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Michael A. Fischbach
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Site(s): Mission Bay
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Website: http://www.fischbachgroup.org/
Degrees: AB Harvard College 2003; PhD Harvard University 2007
Research interests: Identification and characterization of small molecules from microbes; chemical interactions among human-associated microbes and between humans and their microbiome
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Manish Aghi
Title: Assistant Professor in Residence
Department: Neurological Surgery
Site(s): Parnassus
Phone number: 353-1172
Degrees: Md, PhD, Harvard University
Previous position(s): Resident in Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
Research interests: Angiogenesis
Clinical interests: Brain tumors
Other interests: Jogging, hometown - suburb of Chicago
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Nadav Ahituv
Title: Acting Assistant Professor
Department: Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Institute for Human Genetics
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0794
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Phone number: 476-1838
Website: http://ucsf.edu/bms/faculty/ahituv.html
Degrees: BS, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1996; PhD with distinction, Tel-Aviv University, 2002
Previous position(s): Postdoc, Genomics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
Research interests: To understand the role of gene regulatory sequences in human biology and disease.
Clinical interests: Limb malformations, obesity, and pharmacogenomics
Other interests: Juggling, music, and books
Wei Ai
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Hematology / Oncology
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-9492
Previous position(s): Instructor of Medical Oncology, Stanford University, School of Medicine
Research interests: Immunotherapy for systemic and cutaneous lymphoma
Clinical interests: Lymphoma
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Mohana Amirtharajah
Title: Assistant Professor in Residence
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Division: Hand Surgery
Site(s): Mount Zion / SFGH
Degrees: MD, New York University; ScB, Brown University
Previous position(s): Hand and Upper Extremity Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY; Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, University of Iowa
Research interests: Tendon biology, healing and development; cartilage biology
Clinical interests: Dosorders of the hand and wrist
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Petros V. Anagnostopoulos
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department: Surgery
Division: Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Site(s): Parnassus
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Phone number: 476-3501
Website: http://pediatricct.surgery.ucsf.edu/
Degrees: MD, University of Athens; Intern – Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital; Resident – Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital; Postdoctoral Fellow – Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital; Resident – Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh; Fellow – Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, UCSF
Previous position(s): Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Research interests: Single ventricle palliation, mitral and tricuspid valve repair, aortic root surgery, tetralogy of Fallot, coronary artery anomalies, transposition of the great vessels, Ross operations, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, heterotaxy syndrome, Fontan procedure, pulmonary vein repair, heart transplantation
Clinical interests: Neonatal and infant cardiac reconstructive surgery, pediatric heart surgery, adult congenital cardiac surgery, extracorporeal life support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ventricular assist devices, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, hybrid surgical-catheterization cardiac surgery, off-pump cardiac surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass
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C. Babis Andreadis
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Hematology/Oncology
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: Box 0324
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Phone number: 353-8363
Website: http://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/andreadis_babis.php
Degrees: MD, Columbia University; MSCE, University of Pennsylvania
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Clinical interests: Lymphoma, hematologic malignancy, marrow transplantation
Other interests: Pharmacogenetics, drug resistance, response prediction
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Mark Ansel
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Microbiology and Immunology, the Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center
Site(s): Parnassus
Phone number: 476-5368
Degrees: BS, Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; PhD, Biomedical Sciences, UCSF
Previous position(s): Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor, Immune Disease Institute (formerly known as Center for Blood Research), Harvard Medical School
Research interests: RNA regulation of gene expression in helper T cell differentiation and allergic asthma.
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Jill Antoine
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Anesthesia/Perioperative Care
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Degrees: MD, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine; Residency in Anesthesiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Previous position(s): Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC; Major, U.S. Army (retired)
Clinical interests: Disaster preparedness; the education of all medical personnel and their responses to mass casualty, biochemical, and all-hazards preparedness; Chair of the Committee on Trauma and Emergency Preparedness for the American Society of Anesthesiologists; member, American Medical Association’s newly formed National Disaster Life Support Executive Committee (NDLSEC)
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Christian Apfel
Title: Associate Professor, Step II
Department: Anesthesia/Perioperative Care
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Phone number: 415-680-8266
Degrees: MD, PhD
Research interests: Epidemiology, predictive models, perioperative outcomes research, single and multicenter random control clinical trials, especially of factorial designs
Clinical interests: Outpatient anesthesia, regional anesthesia and intensive care medicine
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Anna I. Bakardjiev
Title: Assistant Professor in Residence
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Infectious Diseases
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: Box 0654
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Phone number: 476-4737
Degrees: MD, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Germany, Residency, UCSF, Pediatrics; Fellowship, Children's Hospital Oakland
Previous position(s): Attending Physician, Children's Hospital Oakland; Assistant Researcher, UC Berkeley
Research interests: Maternal-fetal infections, intracellular pathogenesis, host pathogen interactions of Listeria Monocytogenes
Clinical interests: Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Kimberly Baltzell
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Physiological Nursing
Degrees: PhD, 2005, UCSF
Research interests: Breast cancer risk biomarkers, nipple aspirate fluid, malaria prevention
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Sarah Balys
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Site(s): Mount Zion
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Phone number: 476-1715, #4
Degrees: MSPT, UCSF/SFSU, 2004; DPT, UCSF/SFSU, 2007
Previous position(s): Physical Therapist, UCLA, 2004-2006; Physical Therapist, Physiotherapy Associates, Hayward, 2006-2007; Per diem Physical Therapist, UCSF, 2007
Research interests: Aging women with osteoporosis, thoracic outlet syndrome, back pain
Clinical interests: Orthopedics
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Mary Barger
Title: Acting Assistant Professor
Department: Family Health Care Nursing
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Phone number: 476-0335
Degrees: PhD, Epidemiology, Boston University; MPH, Nurse-Midwifery, Johns Hopkins; BSN, Stanford
Research interests: Maternal morbidity and mortality
Clinical interests: Midwifery processes of care; obstetric complications and cesareans
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Arpi Bekmezian
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Pediatrics, Hospitalist Group
Division: General Pediatrics
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-6366
Degrees: BS, Physiological Science, UCLA; MD, UCSF; Residency, UCLA
Previous position(s): Hospitalist, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA
Research interests: Hospitalist models of care, quality of care outcomes, health systems and services, inpatient quality indicators
Clinical interests: Complex medical care needs, inpatient quality improvement, clinical practice guidelines
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Pamela Bellefeuille
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Physiological Nursing
Box: 0610
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-476-6108
Degrees: Diploma, Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing; BSN, California Sate University, Los Angeles; MN, University of California, Los Angeles
Previous position(s): CNS, Kaiser Santa Rosa
Research interests: Adaptive coping in emergency nurses
Clinical interests: Emergency nursing and teaching are my passions
Other interests: I love to play tennis. I play singles in a Sonoma A-2 league, doubles in a Marin league and play 4.0 USTA leagues
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Rachelle Bernacki
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine, Geriatrics
Division: Hospitalist
Site(s): Parnassus, VA
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Phone number: 415-476-2223
Degrees: M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Residency and Chief Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Washington; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, University of Chicago; completed Harvard Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice; Board certified in Palliative Care as well as Geriatrics
Previous position(s): Fellowship in Medical Ethics, MacClean Center for Medical Ethics; Geriatrics Fellowship, University of Chicago Hospitals; Fellow-in-training chair for the American Geriatrics Society, 2005-06
Clinical interests: Improving care for hospitalized dying patients
Other interests: Rode my bicycle from Seattle, Washington to Washington, DC; volunteered at a high-altitude clinic in Nepal near Mt. Everest.
Lewis S. Blevins, Jr.
Title: Medical Director, UCSF Center for Pituitary Disorders
Department: Neurological Surgery
Site(s): Parnassus
Phone number: 353-7500
Degrees: MD, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine; Internship and Residency, Medicine, Univeristy of Alabama Hospitals; Fellow, Endocinology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Previous position(s): 1998-2007, Director, The Pituitary Center at Vanderbilt; 1998-2007, Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; 1993-1997, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Research interests: Diagnostic testing in patients with hypercortisolism; new ways to test for the presence of Cushing's syndrome; interested in clinical predictors of surgical and medical success with regards to the management of patients with different types of pituitary tumors
Clinical interests: Evaluation and management of patients with various disorders of the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, Cushing's syndrome, acromegaly, prolactinoma's, other pituitary tumors, diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism, and growth hormone deficiency
Other interests: Paints landscapes and portraits; plays the Uillean pipes (Irish bagpipes)
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Darrell Boychuk
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: DDS
Previous position(s): Orofacial Pain Residency, University of Alberta, Assistant Clinical Professor, Dentistry, University of Alberta
Research interests: Cannabinoids, neuropathic pain management
Clinical interests: Orofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders
Other interests: Hiking with my family; football - Go Bears!
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R. James Brenner
Title: Professor of Clinical Radiology, Chief of Breast Imaging
Department: Radiology
Site(s): Mount Zion
Box: 1667
Degrees: MD, JD, FACR, FCLM
Previous position(s): Clincal Professor of Radiology, UCLA; Director of Breast Imaging, John Wayne Cancer Institute
Clinical interests: Breast MRI, Medical legal aspects of breast evaluation
Other interests: Dr. Brenner trained in Radiology and Nuclear Radiology in the late 1970s at UCSF while pursuing a degree in Law
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Lynn A. Brody
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Radiology
Division: Interventional Radiology
Site(s): Parnassus, Mount Zion
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Phone number: 415-353-1300
Degrees: MD
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Division of Interventional Radiology
Clinical interests: Clinical and Research Interests: Interventional Oncology, including tumor-ablation, embolization
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Allison Bryant
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Division: Maternal Fetal Medicine
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0132
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-476-3910
Degrees: AB, Harvard College; MD, Harvard Medical School; MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
Previous position(s): OB/Gyn Residency, Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospitals; Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health; Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Clinical interests: Racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes, quality of obstetrical care, preterm birth
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David Buchholz
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor; Executive Medical Director, UCSF Primary Care
Department: Pediatrics
Division: General Pediatrics
Site(s): Mount Zion
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Phone number: 514-6200
Degrees: BA, Northwestern University; MD, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago; University of Washington Pediatric Residency
Previous position(s): Chief Medical Officer, Pacific Medical Centers, Seattle, WA; Medical Director, Swedish Physicians Queen Anne, Seattle, WA; Physician Champion, Epic Project, Swedish Health Services, Seattle, WA
Clinical interests: Allergy, asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dermatology, health promotion, infectious disease, newborn and infant care, nutrition and eating patterns in infants/toddlers, orthopedics, preventative care, sports medicine Other interests: Good restaurants, movies, travel, hiking, gardening, my family, and my yellow Labrador, Todd
Michael D. Cabana
Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Division of General Pediatrics
Department: Pediatrics
Division: General Pediatrics
Site(s): Mount Zion, Parnassus, Laurel Heights
Box: 0503
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-476-5473
Degrees: MD and MA in Public Policy and Management, combined program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School of Business; MPH, Johns Hopkins University
Previous position(s): Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
Research interests: Asthma, probiotics, quality improvement, physician education
Clinical interests: Asthma, probiotics
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Ariel Castro
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Surgery
Division: Surgical Oncology
Site(s): Mount Zion
Box: 0875
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-476-2392
Degrees: PhD, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Previous position(s): Assistant Research Professor, Indiana University and Walther Oncology Center
Research interests: Mechanisms of cell growth control and their relevance in disease
Other interests: Tanog and soccer
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Matilda Chan
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Ophthalmology
Site(s): Parnassus
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Phone number: 476-1442
Website: http://proctor.ucsf.edu/
Degrees: MD, PhD, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Research interests: Corneal wound healing
Clinical interests: Cornea and external diseases
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Edward Y. Chan
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences
Division: Endodontics
Site(s): Parnassus
Degrees: BDS, University of Hong Kong, 1987; DDS, University of the Pacific, 1989; MS, UCSF, 2006; Cert. In Endodontics, UCSF, 2006
Previous position(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of the Pacific, 1989-2003
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Belinda Chang
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Department: Radiology
Division: Women's Imaging
Site(s): Mount Zion
Degrees: MD, Northwestern University Medical School
Research interests: Breast MRI
Clinical interests: Breast MRI
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Claudia Chaufan
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Institute For Health & Aging and Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Phone number: 476-6580
Degrees: MD, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, M.A. Sociology, University of California Santa Cruz, PhD Sociology (Philosophy), University of California Santa Cruz
Previous position(s): Staff physician, Center for Medical Education and Clinical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina Lecturer, Social Sciences Division, University of California Santa Cruz
Research interests: Social and political determinants of the epidemics of diabetes and obesity; Sociology of human genetic research; Sociology of disease-based social movements; Comparative health care systems; Public health in Palestine/Israel; Health and human rights
Clinical interests: Diabetes, Obesity, Chronic disease management
Other interests: Argentine tango; reading non-fiction; consuming current events (I am a news junkie); husband’s cooking
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Milan Gupta Chavarkar
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: School of Nursing
Division: Family Health Care Nursing
Site(s): Parnassus and Mount Zion
Degrees: BA, UC Berkeley; Master of Nursing Science, Columbia University
Previous position(s): Clinic Manager and Family Nurse Practitioner/Midwife
Research interests: Community health, culture and health, advance practice nursing outcomes
Clinical interests: Adolescent health, obstetrics, family medicine
Other interests: Running, tennis, reading, travel and cooking
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Yifan Cheng
Title: Assistant Professor in Residence
Department: Biochemistry & Biophysics
Site(s): Mission Bay
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Phone number: 415-514-9707
Degrees: Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences
Previous position(s): Instructor in Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: I am interested in using molecular electron microscopy as a tool to study the structures of macromolecule assemblies
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Clement C. Cheung
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Pediatric Endocrinology
Site(s): Parnassus, Mission Bay
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: MD, PhD, University of Washington
Previous position(s): Clinical Instructor, UCSF, 2006; Pediatric Residency and Fellowship, UCSF, 2001-2005
Research interests: Fetal programming, hypothalamic development, neuroendocrinology
Clinical interests: Obesity, pubertal disorders, pituitary & hypothalamic disorders
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Cynthia S. Chiu
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Ophthalmology
Division: Surgery
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-2896 (Academic), 353-2800 (Clinical)
Degrees: MD, UCSF, 2000; Internship, Stanford University Medical School 2001; Residency, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 2004
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical School/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Research interests: Giant cell arteritis, ocular ischemia, and optimizing outcomes after cataract surgery
Clinical interests: Advances in small-incision, sutureless cataract surgery, ocular and orbital inflammation and eye pathology.
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Gurpreet S. Chopra
Department: Psychiatry
Division: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Box: 0852
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 206-6195
Website: SFGH
Degrees: BA, Harvard College; MD, University of Tennessee - Memphis School of Medicine
Previous position(s): Fellow, Dept of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Resident, Dept of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Research interests: Development models; cultural psychiatry; integrative medicine; psychedelic pharmacology
Clinical interests: Child, adolescent and adult psychiatry
Other interests: Qi Gong, walking the redwoods
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Lisa Chung
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences
Division: Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health
Site(s): Laurel Heights
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-2532
Degrees: BS, University of Washington; DDS, UCSF; MPH, UC Berkeley
Previous position(s): Resident, Dental Public Health, UCSF
Research interests: Oral health disparities in children; oral health promotion during pregnancy
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Harold R. Collard
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Acting Director of Clinical Services
Department: Medicine
Division: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Site(s): SFGH
Box: 0841
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-206-8314
Degrees: BA, Harvard College; MD, Duke University; Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado
Previous position(s): Interstitial Lung Disease Program, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Research interests: Focus on questions surrounding management of patients with interstitial lung disease, including how best to diagnose and treat these conditions as well as the impact of diagnosis on patient's quality of life and survival
Clinical interests: Care of patients with interstitial lung disease
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Eric J. Collier
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Site(s): Laurel Heights
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Phone number: 476-1029
Degrees: PhD, UCSF; MSc, UCSF; BSN, Loyola University, New Orleans
Research interests: Quality and cost of care in nursing homes; workforce (staffing)
Other interests: From the east coast of Canada: Newfoundland
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Lynn E. Connolly
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Infectious Diseases
Site(s): Mission Bay, Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-5293
Degrees: MD, PhD, UCSF
Previous position(s): Acting Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Research interests: Tuberculosis drug discovery, mycobacterial infections, bacterial persistence, phenotypic antibiotic resistance
Clinical interests: HIV/AIDS, mycobacterial infections, HIV/TB co-infection, general infectious diseases
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Marco Conti
Title: Professor and Director, Center for Reproductive Sciences
Department: OB/GYN & Reproductive Science
Box: 0556
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-4295
Degrees: MD, University of Rome
Research interests: Reproductive science
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Kelly M. Cordoro
Title: Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Dermatology
Site(s): Mount Zion, VAMC
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Phone number: 885-7393
Degrees: BS, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA; MD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Internship, Internal Medicine, Univeristy of Virginia; Residency, Dermatology, University of Virginia
Previous position(s): 2004-2005, Chief Resident, Dermatology, University of Virginia; 2007-2008, Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Dermatology, UCSF
Clinical interests: Pediatric dermatology, psoriasis, autoimmune diseases, pediatric laser surgery and procedures, teledermatology and medical education
Other interests: Pediatric teledermatology, pediatric melanoma
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Madhavi Dandu
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Hospitalist Division
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: MD, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 2000; Residency, UCSF, 2003; MPH, UC Berkeley, 2004
Previous position(s): Clinical Instructor, University of Michigan
Clinical interests: Global health, health and human rights, public health
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Creg Darby
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Cell and Tissue Biology
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-476-3104
Website: http://www.ucsf.edu/bms/faculty/darby.html
Degrees: PhD, University of Washington, 1998
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Research interests: Biofilms, microbial pathogenesis, C. elegans
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Sanjeev A. Datar
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Critical Care
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0106
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 502-6391
Degrees: MD, PhD, University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Research interests: Altered pulmonary blood flow and lung fluid balance, lymphatics
Clinical interests: Congenital heart defects, palliative care
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Michael B. Davio
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Anesthesia/Perioperative Care
Site(s): Parnassus, Mount Zion
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-2131
Website: http://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/external/index.html
Degrees: MD, Loma Linda University; Residency, Loma Linda University
Previous position(s): UCSF, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Fellowship
Clinical interests: Liver Transplant
Eugene De Juan
Title: Jean Kelly Stock Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Department: Ophthalmology
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0730
Phone number: 415-476-0496
Degrees: University of South Alabama
Previous position(s): Director, Doheny Eye Institute
Research interests: Ocular medical and surgical therapeutics
Clinical interests: Vitreous and retina
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Andrew Dela Rama
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: BS, 2000, University of San Francisco; DDS, 2005, Creighton University Medical Center School of Dentistry
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Ana Delgado
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: OB/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences
Division: Nurse Midwives of San Francisco
Site(s): SFGH
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 206-5106
Degrees: BA, Claremont McKenna College; MSN, UCSF School of Nursing
Previous position(s): Nurse-Midwife, St. Lukes Women's Center
Clinical interests: Alternatives to continuous electronic fetal monitoring, prevention of lifestyle-related pregnancy and GYN complications, postpartum support and infant outcomes
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Donna Y. Deng
Title: Assistant Professor In Residence
Department: Urology
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0738
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-476-1611
Degrees: MD, UC Davis
Previous position(s): Fellowship in Pelvic Reconstruction & Urodynamics, UCLA Dept of Urology
Research interests: Incontinence, Neurourology
Clinical interests: Incontinence, pelvic reconstruction for prolapse, voiding dysfunction and neurourology. Special interest in fistula repair and international work in Africa
Other interests: travel and food
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Tejal A. Desai
Title: Professor
Department: Physiology
Division: Bioengineering
Site(s): QB3-Mission Bay
Box: 2520
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: PhD, UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering
Previous position(s): Associate Professor, Boston University
Research interests: Micro and nanfabrication for drug delivery and tissue engineering
Other interests: Raised in Santa Barbara, 2 children (8 months and 2 years old
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Michael DiSandro
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Urology
Division: Pediatric Urology
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0738
Phone number: 476-1611
Degrees: BA, Colgate University; MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Residency, University of California, Davis, Urology; Fellowship, Univeristy of California, San Francisco, Pediatric Urology
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Miami
Research interests: Vesicoureteral reflux, environmental toxins in hypospadias
Clinical interests: Hypospadias, reconstructive urology, vesicoureteral reflux
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David B. Donner
Title: Professor In Residence
Department: Surgery
Box: 1932
Phone number: 415-353-9289
Degrees: PhD
Previous position(s): Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
Research interests: TNF receptor structure and function; angiogenesis, inflammation proteins that bind the low-affinity NG-F receptor (p75nITR) and mediate its functions
Sarita Dubey
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Division: Hematology/Oncology
Site(s): Mount Zion
Box: 1705
Phone number: 415-353-9674
Degrees: MBBS, Kilpauk Medical College, Madras, India; Residency, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Fellowship in Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin
Previous position(s): Clinical Instructor, University of Wisconsin
Research interests: Targeted agents, chemotherapy clincal trials in thoracic malignancies
Clinical interests: Thoracic malignancies
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Steven Dubois
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Hematology / Oncology
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0106
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-3831
Degrees: BA, Swarthmore College; MS Harvard School of Public Health; MD, UCSF
Previous position(s): Instructor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Early phase clinical trials of targeted therapies for pediatric solid tumors
Clinical interests: Pediatric solid tumors including sarcoma and neuroblastoma
Jeremy C. Durack
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Division: Interventional Radiology
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/ir/
Degrees: BS, Duke University; MS, Biological and Medical Informatics, UCSF; MD, Stanford; Residency, Diagnostic Radiology; Fellowship, International Radiology, UCSF
Other interests: Biomedical informatics, medical education
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Christopher C. Dvorak
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Bone Marrow Transplant
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-2188
Degrees: BS, University of California, San Diego; MD, Vanderbilt University
Previous position(s): Clinical Instructor, Stanford University, 2005-2007
Clinical interests: Supportive care following BMT, prevention of relapse following BMT
Shari L. Dworkin
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Site(s): Laurel Heights
Box: Box 0612
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-9487
Degrees: MS 2005, Biostatistics; Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; PhD 2000, Department of Sociology and Certificate in Gender Studies, University of Southern California; MA 1994, Sociology, University of Maryland; BS, 1990, honors in Business Logistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor, Clinical Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry; Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University; Associate Director of Training, Postdoctoral Program in HIV Infection. NIMH-T32, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NYSPI and Columbia University
Research interests: Social inequality and health, gender relations and HIV prevention, HIV policies in emerging and concentrated epidemics, masculinity and health
Other interests: Ethics in randomized trials, analyses of media imagery/messages and health
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Maggie Feeney
Title: Assistant Professor in Residence
Department: Medicine
Division: Experimental Medicine
Site(s): SFGH
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 206-8218
Degrees: BA, Dartmouth; MD, U Pennsylvania; MMSc, Harvard Medical School
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Pediatric HIV infection, mother-to-child transmission of HIV, malaria, global health
Clinical interests: Pediatric infectious diseases
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Brian Feldman
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Pediatric Endocrinology
Site(s): Parnassus, Mission Bay
Box: 0434
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-8216
Degrees: MD, Stanford University, 2001; PhD, Stanford University, 2001
Previous position(s): 2006, Pediatric Endocrinology, UCSF; 2004, Pediatrics, Harvard
Research interests: Nuclear hormone receptors, stem cell biology
Clinical interests: General pediatric endocrinology, growth and development, metabolism
Other interests: Hometown: Stanford, CA
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Laurie Fields
Title: Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Psychiatry
Division: Psychosocial Medicine
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-437-3037
Degrees: PhD, Clinical Psychology; PhD Community Psychology
Previous position(s): Assistant Clinical Professor, UC Davis School of Medicine
Research interests: Developing effective integrative models of psychiatric treatment for trauma victims from underserved populations
Clinical interests: Individual, family and group psychotherapy; anxiety disorders, post traumatic stress disorder; post romantic stress disorder; relationship problems
Other interests: Hiking, dancing, films, fine dining, travel
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Oren K. Fix
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gastroenterology
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: MD, State University at Buffalo School of Medicine; MSc (Epidemiology), Boston School of Public Health
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington
Research interests: Hepatocellular carcinoma, acute liver failure, portopulmonary hypertension
Other interests: snowboarding, kiteboarding
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Cristina Flores
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Site(s): Laurel Heights
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 650-483-1202
Degrees: PhD, UCSF, Nursing Health Policy, 2007
Research interests: My primary research interests focus on quality assurance and quality improvement in long term care settings for the elderly. My current work is directed to Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly/Assisted Living and the development of electronic information systems necessary for the monitoring of quality care and consumer choice.
Clinical interests: Care of the elderly in long term care settings
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Chris Flowers
Title: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Department: Radiology
Division: Women’s Imaging
Site(s): Mount Zion
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 885-7758
Degrees: University of London MB BS
Previous position(s): Consultant Radiologist, University of Wales, Swansea
Research interests: Imaging Workstations, Dual Energy Mammography, Tomosynthesis, Breast Biopsy, Ultrasound
Clinical interests: Breast Cancer, Biopsy Techniques, Ultrasound, Benign Breast Disease
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Judith M. Ford
Title: Adjunct Professor
Site(s): VAMC
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 221-4810 x 4187
Degrees: BA, Stanford University; MA, UC Berkeley; PhD, Yale University
Previous position(s): Full Professor, Stanford University; Full Professor, Yale University
Research interests: Schizophrenia - neurobiology of auditory hallucinations
Other interests: skiing, hometown: Los Alamos, NM
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Peter Ganz
Title: Chief, Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital; Maurice Eliaser Jr. Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Division: Cardiology
Site(s): SFGH
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 206-3024
Degrees: MD, Harvard Medical School
Previous position(s): Director of Research, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Translational research in vascular disease – endothelial function (nitric oxide, endothelin-1), vascular inflammation, vascular imaging)
Clinical interests: Interventional cardiology; preventive cardiology
Other interests: biking, hiking, classical music, the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots
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Graham A. Glass
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Neurology
Division: Movement Disorders
Site(s): Parnassus, VAMC
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: Neurology residence, Tufts; Movement Disorders Fellowship, Mayo Clinic
Research interests: Movement electrophysiology
Clinical interests: Parkinson Disease, Myoclonus, Dystonia, Atypical Parkinsonian syndromes
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Jessica E. Haberer
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: General Internal Medicine
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 353-4624
Degrees: BS, Biological Sciences, Stanford University; MD, Yale University; MS, Health Services Research, Stanford University
Previous position(s): Clinical and Research Advisor for the Clinton Foundation AIDS/HIV Initiative
Research interests: Adherence and anti-retroviral therapy
Clinical interests: HIV/AIDS
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Atsushi Hayashi
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Ophthalmology
Division: Retina, Vitreous
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-476-0496
Degrees: MD, PhD, Osaka University Medical School
Previous position(s): Director of Ophthalmology, Meiwa Hospital; Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School
Research interests: Drug delivery system, angiogenesis, neuroprotection
Clinical interests: Surgical and medical retina
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Shinjiro Hirose
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department: Surgery
Division: Pediatric Surgery
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: MD, New York Medical College; Residency, UCSF; Fellowship, UCSF Fetal Treatment Center Laboratory
Research interests: Surgical robotics in pediatric and fetal surgery
Clinical interests: Minimally invasive surgery for GI, biliary, liver and thoracic disorders in children
Other interests: Motorcycle riding and golf
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John D. Hixson
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Department: Neurology
Division: Epilepsy
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0138
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 353-2437
Degrees: MD, Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine; Neurology Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Previous position(s): Clinical Instructor, UCSF
Research interests: Emotion processing in temporal lobe epilepsy
Clinical interests: Epilepsy
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Brooke Hollister
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Institute For Health & Aging, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Site(s): Laurel Heights
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: PhD, Sociology, UCSF
Previous position(s): Research specialist
Research interests: Aging health and social policy, Social Security, Medicare, social insurance, long term care, breast cancer, cervical cancer, Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia, Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Other interests: Vice Chair of the Gray Panthers, an intergenerational economic and social justice advocacy organization
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Oisaeng Hong
Title: Acting Associate Professor, Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program
Department: Community Health Systems
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 502-5581
Degrees: BS, MS, Yongsei University, South Korea; PhD, University of illinois at Chicago; Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Previous position(s): Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Michigan, School of Nursing
Research interests: Noise exposure and hearing loss, tailored intervention using information technology, health promotion among vulnerable populations
Other interests: Swimming, tennis, travel, gardening
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Mehran Hossaini
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Box: 0440
Degrees: DMD, Oregon Health Sciences University
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor of Surgery, Hahnemann University
Clinical interests: Dental implants; hard and soft tissue reconstruction; facial trauma
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Amy J. Houtrow
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Medical Director of Pediatric Rehabilitation
Department: Pediatrics
Division: General Pediatrics
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: 0136
Degrees: BA, Kalamzoo College; MD, Michigan State University College of Medicine; MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Previous position(s): Residency in Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital; Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Cincinnati Hospital
Research interests: Ensuring adequate health care financing to provide high quality care to children with disabilities
Clinical interests: Rehabilitation of children with disabling conditions related to injury, illness and genetic/congenital/developmental disorders
Other interests: Hometown — Kalamazoo, Michigan; Interests include theatre, fine dining, traveling
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Renee Y. Hsia
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Emergency Medicine
Site(s): SFGH
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 206-4612
Degrees: MD, Harvard medical School; MSc, London School of Economics/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; AB, Princeton University
Research interests: Disparities in access to emergency care, access to trauma care, reimbursements for emergency care, Emergency Department utilization, effects of uninsurance and underinsurance on healthcare and utilization, global burden of disease of injury in the developing world, cost-effectiveness of basic emergency services in low-income countries
Clinical interests: Trauma, HIV-related emergencies, the practice of emergency medicine in developing countries
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James Huang
Title: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Pediatric Hematology
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-4901
Degrees: MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1991
Previous position(s): 1999-2006, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; 1997-1999, Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; 1994-1997, Fellow in Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Children's Hospital, Boston and Dana Farber Cancer Institute; 1991-1994, Internship and Residency, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Research interests: Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, hemostasis, thrombosis
Clinical interests: Hemophilia, thrombophilia, hemoglobinopathy, bone marrow failure
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Frederick Huang
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Psychiatry
Site(s): SFGH
Box: 0852
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-206-4585
Degrees: MD, UCSF
Research interests: Immigration and psychiatry, depression, organizational psychiatry
Other interests: Sailing
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Bo Huang
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Site(s): Mission Bay
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-1866
Degrees: PhD, Stanford University
Previous position(s): Postdoc, Harvard university
Research interests: Super-resolution optical microscopy, macromolecular architecture, membrane receptor organization and dynamics
Ogechi Ikediobi
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Department: Clinical Pharmacy
Site(s): Laurel Heights
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: PharmD, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Research interests: Cancer genetics, pharmacogenomics
Clinical interests: Pharmacogenomics
Other interests: Salsa dance instructor, mountain biking, hiking, creative writing, global health (sustained development in developing countries)
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Sam H. James
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Nephrology
Site(s): SFGH
Box: Box 1341
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-4618
Degrees: MBBCh & M.Med (Internal Medicine) University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Previous position(s): Medical Director, Kidney Pancreas Transplant Program, University of Arizona HSC
Research interests: Vascular access for dialysis and hypertension
Clinical interests: Diabetic renal failure and malignant hypertension
Other interests: Squash and golf, clay pots
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Jeffrey H. Janian
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor; Program Director, Postgraduate Endodontics
Department: Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences
Division: Endodontics
Site(s): Parnassus
Degrees: DDS, UCSF; Certificate in Endodontics, VA Long Beach
Previous position(s): Assistant Clinical Professor - Volunteer, UCSF School of Dentistry
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Theresa Jaramillo
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-8882
Degrees: BS, New York University; Postprofessional MS, Physical therapy, University of Indianapolis
Previous position(s): Pediatric Physical Therapist, CCS, San Mateo; Part time Assistant Clinical Professor, SFSU
Clinical interests: Pediatrics, adult neurology, clinical instruction
Other interests: Family and outdoor activities
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Linda Jo Bone Jeng
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Laboratory Medicine
Site(s): China Basin Landing
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 514-8218
Degrees: MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University
Research interests: Development of clinical laboratory molecular tests
Clinical interests: Clinical molecular genetics
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Bennie H. Jeng
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Department: Ophthalmology
Site(s): Parnassus, SFGH
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-1921, 206-8304
Degrees: MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; Associate Staff, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Research interests: Corneal epithelial healing, eye banking, new surgical techniques
Clinical interests: Corneal transplantation, infectious keratitis
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Ella Fung Jones
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Radiology
Division: Center for Molecular & Functional Imaging
Phone number: 415-353-9469
Website: http://cmfi.ucsf.edu/index.shtml
Degrees: PhD, Chemistry, UC Davis
Previous position(s): Senior Scientist, VisEn Medical, Inc.; Research Specialist, solutia Inc.; Senior Research Chemist, Monsanto Chemical Company; Post-doctoral Fellow, Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc.; Post-doctoral Fellow, Associate Member of Balliol College, University of Oxford
Research interests: Optical imaging; molecular beacons; dual-modality imaging probes; second generation X-ray contrast agents; SPECT/CT; in vivo staging of diseases and monitoring of drug response
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Richard Kasper
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Pathology/Dermatopathology
Site(s): Mount Zion
Box: 1790
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: MD, University of Toronto; Dermatopathology Fellowsip, UCSF
Previous position(s): Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Calgary
Research interests: Infectious disease, oncology
Clinical interests: Infectious disease, rheumatology, dermatology
Other interests: Originally from Canmore, Alberta; skiing, cycling, squash, windsurfing
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Adrienne Kassis
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Family & Community Medicine
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: BS, Physiological Sciences, UCLA, 2000; MD, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2004
Previous position(s): Swedish Family Medicine Residency, Seattle, WA
Clinical interests: Women's health, outpatient procedures, pediatric care
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Victoria Floriani Keeton
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Family Health Care Nursing
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: Box 0606
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-6092
Degrees: BA, UC San Diego; MS, UCSF
Research interests: Childhood obesity, physical activity, latino populations
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Robert C. Kersten
Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Department: Ophthalmology
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-5698
Website: http://www.ucsfeye.net/
Degrees: MD, University of Iowa
Previous position(s): Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati
Clinical interests: Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, cosmetic eyelid and facial surgery
Other interests: Skiing, biking (road and mountain) sailing, climbing
Elham Khanafshar
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Pathology
Division: Cytopathology
Site(s): Mount Zion
Box: 1785
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-353-7380
Degrees: Resident in Cytopathology, Cedars sinai Medical Center; Fellowship in Surgical Pathology, UC San Diego; Fellowship in Cytopathology, University of Southern California
Previous position(s): Fellowship in Cytopathology, University of Southern California
Research interests: Tumorogenesis of different types of cancers including breast and thyroid cancers
Clinical interests: Cytopathology, Fine needle aspiration
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Nasim Sabery Khavari
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Gastroenterology
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-5892
Degrees: MD, University of Minnesota; MPH, Harvard University
Previous position(s): Pediatric Residency, Stanford University, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital; Gastroenterology Fellowship, Harvard University, Children's Hospital Boston
Clinical interests: Celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, general pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
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Anne Kinderman
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Hospital Medicine
Site(s): SFGH
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 206-3303
Degrees: BA, History, Yale University; MD, Rush University; Internal Medicine Residency, UCSF; Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship, Stanford
Research interests: Medical education, measuring the impact of palliative care consult services
Clinical interests: Palliative Care in public hospitals
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Yuriy Kirichok
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Physiology
Site(s): Mission Bay
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-6310
Degrees: PhD, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology & Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
Previous position(s): Research Associate in Dr. David Clapham Lab at HHMI, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital, Boston
Research interests: Ion channels and excitability of cellular membranes
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Ophir Klein
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Orofacial Sciences & Pediatrics
Division: Craniofacial Anomalies
Site(s): Parnassus
Box: Box 0442
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-4719
Website: http://www.ucsf.edu/bms/faculty/klein.html
Degrees: MD / PhD Yale University; Pediatrics Residency, Yale University; Genetics Fellow/Postdoc, UCSF
Research interests: Craniofacial & dental anomalies
Clinical interests: Craniofacial & dental anomalies
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Andrew Krutchinsky
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Box: 2280
Degrees: PhD, University of Manitoba
Previous position(s): Research Associate, Rockefeller University
Research interests: Mass spectrometry for biological and biomedical applications
Other interests: Art
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Ronald H. Labuguen
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Family & Community Medicine
Site(s): SFGH
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-206-8446
Degrees: BA, University of Virginia, 1992; MD, University of Virginia, 1997
Previous position(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Clinical interests: Evidence-based medicine, preventive health maintenance, practice management
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Diana Laird
Title: Assistant Professor in Residence
Department: OB/GYN & Reproductive Sciences; The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Division: Center for Reproductive Sciences
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 476-5471
Degrees: PhD, Stanford, 2003; AB, Harvard, 1995
Previous position(s): Postdoctoral Fellow, Sloan Kettering Institute
Research interests: Germ cell development, Wnt signaling, evolution of development
Other interests: Hikiing, gardening, backcountry skiing
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Thuan Quoc Le
Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department: Orofacial Sciences
Division: Pediatric Dentistry
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 415-502-7829
Degrees: BS and DDS, University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill; Pediatric residency and PhD, UCSF
Research interests: Enamel extracellular protein functions, protein-protein and protein-cell interactions to regulate tooth formation
Clinical interests: Pediatric dentistry, oral and dental care for medically compromised children, orthodontics for children and adolescents
Other interests: Grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and am forever a fan of Tar Heels basketball. Go Tar Heels!
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Henry Chong Lee
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Division: Neonatology
Site(s): UCSF Children's Hospital at Valley Care
Box: Box 0734
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois; MD, University of Illinois at Chicago; MS, Clinical Epidemiology, Stanford University
Previous position(s): Instructor, Stanford University
Clinical interests: Neonatology
Other interests: health outcomes, quality improvement
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Heather C. Leutwyler
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Physiological Nursing
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone number: 514-1524
Degrees: BS, Neuroscience, University of Texas at Dallas; MSN, University of San Francisco; PhD, UCSF
Previous position(s): Family Nurse Practitioner, Canyon Manor Residential Treatment Center
Research interests: Physical health of older adults with schizophrenia
Clinical interests: Primary care of older adults with schizophrenia
Other interests: Running, triathlons
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Christopher Y. Lin
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences
Site(s): Parnassus
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Degrees: BS, UC Davis; DDS, New York University; MPH, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Previous position(s): AEGD Resident, UCSF; Fellow in Geriatric Dentistry, Baylor University
Research interests: Public health, community dentistry and geriatrics
Clinical interests: Preventive, restorative and removable dentistry
Other interests: Family time with my wife and 3 kids; visiting all the Major League Baseball Parks the San Francisco Giants play against; reading and studying the bible.