Leah S Karliner MD MAS
Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine
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1545 Divisadero StSan Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-353-7900
Fax+1 415-514-8666
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Summary
- Dr. Leah Karliner is a primary care internist in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with UCSF Health. She received her medical degree from University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and has been in practice 22 years. Her research is focused on healthcare disparities and health equity, physician-patient communication, and health services accessibility. She is the Director of the UCSF Center for Aging in Diverse Communities and the UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center.
Education & Training
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1999 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Clinical Trials
- The Brain Health Study: A Pragmatic, Patient-Centered Trial Start of enrollment: 2022 Dec 07
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Partial language concordance in primary care communication: What is lost, what is gained, and how to optimize.Genevieve Leung, Dennis Dea, Evelyn Y Ho, Lisa Diamond, Maria E Garcia
Patient Education and Counseling. 2025-05-01 - Depression Treatment After a Positive Depression Screen Result.Maria E Garcia, Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, John Neuhaus, Julian C Hong, Ladson Hinton
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2025-02-01 - 1 citationsAn Exploratory Investigation of Heritage and Educational Language Exposures as Factors in Medical Student Spanish Language Proficiency.Pilar Ortega, José Alberto Figueroa, Steven E Gregorich, Leah Karliner, Javier González
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025-01-22
Journal Articles
- Mammography Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women Have Longer Follow‐up TimesLeah S Karliner, Karla Kerlikowske, Health Services Research
- Disparities in Hypertension Control Across and Within Three Health Systems Participating in a Data-Sharing CollaborativeKevin Selby, Leah Karliner, Rajiv Pramanik, Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine
Authored Content
- A Comparison of Electronic Patient-Portal Use Among Patients with Resident and Attending Primary Care ProvidersSeptember 2018
Press Mentions
Routine Depression Screening May Capture Underdiagnosed Patient PopulationsAugust 21st, 2022- Routine Depression Screening May Capture Underdiagnosed Patient PopulationsAugust 18th, 2022
- Telemedicine — a Boon for Many in the Pandemic — Threatened with CutbacksSeptember 4th, 2021
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Grant Support
- Center for Aging in Diverse Communities: Ending Health Inequities in Older AdultsUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO1997–2028
- Center for Aging in Diverse Communities: Ending Health Inequities in Older AdultsUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO1997–2028
- Mentoring Researchers on Clinical Communication With Diverse Aging PopulationsUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO2021–2026
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