Chris Sha, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

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Chris is a General Internist practicing at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) Medical Practice Clinic, where he also serves as a preceptor for residents and interdisciplinary trainees, and as the Site Director for medical students in the clinic. He is also a telemedicine urgent care provider for the VA VISN 21, which serves veterans from Reno & Las Vegas, to Manila & Guam, to Honolulu.

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Chris is a faculty member of the interdisciplinary primary care training program at the VA, EdPACT, and also has an interest in developing and expanding Mindfulness & Meditation offerings for trainees & faculty at the VA and UCSF, and currently runs half-day meditation retreats as well as a weekly meditation practice group. He hopes to also grow the Mindfulness in Medicine Collaborative, a group of practitioners who are interested in personal meditation practice as well as teaching and facilitating others in practice.

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
  • Chief Resident University of California 2017
  • Internal Medicine Residency University of California 2016
  • MD Medicine University of Pennsylvania 2013
  • Sc. B Neuroscience Brown University 2006

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