Suzanne Barakat, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine
Notable Presentations
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National
2016 TED Talk | "Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hate." 2015 The Parliament of the World's Religions | Plenary Keynote | Salt Lake City, UT 2016 The White House | Roundtable discussion with President Barack Obama | Baltimore, MD 2017 The Carter Center | Countering Islamophobia Symposium | Participant and Panelist | Atlanta, GA 2018 Women in the World Summit | Speaker | New York City 2018 Society of Teachers for Family Medicine (STFM) | National Conference | Plenary Keynote "Allyship in times of adversity" | Washington, DC 2018 Exponent Philanthropy | National Conference | Plenary Keynote "From Biases to Strength" | Philadelphia 2020 Doctors for America Webinar: "Health Professionals Facing Racism." | Virtual 2021 Wingate University | Keynote & Civil Discourse Townhall | North Carolina (2017, 2021) 2021 UNC School of Dentistry | DEAH DAY (Dedicating Efforts And Honoring Deah And Yusor) Community Service Keynote (2015, 2017, 2021) 2022 North American Refugee Health Conference | Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers Training | Lecture: "Best Practices for Writing Effective Medical-Legal Affidavits, Testifying in Court, and Collaborating with Attorneys" | Cleveland, OH 2015 Notable media interviews: Anderson Cooper, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, Reveal, ABC Nightline, AJ+, The SF Chronicle, UCSF Magazine
Regional
2015 UCSF Grand Rounds | "Challenging Islamophobia" 2016 UCSF Campus-wide Teach-In | "Injustice and Health" | Panelist 2017 UCSF Grand Rounds | "Challenging Islamophobia" 2017 Mayor Edwin Lee “Equity and Immigrant Services Launch” | Speaker | San Francisco, CA 2017 The City of San Francisco | Roundtable discussion with Mayor Edwin Lee | City Hall, San Francisco, CA 2017 Mayor Edwin Lee's “Unite Against Hate” Rally | Speaker | City Hall, San Francisco, CA 2017 Van Jones #LoveArmy Revival Event | Keynote | San Francisco, CA 2017 California Academy of Family Physicians | Annual Summit | Keynote | Los Angeles, CA 2019 Kaiser Richmond | Grand Rounds | "Allyship and Accountability in the Workplace" | Richmond, CA 2019 Kaiser Oakland | Grand Rounds | "Allyship and Accountability in the Workplace" | Oakland, CA 2019 Women's March San Francisco Rally | Speaker | San Francisco, CA 2021 UC Riverside School of Medicine | How to Heal Medical Student Conference | Lecture | Riverside, CA 2021 UCSF Health and Human Rights Initiative | "Passage, from Kabul to the Bay" webinar | Moderator 2022 Southern California Permanente Medical Group | Wellness Conference | Plenary Keynote | San Diego, CA 2022 Immigrant Advocates, Faith Leaders, Doctors Rally to End Title 42 Expulsions | Speaker | San Francisco, CA 2022 UCSF CHESA (Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia) Works In Progress Lectures | Speaker
Formal Teaching
2021 - pres Development of the Clinical Human Rights Fellowship Track within the HEAL (Health Equity and Leadership) Fellowship 2021 - pres Family and Community Medicine | Family Medicine Inpatient Services Didactics and Precepting 2021 - pres Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics | Labor and Delivery Didactics and Precepting 2017 - pres UCSF GME Global Health Pathway GH 103 | Clinical Scholars Lecturer: "Implicit Bias and Global Health" (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) 2018 - pres Family and Community Medicine | R3 Practice Management Conference | Per Diem, Nonprofit, & Advocacy work in Medicine 2020 - pres UCSF School of Medicine MS1 Elective | Human Rights Clinic Asylum Elective | Lecturer 2022 - pres IGHS 202B: Health, the Environment, and Non-Communicable Disease course | Refugee Health Seminar: "Who is a refugee and what does their journey look?" 2022 - pres Family and Community Medicine | R1 Didactics Conference: Refugee and Asylee Health Lecture
Awards
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- Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative, Congresswoman and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 2022
- Vera Haile Champion of Justice Immigrant Leadership Award, UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative, San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission, 2022
- Certificate of Honor, UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, 2022
- Uniter Award, President Joe Biden, The White House, 2022
- Exceptional Volunteerism and University Service for Advancing Social Justice and Anti-Racism Work, UCSF School of Medicine Dean King Talmadge, 2021
- UCSF Chancellor’s Award for Public Service: Thomas N. Burbridge Public Service Award, UCSF, 2016
- GrandSLAM Champion, Castro Theatre, San Francisco, The Moth, 2015
- Resident Teaching Award in Ob/Gyn, UCSF, 2014
- UNC School of Medicine International Fellowship, UNC, 2013
- UNC Eugene S. Mayer Community Honor Society for Community Service, UNC, 2011
- Carolina Undergraduate Health Fellowship, UNC, 2008
- UNC Clinical Laboratory Science Louise M. Ward Scholarship, UNC, 2008
Education & Training
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- Residency Family & Community Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2017
- MD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2014
- BS Clinical Laboratory Sciences University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2009
Interests
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- Global Health
- Mental Health
- Human Rights
- Torture
- Trauma
- Social Justice
- Refugees
- Immigration
- Asylum-seekers
- Women's Health
Websites
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- UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative (humanrights.ucsf.edu)
Videos
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- TED Talk (youtube.com)
Publications (13)
Top publication keywords:
Diabetes, GestationalDepressive DisorderDepressionHeterosexualityHomosexualitySuicideSuicidal IdeationDisastersArab WorldBisexualityDepression, PostpartumDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Suicide, AttemptedRelief WorkOne Health
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Self-harm behaviors and their intentions: a cross-cultural analysis.
Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) 2023 Freedland AS, Sundaram K, Liu NH, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y -
Suicidality in the Arab World: Results from an Online Screener.
Community mental health journal 2023 Daouk S, Dailami M, Barakat S, Awaad R, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y -
Academic Health Centers and Humanitarian Crises: One Health System's Response to Unaccompanied Children at the Border.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2023 Devaskar SU, Cunningham CK, Steinhorn RH, Haq C, Spisso J, Dunne W, Gutierrez JR, Kivlahan C, Bholat M, Barakat S, de Leon Siantz ML, Romero S, Lefteris CT, Gaffney S, Deville J, Lerner C, Liu J, … -
Discrepancies in suicide screenings: Results from an international study.
Journal of affective disorders 2022 Uhl E, Raybin HB, Liu NH, Garza M, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y -
Asylum seeker trauma in a student-run clinic: reducing barriers to forensic medical
evaluations
Torture Journal 2022 Aaron Gallagher, Gabriela Steiner, Martha Michel, Cesar Nava Gonzales, Sabrina Mendez-Contreras, Alice Lu, Marcos Armendariz, Triveni DeFries, Suzanne Barakat, Coleen Kivlahan
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Asylum seeker trauma in a student-run clinic: reducing barriers to forensic medical evaluations.
Torture : quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture 2022 Gallagher A, Steiner G, Michel M, Nava Gonzales C, Mendez-Contreras S, Lu A, Armendariz M, DeFries T, Barakat S, Kivlahan C -
Factor analysis of depression symptoms across five broad cultural groups.
Journal of affective disorders 2020 Goodmann DR, Daouk S, Sullivan M, Cabrera J, Liu NH, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y -
Common and Country-Specific Characteristics Associated With Suicidality in the Arab Region.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2020 Daouk S, Awaad R, Ahmed B, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y -
Children and adolescents attempting to participate in a worldwide online depression screener.
Psychiatry research 2020 Stephens TN, Tran MM, Bunge EL, Liu NH, Barakat S, Garza M, Leykin Y -
Sexual orientation and treatment-seeking for depression in a multilingual worldwide sample.
Journal of affective disorders 2016 Rutter TM, Flentje A, Dilley JW, Barakat S, Liu NH, Gross MS, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y -
What do we know about gestational diabetes mellitus and risk for postpartum depression among ethnically diverse low-income women in the USA?
Archives of women's mental health 2014 Barakat S, Martinez D, Thomas M, Handley M -
Arabic Language Online Mood & Depression Screener. Qualtrics Survey
Arabic Language Online Mood & Depression Screener. Qualtrics Survey 2013 Barakat S, Leykin Y, Mun~oz RF -
Blueprints Obstetrics and Gynecology,(6th ed)
Chapter 9: Diabetes During Pregnancy 2013 Callahan TL, Caughey AB