Sierra Washington, MD

Sierra Washington, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist who provides comprehensive obstetrics and gynecologic care at Stony Brook Medicine. She is also the Director for Global Health in Sub-Saharan Africa for Stony Brook Medicine.Dr. Washington practices primarily in Mozambique where she leads a Global Health Collaboration between Stony Brook Medicine and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. The mission of this collaboration is to work together to provide excellent care, education, and research in order to eliminate health disparities and mutually strengthen institutions of Stony Brook Medicine and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane and Central Hospital Maputo.Dr. Washington has published numerous articles and her work has appeared in International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, among others. She has spoken regionally, nationally and internationally on a range of topics, including HIV and pregnancy and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in the U.S. and abroad. Her experience also includes working as a physician in sub-Saharan Africa, where she helped fight the HIV epidemic. She has worked for many years at the intersection of HIV and reproductive health in countries such as Zambia, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Outside of work, Dr. Washington enjoys music and dancing.

Family Planning, Abortion Care in LMIC, Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy