Rebecca Mia Sauer

Biography

Rebecca Mia Sauer, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., is a Health Sciences Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Irvine. She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine in 2012 and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2016. Sauer was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Society during medical school and served as Administrative Chief Resident at UCLA. She has held faculty positions at UCLA and UC Irvine since completing her residency in 2016.

Sauer serves as the OB/GYN Clerkship Director at UC Irvine School of Medicine, a role she has held since 2023, after serving as Assistant Director from 2018 to 2023. Her clinical and administrative work has focused on women's health in underserved populations, including her role as Director of Women's Health at the FQHC-Anaheim clinic from 2020 to 2023. During her time at UCLA's Olive View Medical Center, she served as Medical Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics and Co-Physician Lead for Ambulatory Measures in the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal Program.

Sauer's research interests include perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, for which she served as Principal Investigator on a cluster randomized controlled trial examining screening and intervention in outpatient obstetric settings. She has received multiple teaching awards, including the OB/GYN Residency Faculty Teaching Award and the MS3 Clerkship Faculty Teaching Award at UC Irvine. Sauer is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a member of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Education

• B.S. in Physiologic Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008
• M.D., University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 2012

Distinctions

• Alpha Omega Alpha Society Induction, University of California, Irvine, 2012
• Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (F.A.C.O.G.), 2012-present
• OB/GYN Residency Faculty Teaching Award, University of California, Irvine, 2022
• MS3 Clerkship Faculty Teaching Award, University of California, Irvine, 2021
• Administrative Chief Resident, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
• Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
• Outstanding Resident Research Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
• Intern of the Year Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
• James McClure Outstanding Medical Student in Obstetrics and Gynecology Award, 2012
• Orange County Physician of Excellence, 2023, 2025