About Me

Hi! I’m Teju Adegoke. I am a board-certified general Obstetrician Gynecologist on a mission to transform the experience of OBGYN care for communities of color, particularly for Black people. At the start of my career I planned to focus entirely on direct clinical care in historically marginalized communities and soon realized the potential to make broader impact through research and policy. I remain passionate about providing empathetic, evidence-based reproductive, gynecologic, and sexual health care to Black and Brown folks. I also perform research to understand and improve the experience of care for minoritized communities, write and speak about race-based health inequities, and contribute to lay press on gynecologic and reproductive health.

EDUCATION

Medicine (M.D)
Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine
Public Health (MPH)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Psychology (B.A)
Princeton University

Publications

1. Vais S, Siu J, Maru S, Abbott J, St Hill I, Achilike C, Wu WJ, Adegoke TM, Steer-Massaro C. Rides for Refugees: A Transportation Assistance Pilot for Women's Health. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health. 2020; 22(1):74-81. PMID: 31758420

2. Adegoke TM, Vragovic O, Yarrington CD, Larrieux JR. Effect of pregnancy on uterine-sparing pelvic organ prolapse repair. International Urogynecol Journal. 2020; 31(3):657-662. PMID: 31828401

3. Adegoke TM, Pinder LF, Ndiwane N, Parker SE, Vragovic O, Yarrington CD. Inequities in Adverse Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes: The Effect of Maternal Race and Nativity. Maternal Child Health Journal 2022; 26(4):823-833. PMID: 34424456

4. Lobo SJ, Lin JG, Vais S, Wang D, Adegoke TM, Wu WJ, Steer-Massaro C. Pap Smear and Mammogram Screening Rates in a Refugee and General OB/GYN Clinic: A Retrospective Review. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health. 2022; 24(1):111-117. PMID: 34714467

5. Okolo ID, Ravi K, Adegoke T. Re: Reducing health inequality in Black, Asian and other minority ethnic pregnant women: impact of first-trimester combined screening for placental dysfunction on perinatal mortality: The dangers of biological essentialism in addressing birth equity: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2022. PMID: 35912886.

6. Mitchell K, Hagar PH, Adegoke T, Hutchinson K. The Boston Globe “Hospitals are Separating Mothers and Newborns during the Coronavirus Pandemic – with Little Evidence that it Will Help Slow the Spread of Disease.” 2020

7. Adegoke, T. The Boston Globe “Why I Can’t Get a Stubborn Patient Out of My Mind” 2024