Mary Kathryn Abel, A.B.
MD Candidate at UCSF
Class of 2021
Contact Information
Education
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, A.B., Neurobiology, 2014
MD Candidate at UCSF, Class of 2021
Clinical Interests
- Breast Surgery
- General Surgery
- Global Surgery
- Obstetrics
- Benign Gynecology
- Gynecologic Oncology
Biography
Mary Kathryn Abel, AB graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a primary concentration in Neurobiology, a secondary concentration in Music, and a certificate in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. At Harvard, she worked as a research assistant at the Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center under the guidance of Psyche Loui, PhD and Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD. She completed her honors thesis entitled "Multimodal Neuroimaging and Behavioral Studies on Auditory-Motor Deficiencies and Compensatory Mechanisms." Prior to starting medical school, she worked as a medical assistant and medication advocate at the San Francisco Free Clinic, a clinic that provides free, accessible medical care to those without insurance.
At UCSF, Mary Kathryn has explored her interest in women's health and has performed research in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and General Surgery. Most recently, she was awarded a research grant through the UCSF Yearlong Inquiry Program and received funding through the CTSI TL1 grant. She will work with Rita Mukhtar, MD to study imaging challenges in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
Posters & Oral Presentations
- Weigel, G, Abel, MK, Levy R, Gonzalez, A, Lager, J. Expanding the UCSF Medical Student Curriculum in OBGYN: The Creation of Online Surgical Modules. Oral Presentation at the UCSF Educational Showcase, San Francisco, CA. April 2019.
- Levy, R, Gonzalez, A, Weigel, G, Abel, MK, Lager, J. Access to OBGYN Surgical Skills Training: Expanding the UCSF Medical Student Curriculum. Oral Presentation at the UCSF Educational Showcase, San Francisco, CA. April 2019.
- Abel, MK, Gonzales, N, Kamholz B, Price, E. Improving the Discharge Process for Patients followed by the Behavioral Evaluation and Support Team. Poster presented at SFVAMC Education Day, San Francisco, CA. May 2017.
- Abel, MK, Loui, P. Resting State Networks in Tone Deafness. Poster presented at the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. May 2013.
- Iyer, J, Loui, P, Halwani, G, Abel, MK, Schlaug, G. Perturbed Auditory Feedback and Resting State Functional Networks in Tone-Deafness. Poster presented by Janani Iyer at the annual meeting for the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA. April 2013.
- Abel, MK, Loui, P. Resting State Networks in Tone Deafness. Poster presented at the National Collegiate Research Conference sponsored by the Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association, Cambridge, MA. January 2013.
In the News
- UCSF Department of Surgery - - October 27, 2020The UCSF Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that third year UCSF medical student Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel, A.B. was awarded the inaugural Thomas K. Hunt Memorial fellowship from the Division of General Surgery for her research project: "Optimizing outcomes in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: addressing barriers to clinical trial enrollment and personalizing therapy," with mentor Rita Mukhtar, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of General Surgery. Under the [...]
Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel and Dr. Rita Mukhtar Honored with Awards at 2020 Inquiry Symposium Ceremony
UCSF Department of Surgery - - June 04, 2020The UCSF Department of Surgery congratulates UCSF medical student Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel, AB and Rita Mukhtar, MD on their respective research and mentorship awards presented at the 2020 Inquiry Symposium ceremony on April 29, 2020. Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel, AB, an MD Candidate at UCSF (Class of 2021), was awarded the "Long-Term Deans Prize in Research and Scholarship" for her research project "Clinical Outcomes after Standard Interventions in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast." [...]