Ayesha Appa, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Ayesha Appa is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital and a clinician investigator triply board-certified in Infectious Diseases, Addiction Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Her research program is centered on the integration of care for substance use disorders and HIV/serious infections, with an emphasis on implementing practical healthcare models.

Awards

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• Population Health & Health Equity Scholarship, UCSF, 2023
• Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Early-Career Excellence Award in Clinical Research, UCSF, 2023
• School of Medicine Bridges Curriculum Award: Excellence in Innovative Teaching Modalities, UCSF, 2022
• Department of Medicine Clinical Fellow Award (Infectious Diseases), UCSF, 2019
• Housestaff Achievement Award, University of Washington, 2018
• Residency Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Washington, 2017
• Gold Headed Cane Society Inductee, UCSF, 2013
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, UCSF, 2013

Education & Training

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• Infectious Diseases Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 04/2023
• Inter-CFAR Implementation Science Fellowship Johns Hopkins University 04/2022
• Addiction Medicine Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 08/2021
• Chief Residency University of Washington 06/2018
• Internal Medicine Residency University of Washington 06/2017
• MD with Distinction University of California, San Francisco 06/2014
• BA History modified with Biology Dartmouth College 06/2007

Publications (28)

Top publication keywords:
WomenBacteremiaCentral Nervous System StimulantsDrug OverdoseDrug UsersOpioid-Related DisordersTreatment RefusalStaphylococcal InfectionsSubstance-Related DisordersMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMethamphetamineSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalPatient ReadmissionPatient DischargeChronic Pain

• Identifying Implementation Determinants and Strategies for Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine in People with HIV Who Are Virally Unsuppressed.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024 Hickey MD, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Oskarsson J, Imbert E, Spinelli M, Szumowski JD, Appa A, Koester K, Dauria EF, McNulty M, Colasanti J, Havlir DV, Gandhi M, Christopoulos KA
• The positioning of ceftobiprole in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024 Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB
• Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: Frame Shift-Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized With Infections.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024 Thakarar K, Appa A, Abdul Mutakabbir JC, Goff A, Brown J, Tuell C, Fairfield K, Wurcel A
• Frame Shift: Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized With Infections.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024 Thakarar K, Appa A, Abdul Mutakabbir JC, Goff A, Brown J, Tuell C, Fairfield K, Wurcel A
• A Qualitative Exploration of Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV/TB Coinfected Persons With Problematic Alcohol Use Participating in an Incentive-Based Alcohol/Medication Adherence Intervention in Uganda During COVID-19.
  Violence against women 2024 Miller AP, Appa A, Muyindike W, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Beesiga B, Adong J, Emenyonu N, Marson K, Getahun M, Kamya M, Chamie G, Camlin CS, Hahn JA

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• Stimulant use and opioid-related harm in patients on long-term opioids for chronic pain.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2023 Appa A, McMahan VM, Long K, Shade SB, Coffin PO
• The IMPACT (Infection Management Plus Addiction Care Together) Pilot: A Case Series of Combined Contingency Management for Substance Use Disorders and Antibiotic Adherence in the Hospital Setting.
  Journal of addiction medicine 2023 Appa A, Baral S, Stein B, Knight K, Gandhi M, Coffin P, Martin M
• Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia-Controversies in Clinical Practice.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB
• Executive Summary: State-of-The-Art Review: Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Controversies in Clinical Practice.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB
• HIV Treatment Outcomes in POP-UP: Drop-in HIV Primary Care Model for People Experiencing Homelessness.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2022 Hickey MD, Imbert E, Appa A, Del Rosario JB, Lynch E, Friend J, Avila R, Clemenzi-Allen A, Riley ED, Gandhi M, Havlir DV
• Engagement in HIV care and viral suppression following changes in long-term opioid therapy for treatment for chronic pain.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Silvis J, Rowe CL, Dobbins S, Haq N, Vittinghoff E, McMahan VM, Appa A, Coffin PO
• Meeting people where they are: implementing hospital-based substance use harm reduction.
  Harm reduction journal 2022 Perera R, Stephan L, Appa A, Giuliano R, Hoffman R, Lum P, Martin M
• Comparative 1-Year Outcomes of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Persons With and Without Drug Use: An Observational Cohort Study.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin PO, Jain V
• Can I Safely Discharge a Patient with a Substance Use Disorder Home with a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter?
  NEJM evidence 2022 Appa A, Barocas JA
• Patient-Directed Discharges Among Persons Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Opportunities for Improvement.
  The American journal of medicine 2021 Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin P, Jain V
• Community Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Disproportionately Affects the Latinx Population During Shelter-in-Place in San Francisco.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Chamie G, Marquez C, Crawford E, Peng J, Petersen M, Schwab D, Schwab J, Martinez J, Jones D, Black D, Gandhi M, Kerkhoff AD, Jain V, Sergi F, Jacobo J, Rojas S, Tulier-Laiwa V, Gallardo-Brown T, Appa…
• SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing for an entire rural community: methods and feasibility of high-throughput testing procedures.
  Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique 2021 Appa A, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Baltzell K, Dippell K, Ribeiro S, Duarte E, Vinden J, Consortium C, Kramer-Feldman J, Rahdari S, MacIntosh D, Nicholson K, Im J, Havlir D, Greenhouse B
• Drug Overdose Deaths Before and After Shelter-in-Place Orders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in San Francisco.
  JAMA network open 2021 Appa A, Rodda LN, Cawley C, Zevin B, Coffin PO, Gandhi M, Imbert E
• Beyond Overdose: Drug-Related Deaths in People With and Without HIV in San Francisco, 2007-2018.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Appa A, Rowe C, Hessol NA, Coffin P
• Universal Polymerase Chain Reaction and Antibody Testing Demonstrate Little to No Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in a Rural Community.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Appa A, Takahashi S, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Duarte E, Hakim J, Turcios K, Vinden J, Janson O, Manglik A, Peluso MJ, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, Torres L, Rodgers M, Hackett J, Chiu C, …
• Universal PCR and antibody testing demonstrate little to no transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural community.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2020 Appa A, Takahashi S, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Consortium C, Duarte E, Hakim J, Turcios K, Vinden J, Janson O, Manglik A, Peluso MJ, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, Torres L, Rodgers M, Hackett…
• SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing for an entire rural community: methods and feasibility of high-throughput testing procedures.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2020 Appa A, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Baltzell K, Dippell K, Ribeiro S, Duarte E, Vinden J, CLIAHUB Consortium, Kramer-Feldman J, Rahdari S, MacIntosh D, Nicholson K, Im J, Havlir D, Greenhouse B
• Home-Based Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy at an Urban Safety Net Hospital: Comparing Outcomes in Persons With and Without Noninjection Drug Use.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Appa A, Marquez C, Jain V
• Characterizing Cefepime Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2017 Appa AA, Jain R, Rakita RM, Hakimian S, Pottinger PS
• The impact of multimorbidity on sexual function in middle-aged and older women: beyond the single disease perspective.
  The journal of sexual medicine 2014 Appa AA, Creasman J, Brown JS, Van Den Eeden SK, Thom DH, Subak LL, Huang AJ
• Bicycle-related genitourinary injuries in the USA from 2002-2010.
  Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 2014 Tasian GE, Appa AA, Bagga HS, Blaschko S, McCulloch CE, McAninch JW, Breyer BN
• Selective angioembolization for traumatic renal injuries: a survey on clinician practice.
  World journal of urology 2013 Glass AS, Appa AA, Kenfield SA, Bagga HS, Blaschko SD, McGeady JB, McAninch JW, Breyer BN
• Clinical predictors and significance of postvoid residual volume in women with diabetes.
  Diabetes research and clinical practice 2013 Appa AA, Brown JS, Creasman J, Van Den Eeden SK, Subak LL, Thom DH, Ferrara A, Huang AJ