Anne Kinderman, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

anne.kinderman@ucsf.edu 415-353-3906

Dr. Anne Kinderman is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and provides clinical care as an attending physician in the UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine.

After completing her Internal Medicine Residency at UCSF and Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Stanford, she returned to San Francisco General Hospital in 2009, to help develop the Supportive & Palliative Care Consult Service, as its founding Director. Between 2009 and 2021, Dr. Kinderman helped to develop inpatient and outpatient palliative care services, along with numerous quality improvement and educational initiatives within the San Francisco Health Network. Dr. Kinderman’s scholarly work has included developing a curriculum in palliative care interpreting for professional medical interpreters, promoting high-quality care for vulnerable patients with serious illness, and expanding palliative care services in safety net health systems. Within the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, she helped to create and served as the founding chair of a Special Interest Group focused on the healthcare Safety Net, which advances collaboration and scholarship among palliative care providers caring for vulnerable patients. In 2014, she received a Sojourns Scholars Leadership Award from the Cambia Health Foundation, to support her development as a leader in Palliative Care, and was subsequently named an Inspiring Leader Under 40 by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Awards

  • Fellow designation, American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2022-2023
  • Inspiring Leader Under 40, American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2015-2016
  • Sojourns Scholar Leadership Award, Cambia Health Foundation, 2014-2016
  • Medicine Service Subspecialist Consultant of the Year Award, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, 2012-2013
  • Young Investigator Award, Junior Faculty Division, American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2011-2012
  • Commitment to Patient Care Award, UCSF Symptom Management Service, 2007-2008
  • Excellence in General Medicine Award, UCSF Internal Medicine Residency, 2006-2007

Education & Training

  • Fellowship Hospice & Palliative Medicine Stanford University 2009
  • Clinician-Educator Fellowship Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2008
  • Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2007
  • MD Medicine Rush Medical College 2004
  • BA History Yale University 1999

Interests

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  • health disparities
  • palliative care
  • Socioeconomically marginalized groups
  • health services accessibility
  • public hospitals
  • People with limited English proficiency

Websites

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Videos

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Publications (15)

Top publication keywords:
Stress, PsychologicalPalliative CareFeasibility StudiesHospice and Palliative Care NursingAdvance Care PlanningOncology NursingVisual Analog ScaleDecision MakingHospitals, PublicCaregiversHealth LiteracyMedical OncologyAnxietyHospitals, VoluntaryNeoplasms

  • Palliative Oncologic Care Curricula for Providers in Resource-Limited and Underserved Communities: a Systematic Review.
    Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2019 Xu MJ, Su D, Deboer R, Garcia M, Tahir P, Anderson W, Kinderman A, Braunstein S, Sherertz T
  • Identifying Opportunities to Improve Pain Among Patients With Serious Illness.
    Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Bischoff KE, O'Riordan DL, Fazzalaro K, Kinderman A, Pantilat SZ
  • Starting and Sustaining Palliative Care in Public Hospitals: Lessons Learned from a Statewide Initiative.
    Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Kinderman AL, Harris HA, Brousseau RT, Close P, Pantilat SZ
  • The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program: Project Summaries from the Inaugural Scholar Cohort.
    Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Kamal AH, Anderson WG, Boss RD, Brody AA, Campbell TC, Creutzfeldt CJ, Hurd CJ, Kinderman AL, Lindenberger EC, Reinke LF
  • “Improving Interpreting in Palliative Care.” Educational innovation abstract, J Palliative Medicine, 15(3):A-13, March
    “Improving Interpreting in Palliative Care.” Educational innovation abstract, J Palliative Medicine, 15(3):A-13, March 2012 Kinderman A, Roat C, and Parrish M
  • “Preventing the "Lost in Translation" Phenomenon: Piloting a Curriculum for Health Care Interpreters in End-of-Life Conversations (319-B)” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(2):353-354
    “Preventing the "Lost in Translation" Phenomenon: Piloting a Curriculum for Health Care Interpreters in End-of-Life Conversations (319-B)” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(2):353-354. 2012 Kinderman AL, Roat CA, and Parrish M
  • “Spreading Palliative Care in Public Hospitals in California.” System change abstract, J Palliative Medicine, 15(3):A-4, March
    “Spreading Palliative Care in Public Hospitals in California.” System change abstract, J Palliative Medicine, 15(3):A-4, March 2012 Parrish M and Kinderman A
  • “Piloting a curriculum in ‘Practice Management’: Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks.” Educational innovation abstract, JGIM, April
    “Piloting a curriculum in ‘Practice Management’: Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks.” Educational innovation abstract, JGIM, April 2007 Kinderman AL and Julian K
  • “Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Ascites.” Clinical vignette, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 18:68, April
    “Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Ascites.” Clinical vignette, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 18:68, April 2003 Kinderman AL and Shim TL
  • “A Hospital Wedding Ceremony,” published by Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care, 2011
    “A Hospital Wedding Ceremony,” published by Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care, 2011. Harris HA, Epperhart R, Kinderman AL