie
Natalie Nguyen, MD, MPH

Resident Physician - PGY 1

[email protected]

If you are a patient, please do not contact a physician by email without their prior expressed consent due to confidentiality concerns.

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: Health policy, structural determinants of health, housing insecurity, substance use disorders

Education/Training

Year

 Institution Degree Field of Study
current University of California, San Francisco Residency Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
2024 Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) MD Medicine
2023 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health MPH Health Policy
2018 University of California, Los Angeles BA Sociology

Research & Professional Experience

Year  
2020-2024 Co-Founder & Clinic Director, Weill Students for Harm Reduction (WiSH) Clinic
2022-2023 Medical Student Researcher, WCM Division of Gynecologic Oncology
2020-2023 Medical Student Researcher, WCM Center for Global Health
2018-2023 Vice President, WCMC Class Council
2022-2023 Policy Intern, Justice 4 Housing
2019-2020 Referrals Coordinator, Weill Cornell Community Clinic
2019-2020 Student Evaluator, Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights
2017-2019 Social Caseworker, Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA

Achievements & Recognition
Year Major Honors
2024 Honors in Service, WCMC
2024 The Gustav Seeligmann Prize for Efficiency in Obstetrics
2024 The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D., Memorial Prize for Excellence in Infectious Disease
2023 Ida Sophia Scudder, M.D. Award for Excellence in Public Service
2023 Gold Humanism Honor Society, WCMC
2022 Weill Cornell General Internal Medicine Primary Care Innovation Seed Grant
2021 Health Equity Fund Seed Grant
2021 Magna Cum Laude, UCLA

Poster Presentations

Webster EM, Ahsan MD, Cherston C, NGUYEN NT, Kulkarni A, Dioun S, Levi SR, Li J, Yormak E, Cantillo E, Holcomb K, Chapman-Davis E, Sharaf R, McDougale A, Frey MK. Moving toward health equity in cancer genetics: Pilot study of a cancer genetic risk assessment tool within an underrepresented population. Poster presentation at 2023 BRCA Symposium; May 2023; Montréal, Québec, Canada.

NGUYEN NT, Ahsan MD, Webster EM, Levi SR, Lin J, Narayan P, Li X, Baltich Nelson B, Thomas C, Cantillo E, Holcomb KM, Chapman-Davis E, Sharaf R, Frey MK. Cascade genetic testing in racial and ethnic minorities: are we leaving them out? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster presentation at Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Annual Meeting On Women’s Cancer; March 27, 2023; Tampa, Florida.

Publications

Ahsan MD, Webster EM, NGUYEN NT, Levi SR, Qazi M, Diamond LC, Sharaf RN, Frey MK. Underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in cascade testing for hereditary cancer syndromes. Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 Jul; 31(7): 723–724. doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01364-2. PMID: 37117326

Riche CT, Reif LK, NGUYEN NT, Alakiu GR, Seo G, Mathad JS, McNairy ML, Cordeiro AA, Kinikar A, Walsh KF, Deschamps MM, Nerette S, Nimkar S, Kayange N, Jaka H, Mwaisungu HM, Morona D, Peter TY, Suryavanshi N, Fitzgerald DW, Downs JA, Hokororo A. “Mobilizing our leaders”: A multi-country qualitative study to increase the representation of women in global health leadership. Gautier L, ed. PLOS Glob Public Heal. 2023;3(1):e0000646. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PGPH.0000646. PMID: 36962949

Aristide C, Bullington BW, Kuguru M, Sundararajan R, NGUYEN NT, Lambert VJ, Mwakisole AH, Wamoyi J, Downs JA. Health providers’ perspectives on contraceptive use in rural northwest tanzania: A qualitative study. Contracept X. 2022;4:100086. doi:10.1016/J.CONX.2022.100086. PMID: 36324829

Friedlander RL, NGUYEN NT, Chasen ST. Prenatal diagnosis of single gene disorders: indication, timing, and trends. Am J Obstet Gynecol. Feb 2021;224(2):S577. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.955

Friedlander RL, NGUYEN NT, Chasen ST. Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders: trends in screening and invasive testing. Am J Obstet Gynecol. Feb 2021;224(2):S622-S623. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1030