Elizabeth Modde, MD
Biography
Elizabeth earned her MD from the University of Missouri. Prior, she double majored in biology and dance at Loyola Chicago. Elizabeth has a passion for equity and social justice. Throughout medical school, she lived at St. Francis House, a local homeless shelter and soup kitchen. She was Chair of Community Outreach at the student-run free clinic before becoming a Clinic Director. She collaborated on efforts to improve gender affirming care through the establishment of a free specialty clinic for transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) patients and founding a TGNC health conference. She also led initiatives to care for survivors of intimate partner violence and to promote trauma-informed care. Her research focused on Indigenous health, including the development of a program for healthcare providers to improve their care of Indigenous patients. She is excited to meet, listen to, and support her new patients and community as a triple board resident!