Maria Manriquez, MD

Maria Manriquez, MD, FACOG, a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. She graduated from the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson in 1998 and has been practicing medicine for 22 years. Dr. Manriquez continues clinical practice, focusing on substance use disorders in pregnancy and parenting women. Her research and advocacy focus is aimed at investigating innovations in prenatal care models addressing maternal morbidity and mortality, preterm delivery rate and substance use disorders in pregnancy.

Dr. Manriquez is the physician lead for the Pain and Addiction Medicine Curriculum at the U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix, and she has worked with the Department of Health Services in the development of a curriculum that educates the Undergraduate Medical Education and Graduate Medical Education learners on pain and addiction.

Additionally, Dr. Manriquez is the director of pre-matriculation curriculum for pipeline programs, including the Pathway Scholars Program, which is a master's in medical studies. Twelve students are selected by the admission committee to spend a year optimizing learning styles, leadership principles and fundamental basic sciences before beginning medical school. The students are selected as either being identified as underrepresented in medicine or committed to serving an underrepresented population in their ultimate physician practice.

Her service commitments include multiple leadership positions with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and as an oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.