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Faculty

The Ohio State University-Mount Carmel Health Obstetrics/Gynecology Residency Program is taught by a dedicated faculty. Most members are board certified and recertified in obstetrics/gynecology and/or their particular specialty and continue to see private patients. This level of involvement ensures residents a real-world view of medical practice and of the physician-patient relationship.

Katherine Strafford MD

Dr. Katherine Strafford, MD

Program Director

  • Dr. Katherine Strafford MD is the Ohio State University/Mount Carmel Health system Ob/Gyn Residency program director. She is a former graduate of the residency program and currently an associate professor in the General Division of Ob/Gyn at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She has also served in a number of other educational roles. These have included Ob/Gyn Clerkship Director, Assistant Residency Program Director, Assistant Ob/Gyn Clerkship Director, Ob/Gyn Clinical Track Director (4th year medical students), Assistant Director of Integration (Ob-Gyn/Surgery integrated clerkship) and Expert Educator. Dr Strafford is a graduate of the APGO Academic Scholars and Leaders Program. She has published and presented nationally on integrated medical school curricula, medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching evidence based medicine, oral exams in medical education, benign gynecologic care and other Ob/gyn and medical education topics.
Alexis Bachrach, DO

Alexis Bachrach, DO

Associate Program Director

  • Mount Carmel Grove City
  • Raised in Carrollton, Ohio, Alexis obtained her B.A. degree from Capital University in 2000 and then her medical degree from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2004. She completed her Obstetrics & Gynecology residency at Canton's Aultman Hospital in 2008. Dr. Bachrach has spent the last fifteen years practicing obstetrics/gynecology in varying positions, including the OBGYN Service Chief for several years at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Returning to Columbus in 2022, she became the full-time site director and OB hospitalist for a new laborist program at Marietta Memorial Hospital. In addition to her full-time responsibilities, Alexis had been working part-time for Mount Carmel where her love for teaching residents was rekindled, eventually leading her to officially join GME.
Wanjiku Kabiru, MD

Wanjiku Kabiru, MD

Associate Program Director

  • Mount Carmel St. Ann's
  • Dr. Wanjiku Kabiru is a Board Certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and is the Associate Program Director for the Ob/Gyn Residency Program at Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio. She completed her residency and fellowship training at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Kabiru's honors and awards include numerous local and national teaching awards and research prizes. Over the past decade, she has held various leadership positions in the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Mentoring and coaching are important aspects of her life and work.  Dr. Kabiru seeks to improve women's health care through advances in medical education.
Hannah Parsons, BS

Hannah Parsons, BS

Program Administrator

  • Hannah is the Program Administrator for both the OB/GYN and Geriatrics programs. She graduated from Ohio University in 2023 and has been with Mount Carmel Graduate Medical Education since.
  • Email: Hannah.Parsons@mchs.com