Paula Joy Lum MD MPH FASAM

Internal Medicine•San Francisco, CA

Addiction Medicine, HIV/AIDS Medicine

Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

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995 Potrero AveBuilding 80, Ward 84San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone+1 628-206-2400

Summary

UCSF Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship:

The program prepares primary care physicians to become leaders in the care of persons with substance use disorders in safety net communities of San Francisco.

Education & Training

University of California San Francisco School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1996 - 1999
University of California, BerkeleyM.P.H., Epidemiology, 1996 - 1997
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1993, M.D.
Stanford UniversityMA, Sociology, 1984 - 1985
Stanford UniversityBA, Human Biology, 1980 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1994 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine

Clinical Trials

Buprenorphine and Integrated HIV Care Evaluation Start of enrollment: 2005 Aug 01
Unknown status
Phase 4
A Randomized Trial of Vaccine Adherence in Young Injection Drug Users Start of enrollment: 2004 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Integrating Buprenorphine Into the SFGH AIDS Program Start of enrollment: 2005 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Staged Phase I/II Hepatitis C Prophylactic Vaccine Start of enrollment: 2012 Mar 06
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Patient-Centered Models of HCV Care for People Who Inject Drugs Start of enrollment: 2016 Sep 15
COMPLETED
NA
Effect of Methamphetamine on Residual Latent HIV Disease Study Start of enrollment: 2021 Jan 01
COMPLETED
PHASE4
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Improvement in anxiety symptoms during treatment of Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: The HERO study.
Jessica Obeysekare, Irene Pericot-Valverde, Snehal Lopes, Megan Groome, Brianna L Norton
Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2025-05-01
Patient-navigator working alliance and hepatitis C treatment cascade outcomes among persons who inject drugs: The HERO study.
Snehal S Lopes, J Edward Dotherow, Irene Pericot-Valverde, Paula J Lum, Lynn E Taylor
Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2025-05-01
Variability of Hepatitis C Treatment Cascade Outcomes among People Who Inject Drugs across Geographically Diverse Clinics in the US: The HERO Study.
Snehal S Lopes, Moonseong Heo, Irene Pericot-Valverde, Brianna L Norton, Lynn E Taylor
Viruses. 2024-09-30

Journal Articles

2017 HIVMA of IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Chronic Pain in Patients Living with HIV
Peter Selwyn, Jessica Merlin, Carla Alexander, Glenn Jordan Treisman, Paula J Lum, Amanda H Corbett, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Press Mentions

Examining Systems, Substance Use, and Disenfranchisement: Overview and Proceedings of the 2022 AMERSA ConferenceMay 8th, 2023
Trump Administration Embraces Partnership with Pharma to Fight Opioid CrisisSeptember 19th, 2017

Grant Support

A Randomized Trial Of Vaccine Adherence In Young IDUNational Institute On Drug Abuse2003–2006

Professional Memberships

Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research on Substance Use and Addiction - AMERSA
Member
American College of Academic Addiction Medicine - ACAAM
Member
American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM
Member
American College of Physicians - ACP
Member