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  2. Biftu Mengesha, MD, MAS

Biftu Mengesha, MD, MAS

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Biftu has been a clinician-educator in the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Division of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences since 2017. She works clinically in Labor and Delivery, Gynecology and Family Planning at ZSFG. She is currently the Medical Director of Inpatient Obstetrics, the Assistant Residency Program Director and the Associate Director for Innovating Education in Reproductive Health. Her interests in medical education center around abortion and contraceptive training, incorporating equity and inclusion into the learning environment, curricular development as well as trainee and program evaluation. She led a video series on provision of long-acting reversible contraceptives for clinicians jointly sponsored by Innovating Education and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Biftu is also the co-creator of an ongoing OBGYN grand rounds series titled “Microaggressions M&M” where issues of equity and inclusion within the Department of OBGYN are reviewed department-wide. She is a lead developer of an online, justice-informed curriculum titled Structures and Self: Advancing Equity and Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care with Innovating Education. She additionally is developing a curriculum on racial literacy in family planning for family planning fellows and faculty. In her role as Assistant Residency Program Director, she is involved in curriculum development and development of novel trainee evaluation methods for OBGYN residents.
Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
MAS, 06/2017 - Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship, 06/2017 - Family Planning, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 06/2015 - Obstetrics & Gynecology, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
M.D., 05/2011 - Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
B.A., 05/2007 - Biochemistry, University of Colorado
Honors and Awards
John A. Watson Scholar, University of California, San Francisco, 2017-2020 Most Outstanding Teaching Fellow as awarded by medical students, University of California, San Francisco Dept of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, 2017 Outstanding Resident Teaching, University of California, San Francisco Dept of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, 2017 Most Outstanding Fellow as awarded by residents, University of California, San Francisco Dept of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, 2016 Augusta Webster Award, recognizing dedication & compassion with excellence in patient care, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2015 Golden Apple Student Teaching Award, 1st Place, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2015 Golden Apple Student Teaching Award, 2nd Place, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2014 John. J. Sciarra Excellence in Family Planning Award, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2014 Golden Apple Student Teaching Award, 2nd Place, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2013 Excellence in Student Teaching Award, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2012 Beatrice Tucker Award For outstanding contributions to women’s health, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 2010 Frederick G. Barr Scholar Endowed medical student scholarship, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 2007
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