Uma Gaddmanugu

MD Candidate, Class of 2025
B.S Public Health, UNC, 2018
M.S.  Physiology, NC State University, 2020

Uma Gaddamanugu is a third-year medical student at the Brody School of Medicine. Uma is an aspiring OB/GYN who is passionate about advancing maternal health equity through community engagement and policy reform. As a Brody Scholar and North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Uma co-founded ECU Birth Companions, a free volunteer birth doula program at ECU Health Medical Center. Uma was recently awarded the NC Governor’s Award for Volunteer Service for the program’s contributions, which trained over 60 volunteers who supported 262 birthing patients in one year. She is also a LINC Scholar and is currently working on a Quality Improvement project to help address food insecurity at ECU’s High-Risk Outpatient OB clinic.

Prior to starting medical school, Uma spent three summers volunteering with a women’s empowerment nonprofit in rural India, where she partnered with local women to create menstrual hygiene workshops, a community health worker program, and helped establish the village’s first women’s health clinic.

Uma is a Winston-Salem native, trained Indian Classical dancer, and speaks four languages. Outside of school, Uma loves to spend time with family and friends, dancing, tackling puzzles, traveling, and listening to Beyoncé.