Zhenya Krapivinsky, MD completed her residency in Social & Internal Medicine in Bronx, NY at Montefiore Medical Center. After her training, Zhenya moved to Rwanda where she spent 3 years working alongside Rwandan doctors and trainees to improve the health education infrastructure. Since Rwanda she has continued to be involved in global health medical education efforts and has worked in Uganda, Nepal, India, Tanzania and Cameroon.

Currently Zhenya is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF where she is a hospitalist, splitting her time between patient care, teaching and working alongside San Francisco’s underserved communities to promote social justice.  She continues to be involved with teaching in Rwanda, Cameroon and India and works on creating content for free online medical education.

Outside of medicine, Zhenya spends her time community organizing, dancing, painting and getting to know humans from all parts of our planet.