Dr. Sarah H. Averbach is a Fellow of the Division of Family Planning at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She was an instructor on the Harvard Medical Faculty and Coordinating Chief Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Her education includes a BA in Third World Studies, magna cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego; a Doctor of Medicine from UCSF, concentrating on Global Health; and master's degree studies in Clinical Research at UCSF. Her awards include the 2013 Harvard Medical School Humanitarianism in Medicine award and the Chief Resident as a Teacher award. She has done service work in Nepal, Indonesia, Zimbabwe and Uganda.