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Nichole Starr, MD, MPH

Nichole Starr, MD, MPH

  • Clinical Fellow (PGY-7)
  • Trauma & Emergency Surgery

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Biography

Dr. Nichole Starr is a Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellow at UCSF/Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and a Clinical Advisor for Lifebox Foundation. She completed General Surgery resident at University of California, San Francisco in 2023, and was a Surgical Safety Fellow at Lifebox Foundation from 2018-2021 and the Senior Fellow at Lifebox Foundation in 2020-2021. She was an NIH Fogarty Global Health Equity Scholar from 2020-2021. Her areas of interest are in academic global surgery, surgical quality improvement and infection prevention, and strengthening trauma care systems in resource limited environments, as well as trauma induced coagulopathy and platelet function in injured patients. Dr. Starr served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 2007 - 2009, and has worked in Ethiopia, Brazil and Liberia on health services research including improving surgical safety, quality of surgical and trauma care, and creating tools and technologies for safeguarding surgical providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education & Training

  Institution  
  Degree    
  Dept or School    
  End Date    
  • Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  • MD
  • Medicine
  • 05/2015
  • Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
  • MPH
  • Public Health
  • 05/2008
  • University of Miami, Miami, FL
  • BS
  • Neuroscience
  • 05/2006
  • University of Miami, Miami, FL
  • BA
  • Theatre Arts
  • 05/2006
  • UCSF, San Francisco, CA
  • General Surgery

  • Awards & Honors

      Award  
      Confired By    
      Date    
  • Dr. Hilary Sanfey Outstanding Resident Award
  • Association of Women Surgeons
  • 2023
  • Evan C. Werlin Lodestar Award
  • UCSF Department of Surgery
  • 2023
  • Haile T. Debas Resident Teaching Award
  • UCSF Department of Surgery
  • 2023
  • Medical Student Teaching Award
  • UCSF Department of Surgery
  • 2023
  • William B. Schecter Trauma Resident Award
  • UCSF
  • 2022
  • Muriel Steele Society Influential Women in Surgery Honor Roll
  • UCSF
  • 2019 - 2022
  • Surgical Infections Society Best Oral Presentation, Second Place
  • Surgical Infection Society
  • 2019
  • Junior Resident Teaching Award
  • UCSF
  • 2018
  • Department of Emergency Medicine Surgical Consultant of the Year
  • UCSF
  • 2017
  • Dora Savenor Memorial Prize for Excellence in Surgery
  • Boston University School of Medicine
  • 2015
  • The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Student Award
  • Boston University School of Medicine
  • 2015

    • Residencies

    • General Surgery Residency 2015-present

    Research Interests

    • Barriers to Accessing Surgical Care
    • Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Surgical Organizations
    • Trauma Care

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    Foreign Languages Spoken

    • Spanish, Amharic

    Research & Funding

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    ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0714-5512 Additional info
    • Global Health Equity Scholars Program - D43 Fogarty Training
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      Jul 2017
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      Jun 2022
      Co-Investigator
    • Research Training in Gastrointestinal Surgery
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      Jul 1988
      -
      Jun 2021
      Co-Investigator

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 33
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    1. Starr N, Tadesse M, Igwebuike C, Sherefa K, Genetu A, Aregawi Y, Zewdu E, Tamirat D, Desalegn M, Getahun B, Harris H, Zemenfes D. Feasibility of Gastrografin Use for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Low-Income Countries. J Surg Res. 2023 Oct 04; 293:239-247. View in PubMed
    2. Pawlak N, Dart C, Aguilar HS, Ameh E, Bekele A, Jimenez MF, Lakhoo K, Ozgediz D, Roy N, Terfera G, Ademuyiwa AO, Alayande BT, Alonso N, Anderson GA, Anyanwu SNC, Aregawi AB, Bandyopadhyay S, Banu T, Bedada AG, Belachew AG, Botelho F, Bua E, Campos LN, Dodgion C, Drejza M, Durieux ME, Dutta R, Erdene S, Vaz Ferreira R, Gathuya Z, Ghosh D, Jawa RS, Johnson WD, Khan FA, Navas Leon FJ, Long KL, Macleod JBA, Mahajan A, Maine RG, Malolos GZC, McClain CD, Nabukenya MT, Nthumba PM, Nwomeh BC, Ojuka DK, Penny N, Quiodettis MA, Rickard J, Roa L, Salgado LS, Samad L, Seyi-Olajide JO, Smith M, Starr N, Stewart RJ, Tarpley JL, Trostchansky JL, Trostchansky I, Weiser TG, Wobenjo A, Wollner E, Jayaraman S. Correction: Academic global surgical competencies: A modified Delphi consensus study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(9):e0002414. View in PubMed
    3. Pawlak N, Dart C, Aguilar HS, Ameh E, Bekele A, Jimenez MF, Lakhoo K, Ozgediz D, Roy N, Terfera G, Ademuyiwa AO, Alayande BT, Alonso N, Anderson GA, Anyanwu SNC, Aregawi AB, Bandyopadhyay S, Banu T, Bedada AG, Belachew AG, Botelho F, Bua E, Campos LN, Dodgion C, Drejza M, Durieux ME, Dutta R, Erdene S, Ferreira RV, Gathuya Z, Ghosh D, Jawa RS, Johnson WD, Khan FA, Leon FJN, Long KL, Macleod JBA, Mahajan A, Maine RG, Malolos GZC, McClain CD, Nabukenya MT, Nthumba PM, Nwomeh BC, Ojuka DK, Penny N, Quiodettis MA, Rickard J, Roa L, Salgado LS, Samad L, Seyi-Olajide JO, Smith M, Starr N, Stewart RJ, Tarpley JL, Trostchansky JL, Trostchansky I, Weiser TG, Wobenjo A, Wollner E, Jayaraman S. Academic global surgical competencies: A modified Delphi consensus study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(7):e0002102. View in PubMed
    4. Hussien M, Capo-Chichi N, Starr N, Johansen E, Negash S, Utam T, Negussie T, Fernandez K, Weiser TG. Correction: Exploring the Use of a Fit-for-Purpose Surgical Headlight in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mixed Methods Study. World J Surg. 2023 Jul; 47(7):1647. View in PubMed
    5. Hussien M, Capo-Chichi N, Starr N, Johansen E, Negash S, Utam T, Negussie T, Fernandez K, Weiser TG. Exploring the Use of a Fit-for-Purpose Surgical Headlight in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mixed Methods Study. World J Surg. 2023 Jul; 47(7):1633-1646. View in PubMed
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