Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH, FACOG
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Senior Technical Advisor, Fundación Oriéntame/ESAR
Email: tdepineres@globalhealth.ucsf.edu
Biosketch:
Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH, FACOG, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the School of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. She is also a faculty member of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Dr. DePiñeres is Senior Technical Consultant for Oriéntame and ESAR Foundations, non-profit organizations based in Colombia, South America, with more than 30 years of experience in incomplete abortion and unintended pregnancy management. In her position Dr. DePiñeres is helping expand newly legal abortion services provision and training, including second trimester DyE services, as well as evidence-based abortion and family planning, throughout Colombia and Latin America.
Dr. DePiñeres did her medical school training at University of California, Los Angeles, and completed a fellowship in Family Planning and Abortion at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her Masters in Public Health, focused on International Health and Population. Teresa has studied abortion and postabortion issues in Central and South America, postpartum contraception, early surgical abortion, female-controlled methods of STI/HIV prevention, unintended pregnancy in Zimbabwean adolescents, and contraception in HIV-positive women in Africa.
Areas of Interest:
- Latin America
- Legal abortion
- Abortion access
- Medical education
- International family planning
- Evidence-based medicine
- Program development
- Second trimester abortion
For a complete list of publications, please click here: Publications on PubMed
Updated November 2013