Carla Kuon, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
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)
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La Solución al Síndrome Post COVID
La Solución al Síndrome Post COVID 2023 Carla Kuon -
The Long COVID Solution
The Long COVID Solution 2023 Carla Kuon MD -
The Integration of a Hospitalist.
Global advances in health and medicine 2022 Kuon CP -
Are Antimotility Agents Safe for Use in Clostridioides difficile Infections? Results From an Observational Study in Malignant Hematology Patients.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes 2020 Kuon C, Wannier R, Sterken D, Fang MC, Wolf J, Prasad PA -
Massage for Symptom Management in Adult Inpatients With Hematologic Malignancies.
Global advances in health and medicine 2019 Kuon C, Wannier R, Harrison J, Tague C