Where do you call home?
Dallas, Texas.
What are your clinical or research interests?
Decreasing maternal morbidity and mortality, decriminalizing substance use in pregnancy, and addressing health disparities and racism within medicine.
What current policy issue motivates you to be an advocate?
Access to full spectrum reproductive health care, including abortion access and decriminalization of substance use in pregnancy.
What local justice-centered organization do you wish we knew about?
Just Making a Change for Families.
What is bringing you joy these days?
Basketball, good food, settling in NYC.
Our Meet Our Advocates series showcases the talents and passion of one of our doctors and finds out, in their own words, what inspires them to be physician advocates. Erinma Ukoha (MD, MPH) is one of our Leadership Training Academy Class of 2024 Fellows. Dr. Ukoha practices maternal-fetal medicine in New York.