Carolyn Sufrin

Carolyn Beth Sufrin is an American medical anthropologist and obstetrician-gynecologist. She is an assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Johns Hopkins University.

Early life and education Sufrin was born to Janice R. Sufrin, a research biochemist and Gerald Sufrin, a urologist. Her maternal grandparents, and several aunts and uncles are doctors. She earned an M.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2003. Sufrin completed a residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in obstetrics and gynecology in 2007. She completed a fellowship at UCSF School of Medicine in 2010. In 2014, Sufrin earned a Ph.D in medical anthropology at University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley. Vincanne Adams was her doctoral advisor.

Career Sufrin was an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at UCSF and worked as an OB-GYN for a health clinic at San Francisco County Jails. She joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2014 as an assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics. She holds joint appointments in Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Medicine with departmental affiliations in the department of health, behavior, and society.

Research Sufrin is experienced in the healthcare of incarcerated women and correctional medicine. She works on reproductive health issues, clinical care in jail, policy, and advocacy.