Biography
Gillian Burkhardt, MD, is an Associate Professor in the division of Family Planning, Department of OB/GYN. She has held several leadership roles at UNM Hospital including the Associate Chief Quality Officer and the Medical Director of Labor and Delivery. Her current area of focus is on improving the quality of maternal health care, de-medicalizing medical abortion services, and providing reproductive health care in crisis settings, most recently working with Doctor’s Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières in refugee camps in Chad and Sudan.
Dr. Burkhardt is the past board president for the NM Perinatal Collaborative and past clinical co-chair of the New Mexico Maternal Mortality Review Committee. She helped to bring Maternal Health Safety Bundles, a national maternal health quality improvement initiative, to hospital systems throughout New Mexico through a collaboration with Project ECHO.
Dr. Burkhardt has nearly 20 years of experience in research and implementing maternal and reproductive health programs both in the US and in global settings. She has published on the intersection of reproductive health access and post-conflict areas. Prior to moving to New Mexico in 2017 she worked for Population Services International and Gynuity Health Projects. Dr. Burkhardt has managed reproductive health programs in Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and in an Ebola Treatment Center in Sierra Leone.
Personal Statement
I began my career in healthcare managing a peer education and HIV/STI prevention program in Madagascar. Ever since, I have been working to empower health care teams to increase access to equitable and high-quality reproductive health services globally and locally in New Mexico. In my clinical practice I care for pregnant patients and provide complex family planning services. When I am not working, I can be found traveling to faraway places, practicing yoga, or hiking around New Mexico.
Areas of Specialty
Contraception
Abortion
Early Pregnancy Loss
Maternal Safety
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Substance Use in pregnancy
Quality and Safety
Certifications
American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
New Mexico Medical License
DEA Controlled Substance
NM Board of Pharmacy License
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
- French