Julia McIntyre, MD

 I grew up in the Bay Area and moved to northern Ohio to attend Oberlin College, where I majored in economics.  I returned to San Francisco after college to work at the UCSF Trauma Recovery Center, a free clinic that provides mental health and case management services to survivors of interpersonal violence and traumatic loss. During my time there, I discovered that I wanted to become a physician. I went back to Ohio to go to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for medical school. I chose family medicine because I am interested in the longitudinal relationships between patients and physicians, and I think primary care providers are uniquely situated to use medicine as a tool for social justice.    A lot of my specific interests in family medicine are a reflection of the time I spent working before medical school, such as trauma-informed care, reproductive health and family planning, mental health, and care for underserved populations.  I was drawn to UNM for residency because I saw my personal values mirrored in the program.  I am thrilled to train at UNM.