People
Faculty
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Katherine Rivlin, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chief of the Section of Complex Family Planning
Dr. Katherine Rivlin (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Chicago, and Section Chief of Complex Family Planning. Her clinical interests include complex contraception and abortion care, gynecologic surgery and gender affirming care. Her research examines how policy affects reproductive health outcomes and equity. She studies associations between an individual’s social location (race, ethnicity, social class, gender, age, health and geography) and access to reproductive healthcare, medical and practical support needs, and patient experiences. She is also interested in developing interventions to mitigate burnout in the maternal healthcare workforce. To learn more about Dr. Rivlin click here.
Julie Chor, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Chor specializes in patient-centered gynecologic and reproductive healthcare for adolescents and young adults. With Dr. Chor’s clinical medical ethics training, she has concentrated her academic research on medical ethics, patient-centered care provision, and trauma-responsive care for adolescents and young adults. To learn more about Dr. Chor click here.
Neha Bhardwaj, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Bhardwaj specializes in obstetrics and gynecology with a primary focus on family planning and contraception. In addition to her commitment to comprehensive clinical care for women, Dr. Bhardwaj is also passionate about using research to improve reproductive healthcare and access to care. Her previous research grants and projects center on perceptions, knowledge and attitudes of contraception both domestically and abroad. To learn more about Dr. Bhardwaj click here.
Hillary McLaren, MD MS
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. McLaren specializes in obstetrics and gynecology with a specialization in complex family planning. Her clinical, educational and research interests include abortion and contraception care for the medically complex patient, first and second trimester pregnancy loss, sexual and reproductive healthcare for gender diverse individuals, and gynecologic ultrasound. She is committed to the improvement of patient experience and leads a number of quality improvement projects in these areas. To learn more about Dr. McLaren click here.
Camille Johnson, MD
Complex Family Planning Fellow
Dr. Johnson is a 1st year Complex Family Planning Fellow. She is excited to pursue fellowship training centered on comprehensive reproductive healthcare at the University of Chicago. Dr. Johnson’s clinical and research interests include intersections between complex family planning and obstetric care, reproductive justice, using complex family planning to improve Black maternal mortality, healthcare inequity, and community-based approaches to improving abortion care and access.
Collaborators
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Patrick Jagoda, PhD
Professor of English and Cinema and Media Studies
Learn more about Dr. Jagoda here.
Lee Hasselbacher, JD
Research Assistant Professor + RHOADs Director of Policy Research, Department of Family Medicine
Lee conducts qualitative research to understand the implementation and impact of reproductive health policy. In her research, she explores topics such as access to contraception and abortion, insurance coverage for reproductive health care, adolescent access, and religious refusals in health care. She collaborates with health providers, advocates, community organizations and government agencies to support evidence-based policy.
Ashish Premkumar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Premkumar is a practicing maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist and a cultural and medical anthropologist. He specifically works at the intersection of maternal-fetal intervention and complex family planning, specifically second and third-trimester abortion. His research portfolio seeks to answer key questions in optimizing reproductive health outcomes in the setting of fetal anomalies using methodologies derived from his training in the social sciences and traditional biomedical research methodologies. For more information on Dr. Premkumar’s work click here.
Debra Stulberg, MD
Chair of Family Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine
Learn more about Dr. Stulberg here.
Eryn Wanyonyi, MD
Complex Family Planning Fellow
Dr. Wanyonyi is a 2nd year Complex Family Planning Fellow at the University of Chicago. She is passionate about providing and improving access to comprehensive evidence-based reproductive healthcare, including abortion and contraception. Dr. Wanyonyi’s clinical, research, and education interests include Black maternal health, reproductive justice, advocacy, health policy, health equity, adolescent sexual/reproductive health, global health, and exploring the intersections of performing arts and medical education.
Jocelyn Wascher, MD
Complex Family Planning Fellow
Dr. Wascher is a current Complex Family Planning fellow at the University of Chicago and a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. In addition to pursuing specialized clinical training in complex contraception and abortion care, she is passionate about health services research to reduce disparities in reproductive healthcare. With her training in medical ethics, she plans to employ a bioethical framework in her research on reproductive healthcare policy and outcomes.