Profile Information
Location
Albuquerque, NM
Country
United States
Postal Code
87102
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Physician
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
Southwestern Women's Options
University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Department of Family and Community Medicine
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
As a family physician who specializes in reproductive health care for women, I see how a trauma history, especially a history of sexual trauma, affects how my patients experience health care. As an abortion provider, I my clinic has the potential to be intensely triggering for many patients, especially those with a history of sexual trauma. Forgetting the significance of this, even momentarily, can be catastrophic for our patients. As an educator of healthcare professionals and soon-to-be professionals, I dedicate most of my energy towards increasing awareness around the concepts of trauma-informed care and how practice this in even the most challenging health-care settings.
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
no