Lindsey Zamora, MD, MPH

Global Health Research Interests: Community Health, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health

Countries: Guyana, Kenya

Dr. Lindsey Zamora has had a longstanding interest in global health and cultural studies, beginning even before she entered the field of medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of Florida, where she had the opportunity to study abroad in Tanzania and Brazil. Following this, she completed medical school and residency training at the University of Florida and Baylor College of Medicine. During her time in medical school, she led a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, providing healthcare in rural areas of the country. While in residency, she participated in a rotation in Zambia, collaborating with midwives and leading workshops on safe delivery practices.

After completing her residency, Dr. Zamora pursued a Global Women’s Health fellowship through University Hospitals/Case Medical Center, in partnership with the University of Guyana and Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. During her fellowship, she played a key role in establishing Guyana’s first ObGyn training program, which was aimed at training local specialists and leaders in obstetrics and gynecology to reduce the country’s maternal mortality rate. Dr. Zamora lived in Guyana for two years during this fellowship and was instrumental in graduating the country’s first specialists in ObGyn. Following her fellowship, she returned to the United States, where she served as an Assistant Residency Program Director while also earning her Master of Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Since joining the faculty at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Zamora has taken on the role of Head of the ObGyn Section for Global Women’s Health and serves as the lead for the residency’s distinction pathway in Global and Community Health. She is also the co-director of the Vanderbilt Collaborative for Global Health Excellence, a multidisciplinary program designed to equip postgraduate learners with essential skills for global health work. Additionally, she acts as a faculty liaison between the ObGyn department and Siloam Health, a community health center in Nashville that serves the local refugee population. Dr. Zamora’s global health interests include reducing maternal mortality, promoting global health education, building capacity in low- and middle-income countries, and providing care for immigrant and refugee populations.

Education

MD, University of Florida
MPH, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene