Lily Muldoon, MD, MPH
Attending Physician
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Lily Muldoon is an emergency medicine physician and global health specialist focused on advancing women’s reproductive health justice, infectious disease response, and health systems strengthening in resource-limited settings. She is affiliated with the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine and practices clinically at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
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A UCSF-trained emergency physician and former Chief Resident, Dr. Muldoon earned a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and was a Fulbright Scholar in Kenya. Her work includes applied research and health systems development in Kenya (2006–2019), where she served as Executive Director of Organic Health Response and led community-based maternal health and emergency referral initiatives. She subsequently served as Medical Director of Public Health for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (2021–2024), a U.S. territory in the western Pacific, leading infectious disease and maternal health programs across geographically isolated communities. In 2026, she launched a Border Health Project in Tijuana, Mexico focused on ultrasound education, cross-cultural collaboration, and bidirectional learning with community-based partners.
Dr. Muldoon is a national advocate for expanding emergency-department–based women’s reproductive healthcare. She serves as an Access Bridge Implementation Leader and as the California State Lead for the FemInEM Reproductive Health Cohort, advancing reproductive health equity through education, mentorship, and systems-level change.
Awards
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- Access Bridge Fellow, Public Health Institute, 2024
- Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Award, Ella Lyman Cabot Trust, 2019
- Projects That Work Competition Winner, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, 2019
- Chief Emergency Medicine Resident, San Francisco General Hospital, 2019
- Stars in Global Health Award, Grand Challenge Canada, 2018
- Dean’s Prize for Research and Scholarship, UCSF School of Medicine, 2015
- Harvard Student Sustainability Grant, Harvard University, 2014
- Rotarian of the Year, Denver Tech Center Rotary Club, 2009
- Fulbright Scholar, Institute for International Education, Kenya, 2009
- Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International, 2009
- Be The Change Award, Peace Child International, 2008
Education & Training
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- Emergency Medicine University of California San Francisco + San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency 2019
- MD School of Medicine University of California San Francisco 2015
- MPH Global Health and Populations Harvard School of Public Health 2014
- BA Public Policy Analysis Pomona College 2007
Websites
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- Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (chcc.health)
- Rotary Club of San Francisco (sfrotary.com)
- Organic Health Response (organichealthresponse.org)