Biography
Dr. Gurule is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. She is board certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Gurule is a native of northern New Mexican. She graduated summa cum laude from UNM with a Bachelors in Signed Language Interpreting and BIology. She graduated from the UNM School of Medicine and completed family medicine training at the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency in California. Following residency, she completed two additional years of training at the UNM Maternal and Child Health Fellowship, which she now directs.
Personal Statement
Dr. Gurule enjoys providing obstetric care as a family doctor, so that she can care for the mother-newborn dyad, as well as other family members. She loves the breadth of family medicine, where she has the great privilege of caring for people from beginning to end, providing primary care to entire families, and building long lasting relationships. Her expertise is in perinatal substance use and she works with the New Mexico Perinatal Collaborative as the Medical Director and the Improving Perinatal Health and Substance Use in Pregnancy ECHO to improve access and quality of this care around the state. She is passionate about this care and determined to continue to expand, improve and break barriers for all New Mexicans.
Areas of Specialty
Maternal and Child Health
Perinatal Substance Use
Education
Family Medicine Residency Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Fellowship
Certifications
Family Medicine Addiction Medicine
Achievements & Awards
Faculty Community Service Award 2025
Lineberry Foundation Scholarship 2025
National Latino Behavioral Health Association Inspiration Award 2023
Outstanding Maternal Child Health Attending 2019
Key Publications
Journal Article
Yonke, Nicole, Gurule, Francheska, S. Rosenfeld-O'Tool, Sandra, 2025 Late Pregnancy Bleeding American Family Physician
Journal Article
Gurule, , , , Gurule, Francheska, S. Low-Dose Buprenorphine Induction in Pregnant and Postpartum Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of Protocol Implementation Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Research and Scholarship
Completed the Leadership for Health Equity Professional Development Program and the National Hispanic Latino Behavioral Health Executive Leadership Fellowship