Ukachi N. Emeruwa, MD, MPH, is a clinically active Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and a Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Scholar at the University of California, San Diego. A board-certified OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist, she provides care for people with high-risk pregnancies with a particular focus on hypertensive disorders, including preeclampsia and postpartum hypertension.
Dr. Emeruwa’s NIH-funded research centers on improving diagnosis and management of postpartum hypertension through the use of innovative technologies and diagnostics, with an emphasis on advancing equity and reducing disparities. She has led multiple clinical trials, received research grants, and published extensively on maternal health, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and social determinants of health.
She completed her maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at Columbia University, her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospital program and earned her medical degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She also holds a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Global Health and Health Policy from Princeton University.