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Nicholas Rubashkin, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology, San Francisco, CA, UCSF Benioff Childrens Hospital

NicholasARubashkinMDPhD(He/Him)

Obstetrics & Gynecology • San Francisco, CA

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Summary

  • As a physician-scientist, I currently work at UCSF in two capacities: 1. Obstetric inpatient hospitalist, and 2. NIH-funded Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) scholar.

    In my research I study how the ever-increasing medicalization of birth is often at the expense of women's rights, particularly within marginalized populations. For example, my PhD dissertation—"The Maternal Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Calculator: statistics and ‘race’ in an ethnography of obstetric thinking" —considered how the racial algorithm that formerly undergirded the VBAC calculator shunted Brown and Black women toward more repeat C-sections and therefore put them at a higher risk for life-threatening downstream maternal health issues like placenta accreta.

    With my WRHR scholarship I will continue my VBAC research with a long-term goal to become an independent investigator with expertise in developing and implementing instruments that increase the uptake of evidence-based practices by clinicians in order to deter unnecessary birth medicalization, improve clinical and RMC outcomes, and equalize clinical access and RMC for marginalized populations.

Education & Training

  • UCSF
    UCSFPhD, Global Health, 2016 - 2021
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2004 - 2008
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 2004
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityMA, Cultural and Social Anthropology, 1999 - 2000
  • Brandeis
    BrandeisBA, Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, 1993 - 1997

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2006 - 2025
  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary U.S. Department of State, 2014
  • Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award UCSF, 2012
  • Community Service Award Associated with California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) - St. Lukes Campus, 2010

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • What I Learned in Medical School 
    Kevin M. Takakuwa, Nick Rubashkin, Eddy V. Nguyen, Melanie M Watkins, Paul M Lantos, Marcia Verenice Casas, Heather Goff, Nufsheen Ameenuddin, Tresa Muir McNeal. Karre...Editors: Kevin M. Takakuwa, Nick Rubashkin, Karen E. Herzig.UC Press, BerkeleyEdition 1st,

Other

Authored Content

  • I’m an Obstetrician. Stop Stigmatizing Home Births.March 2021

Press Mentions

  • When The Water Breaks
    When The Water BreaksSeptember 28th, 2022
  • Changing the equation: Researchers remove race from a calculator for childbirth
    Changing the equation: Researchers remove race from a calculator for childbirthSeptember 28th, 2022

Grant Support

  • Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) scholar.NIH2022–2024

Committees

  • Delegate, Home Birth Consensus Summit 2013 - 2014

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Hungarian, Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Nicholas Rubashkin, Dr. Nicholas Rubashkin, MD, Dr. N Rubashkin, Dr. Nicholas A Rubashkin