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Office
4077 Fifth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103Phone+1 619-294-8111
Summary
- David L. Tran, M.D. (he/him/his) is a Family Medicine and Palliative Care physician. A UC Berkeley graduate, he attended medical school at UC Irvine before completing Family Medicine residency at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in Southern California. In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious American Academy of Family Physicians Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education. He completed an additional fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Care with UC San Diego/Scripps Health.
After training, he served as the Department Chair of Palliative Care and Support Services at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, where he oversaw five clinics throughout the Bay Area to provide community-based palliative care services for patients and families coping with complex medical illness. He now resides in San Diego.
He continues to serve as a policy advocate at the intersection of diversity and structural racism within palliative care, health policy, and medical aid-in-dying.
Education & Training
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2017 - 2018
Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterResidency, Family Medicine, 2014 - 2017
University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 2014, MD
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine- American Board of Family Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- AAFP Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education American Academy of Family Physicians, 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 6 citationsRapid De-Escalation and Triaging Patients in Community-Based Palliative Care.David L. Tran, Steve Lai, Ramy Salah, Angela Wong, Jill N. Bryon
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2020-04-08
Journal Articles
- Rapid De-Escalation and Triaging Patients in Community-Based Palliative CareTran D, Lai S, Salah R, Wong A, Bryon J, McKenna M, Chan Y, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 4/7/2020
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External Links
- LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/davidltranmd/
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