Monica Abbi, MD
Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Hometown: New Delhi, India
Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Residency: Wayne State University, Detroit
Clinical interests: Women’s Health
I was born and raised in India where I went to medical school in a university that focused on the urban underserved population along with the countless people coming in from the surrounding rural areas for medical care. With a strong desire to contribute to women’s health and wellbeing, I pursued an OB/GYN residency. I was working as OB/GYN faculty there when my life took an interesting turn and brought me to my new home, the United States of America!
Soon after I did my second OB/GYN residency in Detroit, I was drawn to the TFM residency and Rural Fellowship program. My work here enables me to pursue my passion for taking care of women, be a part of the teaching and training of future generations of physicians while continuing to grow both personally and professionally. I treasure the opportunity to share my clinical experiences from across the globe with the fellows and residents, for a diverse and broader perspective of both medicine and women’s healthcare and needs.
In my free time, I love hanging out with my family and my friends – both indoors and outdoors. I dabble in cooking and gardening. I enjoy traveling and music. And yes, I do enjoy Bollywood music and movies as well. Oh, and the game of cricket too!
AJ Enciso, MD
Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
Residency: University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, MO
Christina Hitchcock, MD
Languages: English, some Spanish
Hometown: Gig Harbor, WA, but grew up in Van Nuys CA during the “Valley Girl ” theme
Medical School: Chicago Medical School 1993
Residency: Transition Internship year then OB-GYN residency at Bakersfield CA as well as University of CA, Los Angeles, Associate Professor to University of WA
Military: US Navy, LT Commander. My son was born at Balboa Navy Medical Center in California;
Clinical Interests: I love being able to empower a patient with knowledge of her own health conditions. I love it when I see the little light bulb go off! While in Medical school, I found myself down a dark pathway and it got on the right path of teaching. This pathway of teaching initially morphed out of survival in Medical School. but it continued to blossom into teaching residents and fellows of growing practitioners. Pay it Forward! I am a firm believer that “things happen for a reason.”
In life I grew up in a troubled family, as I see so many these days. Instead of falling into bad habits, I hid away from them at the libraries on campus and studied to get my Bachelors and Masters of Biochemistry. at the University of CA Riverside.I taught myself how to change out my starter In my college car and it really did ring home, women can do what men can do. I am a single parent to a gifted child, now an adult. I have even applied methods of teaching with my son at home as he worked on math and science above “his age range”. I was always meant to be an educator.
I have been here at MOGA since 11/2001. Throughout residency training, I always wondered what was in the water out in Bakersfield. The strangest things, craziest statements or shifts predominantly landed on my call night. At graduation my black cloud was well known by my colleagues and “roasted me “for such. My response was ” You are all just jealous I got the awesome teaching experiences” While clouds come and go, the tides of the water changes with the moon, more hemorrhages occur and perhaps my cloud is now a red one. Translation- there’s a plethora of teaching opportunities. I am an Advanced Life Support Obstetrics Instructor as well
High Risk obstetrics is a passion of mine, as is gynecological surgery with the DaVinci robotic system for those patients needing surgery. I enjoy providing the highest level of care to any individual, regardless of who they are, what color they are, what beliefs they live by, or what insurance they have. All women have the right to great health care.
A person can continue working at their job if they are feeling “complete” MOGA has become my second family, with my son and mom my first.
Our group has a good balance of teachers from experience to recently graduated. We grow with knowledge together. We enjoy each others company and stories. The group’s strength is the long term occupants, tight cohesion, friendly bonding, proactive thinkers and problem solvers. We all bring many traits to make us feel ” more complete” Many times we have to think outside the box because each patient is not a textbook patient. We can all have busy nights on call and there is always someone to help pick you up if needed, because we all have been there.
When I am not working, I am enjoying the company of my son, a first year UW student in the College of Engineering and mother. We like to go camping, boating, hiking, bicycle riding, exploring nature- even if it is on an exotic island surrounded by clear blue water or a Mountain filled with various wildflowers and wildlife or have it blanketed in fresh snow. My three Shih Tzus try to join us outside when possible. Here in Washington, I am blessed to be close to such stunning beauties of Mother Nature. Work hard, Play Harder!
Mira Henien, MD
Languages:
Hometown:
Medical School:
Residency:
Graduate school:
Clinical Interests:
Aisha Nnoli, MD, MPH
Languages: English
Hometown: Kent, Washington
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University
Post-Residency Training: National Health Service Corps Scholar (Baltimore, MD), Aerospace Medicine (US Air Force School of Medicine, Wright-Patterson AFB), Masters in Public Health
Clinical Interests: Maternal Health, Adolescent Gynecology, Contraception, Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Underserved Medicine, Health Equity, Obstetrical Simulation Training, Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Instructor
My passion is building relationships with my patients to provide individualized evidence- based care and educating future women’s health providers and leaders. I enjoy having a professional partnership with my Family Medicine colleagues, Family Medicine residents and Rural Family Medicine with Obstetrics fellows at TFM.
As a former National Health Service Corps scholar, a commitment to helping those who are underserved has been at the core of my practice. Many of our fellowship graduates join practices in rural communities. Compared to women in urban areas, women in rural areas experience poorer health outcomes and have less access to health care. Due to a shortage of maternal health providers in rural communities, training family physicians to be compassionate and inclusive evidenced-based providers is critical for improving maternal and infant health outcomes within rural communities. It is an honor to educate family medicine doctors who will bring their expertise to various rural communities across the US.
I expanded my knowledge of flight medicine and built lifelong friendships during eight years as a Flight Surgeon for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.
In my free time, I enjoy doing anything outdoors, yoga, exploring fiber arts and spending quality time with my family.
Esther Park-Hwang, MD
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois
Languages:
Hometown:
Medical School:
Residency:
Graduate school:
Clinical Interests: