Karen R. Meckstroth, M.D.

Obstetrician and gynecologist

Dr. Karen R. Meckstroth is an associate clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology obstetrician at UCSF. She practices generalist obstetrics and gynecology in the UCSF faculty division at San Francisco General Hospital, and is the Consulting Medical Director at the Women's Community Clinic. At the UCSF Medical Center, she is the Director of UCSF Family Planning Services at Mt. Zion.

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 Society of Family Planning. She is an assistant clinical professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF.