Clarissa Kripke, MD
Professor
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Kripke is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine. She has special interests in primary care of transition age youth and adults with developmental disabilities. She directs the Office of Developmental Primary Care a program dedicated to improving outcomes for people with developmental disabilities across the lifespan with an emphasis on adolescents and adults. http://odpc.UCSF.edu.

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
• Residency Family Medicine Fairfax Family Practice 1998
• M.D. School of Medicine Temple University 1995
• BA Women's Studies/History of Science Harvard University 06/1989

Interests

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• disability
• health services
• health policy
• developmental disability
• autism
• primary care
• family medicine

Websites

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• Office of Developmental Primary Care (odpc.ucsf.edu)

Publications (28)

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Patient TransferClozapineCommunication DisordersProblem BehaviorPhysician-Patient RelationsDevelopmental DisabilitiesHealth LiteracyDisabled ChildrenAutistic DisorderDisabled PersonsPatient Care PlanningPatient Care ManagementCerebral PalsyIntellectual DisabilityMedical Errors

• An Expert Discussion on Autism in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Autism in adulthood : challenges and management 2020 Cassidy SA, Nicolaidis C, Davies B, Rosa SDR, Eisenman D, Onaiwu MG, Kapp SK, Kripke CC, Rodgers J, Waisman TC
• Creating Accessible Survey Instruments for Use with Autistic Adults and People with Intellectual Disability: Lessons Learned and Recommendations.
  Autism in adulthood : challenges and management 2020 Nicolaidis C, Raymaker DM, McDonald KE, Lund EM, Leotti S, Kapp SK, Katz M, Beers LM, Kripke C, Maslak J, Hunter M, Zhen KY
• Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Comprehensive Approach to Medical Care.
  American family physician 2018 Kripke C
• Persons with Disabilities: I'm the Expert About My Body.
  American family physician 2018 Kripke C
• Patients with Disabilities: Avoiding Unconscious Bias When Discussing Goals of Care.
  American family physician 2017 Kripke C

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• Barriers to healthcare: Instrument development and comparison between autistic adults and adults with and without other disabilities.
  Autism : the international journal of research and practice 2016 Raymaker DM, McDonald KE, Ashkenazy E, Gerrity M, Baggs AM, Kripke C, Hourston S, Nicolaidis C
• Supported health care decision-making for people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities.
  Family practice 2016 Kripke C
• The Development and Evaluation of an Online Healthcare Toolkit for Autistic Adults and their Primary Care Providers.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Nicolaidis C, Raymaker D, McDonald K, Kapp S, Weiner M, Ashkenazy E, Gerrity M, Kripke C, Platt L, Baggs A
• Evaluation of Behavior Change in Patients with Developmental Disabilities.
  American family physician 2016 Kripke C
• Capsule Commentary on Fortuna et al., Health Conditions and Functional Status in Adults with Autism: A Cross Sectional Evaluation.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Kripke C
• The health status of adults on the autism spectrum.
  Autism : the international journal of research and practice 2015 Croen LA, Zerbo O, Qian Y, Massolo ML, Rich S, Sidney S, Kripke C
• For optimal outcomes, children belong in homes.
  Pediatrics 2015 Kripke CC
• Primary care for adolescents with developmental disabilities.
  Primary care 2014 Kripke CC
• Primary care for adults on the autism spectrum.
  The Medical clinics of North America 2014 Nicolaidis C, Kripke CC, Raymaker D
• Clozapine vs. other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia.
  American family physician 2011 Kripke C
• Clinical Guidelines for Advanced Practice Nurses: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  Health Care Maintenance for Individuals with Developmental 2011 Collins-Bride G, Kripke C
• Transition to adult care for survivors of serious childhood illnesses and disabilities.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2010 Kripke C, Grumbach K
• Int J Child Adolesc
  The CART model: organized systems of care for transition age youth and adults with developmental disabilities 2010 Kripke CC, Giammona M, Fox A, Shorter J
• Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  Developing an organized system of care: the CART model 2010 Kripke CC, Fox A, Giammona M, Shorter J
• Aerobic activity for cognitive function.
  American family physician 2009 Kripke C
• American Family Physician
  Counseling Parents About Vaccine Safety 2008 Kripke CC
• Pharmacologic treatment of psychotic depression.
  American family physician 2006 Kripke C
• Medical poetry and healing.
  The Journal of family practice 2001 Kripke C
• Journal of Family Practice
  Medical Poetry and Healing 2001 Kripke CC.
• The conundrum of early HIV infection.
  American family physician 1999 Siwek J, Kripke CC
• Becoming Doctors: Essays, Poems and Stories by Medical Students
  Letters home. 1995 Kripke CC
• The importance of taking a sensitive sexual history.
  JAMA 1994 Kripke CC, Vaias L
• Anticipatory coarticulation in the speech of adults and young children: acoustic, perceptual, and video data.
  Journal of speech and hearing research 1991 Katz WF, Kripke C, Tallal P