Nichole E Starr, MD

Dr. Nichole Starr is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and a trauma and surgical critical care surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her work focuses on trauma care, critical illness, and surgical quality improvement across diverse settings. She has led international quality-improvement initiatives to reduce surgical site infections and strengthen trauma systems, particularly in Ethiopia, supported by NIH Fogarty and T32 training grants and long-standing partnerships with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health. Dr. Starr serves as Surgical Advisor to Lifebox Foundation, with research interests in trauma quality improvement, infection prevention, and implementation science.