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About Kimberly
Kimberly Mendoza, MD, PhD, MPH, is an obstetric anesthesiology fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine, where her work connects clinical anesthesiology, maternal health, and medical education. Her research interests include emergency obstetric care, perinatal loss, and the use of simulation-based training to strengthen clinical preparedness in diverse healthcare settings. Through global health initiatives supported by Stanford and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology and Kybele, she has contributed to training and clinical projects in Guatemala addressing maternal cardiac arrest, obstetric life support, and neuraxial anesthesia. Her academic background includes medical training at the University of Texas Medical Branch, public health studies at Harvard University, and doctoral research in chemistry at Rice University focused on carbon nanomaterials for traumatic brain injury.
