Karen R. Meckstroth, M.D.

Obstetrician and gynecologist

Dr. Karen R. Meckstroth is an obstetrician and gynecologist at UCSF Women's Health at Mount Zion and an expert in women's reproductive health. She is the medical director of Family Planning Services at UCSF and the Women's Community Clinic, a free medical clinic in San Francisco.

Meckstroth earned a medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed an internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles County Women's and Children's Hospital and a fellowship at UCSF in Family Planning Clinical Care and Research. She earned a master's degree in public health at the University of California at Berkeley and completed advanced training in clinical research at UCSF in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Meckstroth is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, a member of the regional advisory panel for Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health and a member of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. She is an assistant clinical professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF.