LeahJeanWittMD(She/Her)

[Pronunciation: Lee-uh]

Asthma & COPD, Interstitial Lung Diseases

Assistant Clinical Professor

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505 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-476-1000

Fax+1 415-353-2640

Dr. Leah Witt is a pulmonologist and geriatrician based in San Francisco, California. She completed her fellowship in Geriatrics at UCSF in 2018. She completed her Pulmonary fellowship at the University of Chicago in 2017 following her residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution from 2011 to 2014. Dr. Witt is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School and holds a BA in Anthropology from Northwestern University. From 2019-2023 she was a HRSA Geriatric Academic Career Awardee for her work on interprofessional geriatrics education for chronic lung disease care. In 2024, she was inducted into UCSF's Academy for Medical Educators. Since 2021, she has served as the Pulmonary Associate Chief for Ambulatory Affairs. In 2022, she was selected to be a Fellowship Coach for the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at UCSF.

University of ChicagoFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2017
University of ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2014
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2011
Northwestern UniversityBA, Anthropology, 2003 - 2007

PubMed

Identifying priority challenges of older adults with COPD: A multiphase intervention refinement study.
Anand S Iyer, Rachel D Wells, Avery C Bechthold, Margaret Armstrong, Ronan O'Beirne
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024-11-01
1 citations
A Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Research...
Laura C Myers, Jennifer K Quint, Nathaniel M Hawkins, Nirupama Putcha, Alan Hamilton
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2024-09-15
Examining the Longitudinal Relationship Between Olfactory Dysfunction and Frailty in Community-Dwelling, older US Adults.
Esther Wang, Kristen E Wroblewski, Martha K McClintock, Leah J Witt, Jayant M Pinto
Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2024-07-01

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