Karen Meckstroth, MD, MPH

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Medical Director, UCSF Family Planning Services at Mt. Zion
Medical Director, Women's Community Clinic

Email: meckstrothk@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Dr. Meckstroth received her MD from the University of Chicago and completed a residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at The University of Southern California - LA County Hosptial. She then completed a fellowship in Family Planning Clinical Care and Research at UCSF, during which she also obatined an MPH in Policy and Management at UC Berkeley.  Since early residency, her research has focused on medical abortion and misoprostol.  Currently, she is Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF, working primarily at SFGH.  She is the Director of Family Planning Services at the Mt. Zion campus, which provides pregnancy termination, miscarriage care, and contraception services for UCSF and community patients.  She also is the Medical Director of the Women's Community Clinic, a clinic that provides free reproductive health care to Bay Area women. Her research interests include medical abortion, misoprostol, and pelvic procedure pain.

Areas of Interest:

• Abortion service and training
• Medical abortion and misoprostol
• Contraception, particularly progestin-only and IUDs
• Reproductive healthcare for underserved women
• Complementary and alternative medicine in women's health

Publications on PubMed


Updated January 2009