Honoring Voices for Reproductive Health
Meet our 2021 Honorees
Deborah Bartz, MD MPH (she/hers) is an obstetrician-gynecologist, fellowship trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in family planning. She serves as a faculty expert in complex gynecology care in the medically complicated patient. She has a robust program of teaching both residents and medical students in the form of daily lectures, work on the wards, and both classroom teaching and hands-on training in women’s health. She serves as the Associate Clerkship Director for the OB/GYN medical student rotation and as the Medical Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Title X Program where she helps to educate other clinicians throughout the state. As Director of the BWH Ryan Training Program, a large, nationally recognized educational grant, Dr. Bartz has been innovative in expanding primary care specialist, resident, and medical student training to include evidence-based, women’s health care through simulation and through graduated models of training. She has received several teaching awards; most recently she was a 2016 Nominee for the Harvard Medical School Charles McCabe Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years III & IV). Dr. Bartz’ commitment to mentorship during all of her clinical and research work has been rewarded with entrance into the competitive BWH Faculty Mentorship Leadership Program, entrance into the Association of Professors in Obstetrics and Gynecology Scholars and Leaders Program, membership on the Board of Directors for Medical Students for Choice, and by the award of a two-year Mentorship Grant from the Society of Family Planning. Dr. Bartz’ current research program focuses on the development, assessment, and propagation of best educational practices of women’s health curricula. Women’s health content has frequently been absent, minimized, or often inaccurate in many medical schools and residencies.
Ghazaleh Moayedi, DO MPH (she/hers) is a board certified OB/GYN and complex family planning specialist who has devoted her career to serving the full-spectrum sexual and reproductive health needs of people in Texas. Dr. Moayedi is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Pegasus Health Justice Center, a community health resource that creates holistic community wellness through justice-centered, patient-oriented healthcare and advocacy. Dr. Moayedi is also a founding member of CERCL-FP: Centering Equity, Race, and Cultural Literacy in Family Planning. CERCL-FP is a collective that works to name, disrupt, and dismantle the systems of oppression in family planning care. Dr. Moayedi received her undergraduate degree in American Studies and Biology from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her medical training at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. She trained as an OB/GYN resident at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso, where she proudly served a bi-national community. Dr. Moayedi completed fellowship training in Complex Family Planning at the University of Hawai’i, where she also received her Master of Public Health degree in Health Policy and Management. Currently, Dr. Moayedi not only provides birth care for her community, but she is also one of the few physicians providing second trimester abortion care in Texas. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Moayedi conducts research aimed at improving access to abortion care and improving abortion experiences for patients. Dr. Moayedi is a fierce advocate for her community and she is involved in local, state, and national reproductive health, rights, and justice advocacy through her service on the board of directors for Texas Equal Access Fund and Physicians For Reproductive Health.
