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Libby Wetterer, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
Department: Family Medicine and Community Health

Contact information
3737 Market Street
9th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156628777
Education:
BA (Psychology, Arts & Letters Pre-Health)
University of Notre Dame, 2015.
MD (Population Health Track)
Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2020.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Montefiore Medical Center; Department of Family and Social Medicine , 2020-2023.
Chief Resident, Montefiore Medical Center; Department of Family and Social Medicine, 2022-2023.
Fellow, Physicians for Reproductive Health, 2023-2024.
Certifications
Registered Yoga Teacher (200 RYT), 2015.
Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine (D-ABFM), 2023.
Advanced Life Support In Obstetrics Certified Instructor (ALSO Instructor Status), 2024.
Certificate in Electonic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM), 2025.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

I am a family physician, educator, and sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) advocate with expertise in full-spectrum family medicine. My academic work centers on expanding access to evidence-based, patient-centered reproductive healthcare through curriculum development, clinical leadership, and mentorship of trainees. I bring specialized experience in self-managed abortion, early pregnancy care, and inpatient and outpatient obstetrics, informed by clinical practice in academic family medicine and national advocacy roles. Across my teaching, clinical work, and scholarship, I focus on integrating Reproductive Justice principles into medical education and advancing systems that support access to high quality care for all patients.

Selected Publications

Alexandra Martinez with quotes from Libby Wetterer: Louisiana lawsuit targeting telehealth access to abortion pill could ripple nationwide, providers warn. Prism March 2026.

Libby Wetterer, MD , Grace Halsey: Self-Managed Abortion in Post-Dobbs America: Family Physician Libby Wetterer, MD, Looks Back and Ahead. Patient Care September 2025.

Ashley Adams with quotes from Libby Wetterer MD: From clinics to crisis: Pennsylvania women will feel the pain of Medicaid cuts. Keystone Newsroom May 2025.

Libby Wetterer, MD∙ Hannah Rosenfield, MD ∙ Hilary Gortler, MD, MSc ∙ Martha Simmons, MD: Abortion in Primary Care. Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. Elsevier, April 2025.

Bah, FatoumataWallace, RobinFoster, Angel M.Wetterer, LibbyGrant, MelissaSietstra, Cari et al.: Learning from medication abortion: Repeat doses of misoprostol after mifepristone for early pregnancy loss management Contraception. Elsevier, April 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2025.110934.

Shonitria Anthony with quotes from Libby Wetterer MD: When Black Moms Decide To Use Weed For Postpartum Healing HuffPost Voices February 2025.

Celine Castronuovo with quotes from Libby Wetterer MD: Abortion Ballot Fights Revive Mental Health Exception Debates. Bloomberg Law August 2024.

Selena Simmons-Duffin with quotes from Dr. Libby Wetterer: Yeast infections are miserable. And some over-the-counter treatments can backfire. NPR 2024.

Emily Nadal, with quotes from Libby Wetterer MD: The First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Will Be Available This Month. Parents.com 2024.

Libby Wetterer: Medicaid should pay for Abortion in Pennsylvania. Penn Live 2024.

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