Opportunity for Life: The Link | Michelle Debbink, M.D.

Michelle P. Debbink, M.D.

Michelle P. Debbink, M.D., PHD

Maternal Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

Undergraduate		Rice University Sociology, Policy Studies B.A.

Doctoral Training		University of Michigan School of Public Health Health Services Organization and Policy Ph.D.

Professional Medical		University of Michigan Medical School Medical Scientist Training Program Fellow M.D., Ph.D.

Certification		University of Michigan Medical School Healthcare Administration Scholars Program Certification

Residency		University of Michigan Health System Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident

Chief Resident		University of Michigan Health System Obstetrics and Gynecology Administrative Chief Resident

Fellowship		University of Utah Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinical Fellow

As a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Debbink’s clinical interests include providing prenatal care for patients with high-risk or rare medical conditions during pregnancy, including diabetes and congenital heart disease, abnormal placenta conditions such as placenta previa or placenta accreta spectrum disorders, and fetal and genetic conditions such as twin and higher order multiple pregnancies and anomalies. She provides services including vaginal and cesarean delivery, complicated cesarean delivery and cesarean hysterectomy, cervical cerclage, intrauterine transfusion (IUT) and percutaneous umbilical cord sampling (PUBS), and amniocentesis. Her research focuses on racial, ethnic, and geographic inequities and disparities in perinatal outcomes, including low birthweight, small for gestational age, maternal morbidity and maternal mortality. Dr. Debbink is particularly interested in how social structures, neighborhood factors, and health policy produce and reinforce perinatal health disparities among Black, Indigenous and other people of color.

Dr. Debbink received her bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Health Policy from Rice University in Houston, Texas. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her PhD in Health Services Organization and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dr. Debbink completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at the University of Michigan as well. She moved to Salt Lake in 2017 to complete her Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Utah.

The privilege of caring for others in important, vulnerable, and life-changing moments is Dr. Debbink’s highest honor. She looks forward to building supportive relationships with birthing folks from all over Utah that are based on mutual trust and respect. Through research and practice, Dr. Debbink seeks to collaborate on efforts to reinforce and build resilient communities for all pregnant and parenting folks and their families. When Dr. Debbink’s not enjoying clinical medicine or research, she spends her time with family and her dog, reading, hiking, skiing, camping, stargazing, playing board games, or trying to find some quiet time near the water somewhere.

Events with Dr. Debbink


05 November 2020 8:30 PM BTT/BST	Debbink, Michelle P. M.D., Ph.D.	Near-Miss Maternal Morbidity: Tools for Tracking and Lessons Learned in Utah, USA International Lecture Series	Archive Slides