UMMS family medicine resident Stephany Giraldo Eierle shares journey in medicine By Kylee Denesha April 05, 2021
UMass Medical School Worcester Family Medicine resident Stephany Giraldo Eierle, DO, MPH, is a Latina first-generation American completing her first year as a physician at the Family Health Center of Worcester, and becoming a vocal advocate for diversity in medicine and public health.
Dr. Giraldo Eierle, whose parents immigrated from Colombia, has more than 14,000 social media followers on Instagram and posts daily updates on her journey as a new doctor, the first in her family to attend college and to go into medicine. She shares all aspects of her life as a young doctor, from how she got into the field, to her interactions with patients, to how she recently became a patient herself with COVID-19.