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Enid Yvette (Yvy) Rivera-Chiauzzi, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Perinatal Equity Advisory Chair, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Enid Rivera-Chiauzzi MD is an Assistant Professor and Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mayo Clinic Rochester. She is a full-time Laborist and Medical Director of the Family Birth Center at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. Her primary areas of research are understanding healthcare worker experiences after adverse stressful events (Second Victim Experience) and understanding their experience after encounters with racism and discrimination at work. She is using this research to help healthcare workers thrive after such events through peer support. Her clinical areas of research include surgical site infections, patient and OBGYN physician experiences during COVID, and improve postpartum care. She is an instructor of the Emergencies in Clinical Obstetrics (ECO) course offered by (ACOG) and instructor of the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) by AAFP. She is the Co-Director for the Peer Support Program Healing the Emotional Lives of Peers (HELP) at Mayo Clinic. She is the Physician/Scientist Chair for Somos Latinos Mayo Employee Resource Group. She is the Department Diversity Leader for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.