Naghma Farooqi, MD

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Title(s)Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Providing high quality, reproductive healthcare to women across their lifespan-from teens to menopause-is my passion. As an academic generalist, I provide both obstetric and gynecologic care. My outpatient clinical practice includes providing in-clinic procedures including but not limited to colposcopies, LEEPs, and hysteroscopies. I also take care of patients on our high volume, high acuity, labor and delivery unit and in addition am part of the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Placenta Service (MAPS) as a surgeon. I served as the Medical Director of Labor and Delivery for three years. As a generalist I also perform major surgeries on labor and delivery, manage hospital admissions, the ORs and ED. My practice includes patients of all age groups--teens through post menopausal women--with a wide variety of OBGYN diagnoses. I perform minor procedures like colposcopies, LEEPs, and hysteroscopies in the outpatient clinics, but also enjoy performing major surgeries like open hysterectomies, MAPS surgeries, and perform life-saving surgeries for our patients on our labor and delivery unit. We are now the center of excellence for MAPS cases.

    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, I became one of the very first providers that started offering Saturday clinics. Through the pandemic thus far I have offered video and in person clinics for our patients. On the birth center I have advocated and implemented that no patient delivers alone. Even at the height of covid surges, we allowed support people with our patients, worked with the system to allow even covid positive patients to have support family members in the room.

    Our major accomplishment in both 2025 and 2026 has been the culmination of many years of hard work on the unit to be recognized as one of the best maternity hospitals by US News and World Reports two years in a row. The work leading to this included substantial increase in patient experience, over 80% success in breastfeeding amongst our patients, almost a negligible amount of surgical site infections on the unit, zero maternal deaths, patient safety, managing diversion of patients, recognizing areas of billing and collections, improving hypertension postpartum hypertension protocols, a year's worth of work in improving postpartum care and discharges (ongoing), leader rounds on all patients, personal communication with all patients that complained via patient relations, implementation of designated roles for all providers on the unit, and accessibility of all people that work on the unit to myself and leadership.

    Our L&D unit is a tertiary care unit that is able to provide care to some of the most complex pregnant patients in Northern California including those with liver/renal transplants, severe cardiac issues, cancers in pregnancy etc. As Medical Director I contributed towards making outpatient prenatal care and labor and delivery services align better by integrating their workflows so that we achieve safer, high-quality care and happier patients. I am involved in education, integration, and quality of care projects in our L&D and postpartum units.

    I have recently dedicated efforts to education. I am the Clerkship Site Director and Clerkship Clinical Skills Director for OBGYN at Mission Bay and Mt. Zion.

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    Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, PakistanMD1991Medicine
    Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan1993Ob/Gyn Residency
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX2007Ob/Gyn Residency
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    U.S. News and World Reports2026  - 2026U.S. News and World Reports - Best Maternity Hospital
    UCSF OBGYN Undergraduate Medical Education2025  - 2025Dedication and Providing Leadership for Medical Students
    U.S. News and World Reports2025  - 2025U.S. News and World Reports - Best Maternity Hospital
    UCSF OBGYN Undergraduate Medical Education2025  - 2025Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of Medical Students
    UCSF OBGYN2025  - 2025Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
    UCSF-OBGYN2024  - 2024Outstanding Resident teaching award
    UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators2024  - 2024Excellence in Teaching Award
    Outstanding Resident teaching award2023  - 2023Outstanding Resident teaching award
    UCSF School of Medicine2023  - 2023High Impact Award in Medical Student Teaching
    UCSF School of Medicine 2023  - 2023Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
    UCSF-OBGYN2022  - 2022Outstanding Resident teaching award
    UCSF-OBGYN2021  - 2021Outstanding Resident teaching award
    Marin County Magazine2020  - 2020Top Doctors(peer survey)
    UCSF-OBGYN2020  - 2020Outstanding Resident Teaching award
    SASGOG (The Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology)2020  - 2020SASGOG Faculty Award
    UCSF-OBGYN2019  - 2019Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
    UCSF-OBGYN2018  - 2018Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
    Kaiser, GSAA2016  - 2016Recognition for Excellent Patient Satisfaction
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center2013  - 2013Best Faculty Teacher -presented by the Family Medicine Residents
    UMC (University Medical Center)- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center2012  - 2012Medical Staff All-Star
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center2012  - 2012Dean's Special Recognition for Innovation in Teaching Award
    ACOG/CREOG2012  - 2012Excellence in Teaching
    UMC- Texas Tech University2011  - 2011Faculty of the Month
    UMC- Texas Tech University2011  - 2011Medical Staff All-Star
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center2011  - 2011Best Clinical Teacher
    UMC- Texas Tech University2011  - 2011Southwest Cancer Center All-Star Champion
    UMC- Texas Tech University2010  - 2010Medical All-Star
    UMC- Texas Tech University2010  - 2010Certificate of Excellence: Safe Surgeon
    ACOG2010  - 2010Don Richardson Award Finalist, Annual District Meeting for Districts XII, XIII, IX, and XI
    TAOG2010  - 2010First Place Oral Award and First Place Poster Award, District XI Meeting
    UMC- Texas Tech University2008  - 2008Faculty of the Month
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center2008  - 2008Outstanding Clerkship Educator -Dean's Recognition Award -Received 6 years in a row from 2008-2014
    TAOG2006  - 2006Second Place, Resident Research Award
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center2006  - 2006First Place Paper, All Campus OB/GYN Research Day
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center2006  - 2006First Place, Robert Messer--Daniel McGunegle Resident Research Award
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, OB/GYN2005  - 2005Best Resident
    Berlex2005  - 2005Best Resident Teacher Award
    Wyeth2005  - 2005Resident Representative at ASRM

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    1. Association Between Severe Perioperative Surgical Morbidity With Cesarean Delivery and Postpartum Readmission. Obstet Gynecol. 2026 May 15. Butwick A, Baer RJ, Farooqi N, Tatsis V, Stephansson O, Ryckman K, Gossett DR, Hernandez S, Brandt J, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. PMID: 42133949.
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    2. Delayed diagnosis and treatment of Sheehan syndrome: a case report. F S Rep. 2026 Aug; 7(4):322-326. Vargo SG, Thomas NJ, Brito KS, Farooqi NA, Chia D. PMID: 42630527; PMCID: PMC13494614.
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    3. Severe Perioperative Surgical Morbidity With Cesarean Delivery. Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Jun 01; 147(6):838-847. Butwick A, Baer RJ, Farooqi N, Stephansson O, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. PMID: 40839878.
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    4. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Preterm Pregnant Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Obstet Gynecol. 2020 07; 136(1):46-51. Blauvelt CA, Chiu C, Donovan AL, Prahl M, Shimotake TK, George RB, Schwartz BS, Farooqi NA, Ali SS, Cassidy A, Gonzalez JM, Gaw SL. PMID: 32384385.
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