Carla Kuon, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-353-9680

I am an author and Associate Professor Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where I created and direct the adult inpatient bone marrow transplant massage service. I am board-certified in both internal medicine and addiction medicine.

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I am faculty at the Osher Center for Integrative Health in San Francisco where I provide consultations in integrative oncology and integrative medicine, and I am chair of their educational case conference series. I teach the “Food as Medicine” CODA series for residents and students at the university. I am the director and creator of the OPTIMAL-IH Long COVID clinic, in collaboration with the OPTIMAL Long COVID clinic in the Pulmonary department at UCSF.

I was born in Lima Peru. I found my calling to medicine in the remote mountains of Cuzco, while serving the poor for one year as a missionary in the Andes. I have lived all over the world and speak 5 languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and French. I am a travel junkie and I love to hike, ski, and spend time in nature.

Awards

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  • DEI Champion, UCSF, 2021-2023
  • UCSF The Campaign Champion, UCSF, 2018-2019

Education & Training

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  • DEI Champion training UCSF 08/2021
  • Fellowship Integrative Medicine University of California 06/2018
  • Internship Internal Medicine Tufts New England Medical Center 06/2004
  • MD Medicine University of Texas 06/2001
  • BA Pre Med, Linguistics UCLA 06/1995

Interests

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  • addiction medicine
  • using holistic approaches to health. I have completed a course in acupuncture medicine
  • functional immunology
  • precision medicine
  • integrative medicine
  • microbiome medicine

Grants and Projects

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Publications (5)