Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS
Associate Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
Dr. Sara Whetstone is an obstetrician and gynecologist whose specialties include family planning and fibroids. She has particular interests in caring for underserved women, health disparities, workforce diversity, patient-centered care and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.
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Whetstone is also interested in medical education, and she serves as an instructor on patient care in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences for the UCSF School of Medicine. She is also the director of the obstetrics and gynecology residency program.
She earned her medical degree at Yale School of Medicine, where she also completed a master of health science degree. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at UCSF.
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
Publications (15)
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Internship and ResidencyLeadershipGlobal HealthInternational Educational ExchangePhysician ExecutivesMyometriumRacismReproductive RightsGynecologyCongresses as TopicPregnancyObstetricsCurriculumVulnerable PopulationsUterine Neoplasms
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Educational Guidelines on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Biases in Medical Education.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2024 Clare CA, Woodland MB, Buery-Joyner S, Whetstone S, Ogunyemi D, Madani Sims S, Moxley M, Baecher-Lind LE, Hampton BS, Pradhan A, Katz NT -
Self-reported importance of working with underserved populations among obstetrics and gynecology residents.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2023 Whetstone S, McDonald J, Autry AM, Turk JK, Ogburn T, Steinauer JE -
Reflections of a Black Program Director.
The New England journal of medicine 2023 Whetstone S -
Emergency department visits and emergency-to-inpatient admissions for abnormal uterine bleeding in the USA nationwide.
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2022 Grubman J, Hawkins M, Whetstone S, Autry M, Lazar A, Sawaya GF, Jacoby V -
Educational guidelines for diversity and inclusion: addressing racism and eliminating biases in medical education.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2022 Buery-Joyner SD, Baecher-Lind L, Clare CA, Hampton BS, Moxley MD, Ogunyemi D, Pradhan AA, Madani Sims SM, Whetstone S, Woodland MB, Katz NT
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Executive Summary of the Uterine Cancer Evidence Review Conference.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2022 Chelmow D, Brooks R, Cavens A, Huber-Keener K, Scott DM, Sheth SS, Whetstone S, Worly B, Burke W -
Health Disparities in Uterine Cancer: Report From the Uterine Cancer Evidence Review Conference.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2022 Whetstone S, Burke W, Sheth SS, Brooks R, Cavens A, Huber-Keener K, Scott DM, Worly B, Chelmow D -
Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reparations: The Debt We Owe (and Continue to Accumulate).
Health equity 2021 Swanson ML, Whetstone S, Illangasekare T, Autry AM -
Ultrasound features help identify patients who can undergo noninvasive management for suspected retained products of conception: a single institutional experience.
Abdominal radiology (New York) 2021 Vyas S, Choi HH, Whetstone S, Jha P, Poder L, Shum DJ -
Community-informed models of perinatal and reproductive health services provision: A justice-centered paradigm toward equity among Black birthing communities.
Seminars in perinatology 2020 Julian Z, Robles D, Whetstone S, Perritt JB, Jackson AV, Hardeman RR, Scott KA -
Race, Gender, and Generation: Reflections by Three Physicians in Three Parts.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2019 Jackson AV, Brown K, Whetstone S, Julian Z -
In Reply.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2019 Jackson AV, Premkumar A, Eichelberger KY, Whetstone S, Riley LE, Chescheir NC -
Beyond Silence and Inaction: Changing the Response to Experiences of Racism in the Health Care Workforce.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2018 Premkumar A, Whetstone S, Jackson AV -
Linking Global Health to Local Health within an Ob/Gyn Residency Program.
AMA journal of ethics 2018 Whetstone S, Autry M -
Competency-Based Objectives in Global Underserved Women's Health for Medical Trainees.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Chen CCG, Dougherty A, Whetstone S, Mama ST, Larkins-Pettigrew M, Raine SP, Autry AM, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Committee on Global Health