Alison Rustagi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

alison.rustagi@ucsf.edu

Dr. Alison Rustagi is an Assistant Professor at UCSF and a primary care doctor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the San Francisco VA. Dr. Rustagi’s focus is on precision prevention. The goals of her research are to maximize the benefits of preventive health services such as cancer screening, minimize their harms, and improve access, as well as harmonize best practices for implementation. At the VA, she studies the epidemiology of screening for lung cancer, a disease for which veterans have a uniquely increased risk.

Education & Training

  • Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2021
  • MD University of California, San Francisco 2018
  • Post-doctoral fellowship Global Health University of Washington 2016
  • PhD Epidemiology University of Washington 2013
  • BA Human Biology Stanford University 2005

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