@UCSFDGIM

Excellence in providing primary and preventive health care, conducting innovative research, and training the best future doctors.

Joined November 2015
From @UCSFDGIM faculty Mia Williams, @mitchellfeldma2, and colleagues: Given the importance of sponsorship for career advancement in academic medicine, how do leaders think about and use sponsorship? link.springer.com/article/10…
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What makes a clinical trial a "pragmatic" trial? And how many self-designated pragmatic trials are successful in generating evidence for real-world decision-making? From @AlisonHuangMD, Thomas Travison, and Dereku Angus, this month in JAMA+ Trials: jamanetwork.com/channels/tri…
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What can we learn from a patient tech testing panel in primary care practice? Tech testing should draw on diverse patients by language, technology usage, and literacy to ensure digital interventions are equitably designed. From @janejih and colleagues: formative.jmir.org/2026/1/e8…
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Congratulations to Nhung Nguyen, PhD, PharmD, selected by the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators for Excellence in Teaching for 2025-2026! Sometimes great clinical scientists are also outstanding teachers--we look forward to more of both from @NguyenHEARTYlab.
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Findings from a randomized trial by UCSF DGIM and SCLC investigator @MayaVijayaragh1 and team indicate that higher-intensity interventions are needed to maintain smoke-free homes and support smoking cessation in permanent supportive housing. doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworko…
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From @LisaRotenstein and colleagues: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternme… "The erosion of trust between physicians and patients reflects our history, our systems, and our collective choices. But it is not inevitable...."
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🎉 Congratulations to our #SGIM26 Award Winner! 🎉 Please join us in celebrating Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil, recipient of the ACLGIM Chief’s Recognition Award. His outstanding work exemplifies excellence in general internal medicine. 👏 Help us congratulate Mitchell in the comments! #SGIM26 #AwardWinner #AcademicMedicine #InternalMedicine
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Happy to share our new NIH-funded MOSAAIC Study design and methods paper A new Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander longitudinal cohort sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @NIH @fredhutch @UW @nyulangone @UChicago @UHawaiiNews @StanfordMed @FoxChaseCancer @TempleUniv
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Today, the JAMA Network launches @JAMAplusTrials, a new online platform that highlights the vision, innovation, and resilience of clinical trial research. Designed for clinicians, investigators, trainees, and others engaged in clinical research worldwide, JAMA+ Trials is an interdisciplinary resource for enhancing insights and promoting dialogue in clinical trial research. 🧵
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For graduating IM & med/peds residents looking to expand skills as clinicians/educators, we are still accepting apps for our Clinician Educator Fellowship! This program grants protected time to explore academic areas of interest while doing primary care. tiny.ucsf.edu/clined
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Glad to discuss this widespread symptom in older adults. For most, nocturia doesn’t lend itself to a single magic bullet....
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Neither panacea nor poison: the swinging pendulum of menopausal hormone therapy
Viewpoint: Menopause care should extend beyond hormone therapy, emphasizing individualized care, clinician training, and evidence-based management. ja.ma/47RGQ8A
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🚨 New from our HEARTY Lab! Our new publication uncovers real-time predictors of nicotine vaping, cannabis vaping, and same-occasion co-vaping among young adults
Real-Time Antecedents of Young Adults’ Vaping and Co-Vaping of Nicotine and Cannabis: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study dlvr.it/TMVBnD
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Our @UCSFDGIM @UCSF_DOCIT faculty investigator @LisaRotenstein sharing her findings about understaffed physician teams with colleagues and journals at #SGIM25:
Editorial: At #SGIM25, JAMA Internal Medicine featured studies on physician well-being, health equity, and end-of-life care practices. ja.ma/3SsT4fy @pdfriedmann
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Glad to discuss the evidence for efficacy and safety of newer non-hormonal treatments for hot flashes with @lindseybever at @washingtonpost, who highlights the need for affordable and well-tolerated options for women with debilitating symptoms: washingtonpost.com/wellness/…
Estrogen therapy remains the most effective treatment for menopausal vasomotor symptoms, but our @JAMAInternalMed insights article describes evidence-based non-hormonal treatment options for women who are not candidates for or wish to avoid hormones: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternme…
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Next weekend, DoC-IT is headed to #ARM2025! Stay tuned for session reminders to catch @j_r_a_m Abimbola Fadairo-Azinge @AJHolmgren and @LisaRotenstein if you'll be in Minneapolis from June 7-10.
🚨#ARM2025 is less than a month away! Plan on joining DoC-IT experts sharing cutting-edge research on digital tools, clinical data, and health equity. 🗓 June 7–10 | 📍 Minneapolis, MN 🔗 Full DoC-IT session lineup: docit.ucsf.edu/events/academ… See you there! @AcademyHealth
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So proud of our @UCSF_DOCIT @UCSFHospitals team presenting back to back talks in the #cic25 @AMIAinformatics meeting. Talks show that rigorous research on AI scribe complements operational efforts to monitor impact. @LisaRotenstein @SaraMurrayMD AI scribe -> lower burnout.
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Excited to share the first time ever 🥁 "Sex-Specific CAC Percentiles Across South Asian Adults in U.S." 65% of men and 30% of women have CAC >0 by 55 ~75th percentile for 55yo SA men or 65yo SA women is absolute CAC score of 100 link: bit.ly/43l9TOw @JACCJournals
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Happy to discuss the health issues and needs of Asian Americans and NHPI populations today #AAPIHeritageMonth @AAPCHOtweets @AAPIData
5/16 on Samantha Heller's Health & Nutrition Show, @NYUDocs, 12-2 pm ET: @joansalgeblake #registereddietitian, on #weightloss medications eg,#GLP1 agonists. @alka_kanaya w/ research on the health needs of our #AsianAmerican #PacificIslander population. Open phones. 877-NYU-DOCS
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