Hope Pogemiller
MD Med Peds Hospitalist
University of Minnesota
poge0008@umn.edu
Minneapolis, USA

Area of expertise: Refugee health


Hope Pogemiller, MD, MPH, CTropMed ® is an internal medicine/pediatrics hospitalist, Assistant Professor, and Global Health Faculty in the University of Minnesota. She served as a public health Peace Corps volunteer in Benin and has continued her interest in cross-cultural healthcare in Minneapolis and abroad. She worked at a Pediatric Hospital in Haiti, and with IOM in Uganda. Her training with refugees in clinic and with the IOM led to the creation of an online training module for providers working with interpreters. She worked in Arusha, Tanzania as a Global Health Chief Resident, and she served as an In-Country Clinical Lead in Sierra Leone for the ZMapp trial (trying a monoclonal antibody as Ebola treatment). Currently, she leads the inpatient portion of the Bridge to Residency for Immigrant International Doctor Graduates through clinical Experience program. With the Center of Excellence in Refugee/Newcomer Health, she collaborated to update and expand CDC’s screening guidelines for newly arrived refugees and is creating virtual trainings for interdisciplinary providers working with interpreters. She has been working with MHealth Interpreter Services for 5 years to educate medical students about effectively collaborating with professional medical interpreters.