Becky Uranga, MD

Idaho’s physician shortage is well-known, especially when it comes to obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) specialists. One local doctor is committed to not only providing comprehensive women’s reproductive health care herself, but to keeping other clinicians in the state.

As the owner since 2013, and chief medical officer since 2020 for OGA (OB/GYN Associates) Idaho, Dr. Becky Uranga guides a group practice of nearly 20 physicians and nurse practitioners dedicated to supporting women’s reproductive health from adolescence to menopause and beyond.

She’s also actively involved with the Idaho Coalition for Safe Health Care, a group of physicians and community members dedicated to advocating for reproductive health care laws that return privacy and dignity to women and families without compromising safe patient care.

While many OB/GYNs left Idaho or retired as changes in federal and state laws made abortions illegal and further disrupted women’s health care, Uranga doubled down, finding ways to retain clinicians in her clinics. “My philosophy is that we are better together,” Uranga says. “I am influenced by people who are resilient and rise beyond challenges but acknowledge truth and rest.”

A native of Montana, Uranga graduated from the University of Washington Medical School in 2007 and completed her OB/GYN residency in New Hampshire in 2011. She moved to the Treasure Valley with her husband, pediatrician Dr. Mark Uranga. She says her family is her most significant accomplishment ― married for 20 years with two children who are “kind and curious.”

Uranga’s compassion and empathy for patients extends to the employees of her clinics in Eagle, Meridian and Nampa, as she stresses the importance of work-life balance and self-care for health care professionals.

“She helps lead the culture that makes OGA unique and recognized as a Top Workplace award winner,” says Nicole Bradshaw, executive director for OGA Women’s Health Specialists.

She also volunteers her time to precept medical students and was nominated for a teaching award by a medical student in the WWAMI (University of Washington, plus Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho ― states without their own public medical school) program, demonstrating her commitment to mentoring future health care professionals.

Uranga’s areas of professional interest include low and high-risk obstetrics, adolescent gynecology, menopause management and vaginal, laparoscopic and robotic hysterectomy. Her focus is on developing trust in medicine by being humble, honest and scientifically driven.

“In my job as an OB/GYN, I have the honor to be with women at their strongest and most vulnerable moments,” she says. “I get to witness the grace and grit that is unique to a woman.”

“Becky reminds us that we must be strong, fierce and fearless to protect the people and places that we love,” says Dr. Rhiana Menen, a breast cancer specialist and surgeon in the Treasure Valley. “She reminds us that no matter our differences in faith, education or politics, we must stand together and show up for one another.”