Amy L. Stenson, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
  • Vice Chair, Education, Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Amy Stenson attended medical school at UCLA and graduated in 2004.  Between her 3rd and 4th year of medical school, she completed a master’s degree in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  She completed her residency training at UCLA in 2008 and was on the UCLA faculty for 4 years.  During that time, she developed and directed the UCLA ob-gyn global health program and was actively involved in resident and medical student education.  She spent about a 1/3 of her time in Uganda and other parts of Africa working on surgical capacity building, education program development and interventions focused on improving maternal morbidity and mortality.  At UCLA she oversaw a resident clinic for underserved patients focused on STI treatment and prevention, supervised learners at the County Hospital (Olive View), was the faculty advisor for the medical student International Health Interest Group and was a member of the Residency Education Committee. 

Dr. Stenson joined the OHSU faculty in 2012 and has been primarily focused on resident and medical student education.  She was chosen to be a member of the OHSU “Your MD” curriculum transformation team that developed goals, competencies and objectives for the new 18 month preclinical medical student curriculum and then directed the Developing Human block, which focuses on the life cycle and reproductive health issues.  She has served as a college coach for medical students, an advisor for residents, and as a member of the executive education committee, the residency education committee, the core competency committee, statewide GME planning committee, the educator’s collaborative and numerous other education initiative at OHSU.  She assumed the role of Program Director for the ob-gyn residency in January of 2016.  

Dr. Stenson is a full scope academic generalist at OHSU with a busy clinical practice.   She also has a clinical and research focus on vulvovaginal disorders, including vulvar pain and skin diseases.  She is involved in several research projects on vulvodynia and is one of three providers in the Program in Vulvar Health at OHSU which is the only one of its kind on the west coast providing care for women from Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska and Idaho. 

Health and wellness are a primary focus for Amy and for her this means laughing often, cooking healthy and delicious meals most nights, getting enough sleep, enjoying work most of the time, drinking good coffee, connecting to her spiritual side, listening to good music, walking or biking to work, hanging out with friends, eating a little dark chocolate and finding time to move throughout the day.  Amy loves to spend time outdoors with her family (husband Shaun, two children Everett and Annalynn and Labrador retriever Tazo.)  Some of her favorite adventures include hide and seek with the kids in Forest Park, exploring the Oregon Coast, picnicking at the Sauvie Island summer farm concerts, snowshoeing on Mount Hood, picking apples in Parkdale, swimming in Opal Creek and taking fall color tours in Central Oregon.  She can be found hiking a new trail almost every weekend somewhere in Oregon.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2003, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    • M.D., 2004, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • Residency

    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2008

Publications

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Publications

  • Strengthening the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Curriculum Through Three Interactive Cases

    MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources
    1. Molly Siegel Kornfield
    2. Elizabeth Rubin
    3. Pamela Parker
    4. Bharti Garg
    5. Amy Stenson
    6. Paula Amato
    7. Sacha Krieg
  • The Carbon Footprint and Cost of Virtual Residency Interviews

    Journal of graduate medical education
    1. Alexander Domingo
    2. Justin Singer
    3. Adrian Cois
    4. Joanna Hatfield
    5. Rebecca E. Rdesinski
    6. Anthony Cheng
    7. Megan Aylor
    8. John Sullenbarger
    9. Sara Walker
    10. Shane Hervey
    11. Amy Stenson
  • Effectiveness of Virtual Residency Interviews

    Family medicine
    1. Alexander Domingo
    2. Rebecca E. Rdesinski
    3. Anthony Cheng
    4. Joanna Hatfield
    5. Megan Aylor
    6. Sara Walker
    7. Adrian Cois
    8. Justin Singer
    9. John Sullenbarger
    10. Shane Hervey
    11. Amy Stenson
  • The Effects of Leadership Curricula With and Without Implicit Bias Training on Graduate Medical Education

    Academic Medicine
    1. Matt Hansen
    2. Tabria Harrod
    3. Nathan Bahr
    4. Amanda Schoonover
    5. Karen Adams
    6. Josh Kornegay
    7. Amy Stenson
    8. Vivienne Ng
    9. Jennifer Plitt
    10. Dylan Cooper
    11. Nicole Scott
    12. Sneha Chinai
    13. Julia Johnson
    14. Lauren Weinberger Conlon
    15. Catherine Salva
    16. Holly Caretta-Weyer
    17. Trang Huynh
    18. David Jones
    19. Katherine Jorda
    20. Jamie Lo
    21. Ryanne Mayersak
    22. Emmanuelle Paré
    23. Kate Hughes
    24. Rami Ahmed
    25. Soha Patel
    26. Suzana Tsao
    27. Eileen Wang
    28. Tony Ogburn
    29. Jeanne Marie Guise
  • Virtual Residency Interviews

    Journal of graduate medical education
    1. Alexander Domingo
    2. Rebecca E. Rdesinski
    3. Amy Stenson
    4. Megan Aylor
    5. John Sullenbarger
    6. Joanna Hatfield
    7. Sara Walker
    8. Shane Hervey
    9. Justin Singer
    10. Adrian Cois
    11. Anthony Cheng
  • Comparing Vestibule Examination Techniques

    Journal of lower genital tract disease
    1. Amy L. Stenson
    2. Catherine M. Leclair
    3. Martha Goetsch
  • The Clinical Utility of the Vulvar Pain Assessment Questionnaire

    Journal of lower genital tract disease
    1. Emma Dargie
    2. Caroline F. Pukall
    3. Martha Goetsch
    4. Amy Stenson
    5. Catherine Leclair
  • Impact of the Non-pneumatic Antishock Garment on pelvic blood flow in healthy postpartum women

    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
    1. Felicia Lester
    2. Amy Stenson
    3. Carinne Meyer
    4. Jessica Morris
    5. Juan Vargas
    6. Suellen Miller
  • Predictors and outcome of surgical repair of obstetric fistula at a regional referral hospital, Mbarara, western Uganda

    BMC Urology
    1. Musa Kayondo
    2. Ssalongo Wasswa
    3. Jerome Kabakyenga
    4. Nozmo Mukiibi
    5. Jude Senkungu
    6. Amy Stenson
    7. Peter Mukasa
  • The non-pneumatic anti-shock garment

    Open Women's Health Journal
    1. Amy Stenson
    2. Felicia Lester
    3. Carinne Meyer
    4. Jessica L. Morris
    5. Juan Vargas
    6. Suellen Miller
  • HER-2/neu targeting for recurrent vulvar Paget's disease. A case report and literature review

    Gynecologic oncology
    1. Amer Karam
    2. Jonathan S. Berek
    3. Amy Stenson
    4. Jian Yu Rao
    5. Oliver Dorigo
  • Risk factors for poor virological outcome at 12 months in a workplace-based antiretroviral therapy programme in South Africa

    BMC Infectious Diseases
    1. Katherine L. Fielding
    2. Salome Charalambous
    3. Amy L. Stenson
    4. Lindiwe F. Pemba
    5. Des J. Martin
    6. Robin Wood
    7. Gavin J. Churchyard
    8. Alison D. Grant
  • Evaluation of antiretroviral therapy (ART)-related counselling in a workplace-based ART implementation programme, South Africa

    AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
    1. A. L. Stenson
    2. S. Charalambous
    3. T. Dwadwa
    4. L. Pemba
    5. J. D. Du Toit
    6. R. Baggaley
    7. A. D. Grant
    8. G. J. Churchyard