Where Are They Now?

Medical Student
CDU/UCLA at David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Neurosurgery Residency Program
Stanford Medical School / Palmer Lab
Palo Alto, CA

Residency – Orthopedic Surgery
Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Program
Massachusetts General Hospital

Shaina Lipa, MD is currently completing her Orthopaedic Residency in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program in Boston, MA. She is also the Vice-Chair of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Diversity Inclusion Resident and Fellow Committee. Dr. Lipa is dedicated to the improvement of health and healthcare disparities, with a particular need for advocacy in orthopedic surgery. She aspires to improve musculoskeletal health and the healthcare disparities that women, African Americans, and Hispanics face with regard to more severe arthritis and functional limitations. She has a long history of involvement with the Student National Medical Association, serving as University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) chapter president and several regional leadership positions.

She has mentored young men and women in pipeline programs, such as the Physicians Medical Form’s “Doctors On Board Program,” whose mission is to encourage more African American/Black students to become physicians. She was a recipient of the National Medical Fellowship Community Service-Learning Program, where she led an intervention program for women at high risk for violence. Dr. Lipa received her medical degree with distinction from the UCSF School of Medicine in 2014. During medical school, she participated in the Visiting Clerkship Program in the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School.

Orthopaedic Surgeon – Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta, GA

Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services
State of Delaware

Neurosurgery – UCSF
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA

Medical Student – Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, D.C.

Psychiatry – Los Angeles, CA

General Surgery – Trauma and Surgery Critical Care
Department of Surgery
Grady Memorial Hospital
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA

Pediatric Residency at Stanford
Case Western University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Medical Student – Emergency Medicine
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Orthopaedic Surgery – Residency Program
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA

Medical Student
UC Davis School of Medicine
Davis, CA