Michelle Debbink | Jenna Murray | Phoebe Thorpe | Eugenia Johnson | Tina Pattara-Lau | Patricia (Tricia) Capo

Michelle Debbink, MD, PhD, is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and her clinical interests include providing prenatal care for patients with high-risk or rare medical conditions during pregnancy, including diabetes and congenital heart disease, abnormal placenta conditions such as placenta previa or placenta accreta spectrum disorders, and fetal and genetic conditions such as twin and higher order multiple pregnancies and anomalies. She provides services including vaginal and cesarean delivery, complicated cesarean delivery and cesarean hysterectomy, cervical cerclage, intrauterine transfusion (IUT) and percutaneous umbilical cord sampling (PUBS), and amniocentesis. Her research focuses on racial, ethnic, and geographic inequities and disparities in perinatal outcomes, including low birthweight, small for gestational age, maternal morbidity and maternal mortality. Dr. Debbink is particularly interested in how social structures, neighborhood factors, and health policy produce and reinforce perinatal health disparities among Black, Indigenous and other people of color. Dr. Debbink received her bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Health Policy from Rice University in Houston, Texas. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her PhD in Health Services Organization and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dr. Debbink completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at the University of Michigan as well. She moved to Salt Lake in 2017 to complete her Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Utah. The privilege of caring for others in important, vulnerable, and life-changing moments is Dr. Debbink’s highest honor. She looks forward to building supportive relationships with birthing folks from all over Utah that are based on mutual trust and respect. Through research and practice, Dr. Debbink seeks to collaborate on efforts to reinforce and build resilient communities for all pregnant and parenting folks and their families. When Dr. Debbink’s not enjoying clinical medicine or research, she spends her time with family and her dogs, reading, hiking, skiing, camping, stargazing, playing board games, or trying to find some quiet time near the water somewhere.

Jenna Murray, MPH, is a MD-PhD Student at the University of Utah

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, currently serves as the Senior Medical Advisor, in the Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Eugenia Johnson, BSN, BS, RN, serves as a public health nurse for the Shiprock Indian Health Service.

CDR Tina Pattara-Lau, MD, FACOG, is the Maternal and Child Health Consultant with the IHS Office of Clinical and Preventive Services. In this role, she serves as subject matter expert, develops national programs and policies, and collaborates with federal and community resources to optimize patient access to quality care. She began her IHS career in 2015 as an OB/GYN at Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Parker and Peach Springs Indian Health Centers, and Valleywise Health Medical Center. During the COVID-19 pandemic she developed modified guidelines for OB/GYN care including delivery of telehealth prenatal care, vaccine education for patients, and multidisciplinary simulation training for Obstetric Readiness in the Emergency Department. Tina graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology and Psychology. She commissioned into the US Public Health Service in 2007 and received her medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2011. She completed her OB/GYN residency at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, is board certified, and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Patricia (Tricia) Capo, MD, FACOG, is an ObGyn physician at Alaska Native Medical Center and Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage, Alaska. She graduated from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and completed her residency training at The Mayo Clinic and Greenville Hospital System in South Carolina. Tricia has an inherent passion for Indigenous women’s health. She is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and grew up on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota. As a physician and a patient in the IHS system she hopes to provide a unique perspective and strive for quality care for Indigenous people.