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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Videos

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Publications (13)

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