Carolyn Sufrin, MD, MA

Assistant Professor

Email: sufrinc@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Carolyn Sufrin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the  University of California, San Francisco in the San Francisco General Hospital Division. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition, she holds an MA in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. She subsequently completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pittsburgh/Magee Womens Hospital, and a Fellowship in Family Planning here at UCSF. Her focus is on expanding access to reproductive health care for incarcerated women, as well as training residents in the care of vulnerable populations.  This has involved starting a referral-level ob/gyn clinic at the San Francisco Jail, conducting research, and implementing programs to increase family planning and other reproductive health services for this vulnerable population of women.  She has also been active in reproductive health policy for incarcerated women at the local, state, and national levels, especially around restricting the use of restraints in pregnant women.  In addition, Dr. Sufrin is currently integrating these interests into her doctoral studies as a PhD candidate in the UCSF/UCB joint program in medical anthropology. Her dissertation, based on ethnographic fieldwork, is entitled “Jailcare: Women, Incarceration, and the Medical Safety Net in America”

Areas of Interest:

  • Family planning and reproductive justice
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Incarcerated women and reproductive health care
  • Educating medical trainees in health disparities
  • Global health inequalities
  • Effects of pharmaceutical marketing on health care delivery


For a complete list of publications, please click here: Publications on PubMed.

Updated December 2013

Citations:

  • Sufrin CB, Postlethwaite D, Armstrong MA, Merchant M, Wendt JM, Steinauer JE. Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis screening at intrauterine device insertion and pelvic inflammatory disease. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2012:6(120):1314-21.
  • Larochelle F, Castro C, Goldenson J, Tulsky JP, Cohan DL, Blumenthal PD, Sufrin CB. Contraceptive use and barriers to access among newly arrested women. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 2012:2(18):111-9.