Josue Zapata, MD, MBA
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Josué Zapata is the Associate Chief of Staff for Quality, Safety, and Value and Associate Chief of the Medical Service at the San Francisco VA Health System as well as an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
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He is also a medical educator for students and residents and serves as a coach within the Bridges curriculum at the UCSF School of Medicine and helps direct the UCSF/Kaiser Undergraduate Research Internship.
Josué received his BA from New York University, where he was a Presidential Honors Scholar. He subsequently earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and also served as Chief Resident.
Josué specializes in Hospital Medicine at the San Francisco VA where he cares for veterans with a variety of medical problems on the inpatient wards and during the perioperative period. He also helps lead the Quality Improvement Committee, serves on the Medical Executive Committee at the SFVA, and is an executive board member of the Bay Area Chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Josué's scholarly interests include quality and value improvement, leadership in academic medicine, medical education and professional development of trainees, and supporting diversity in healthcare. He is excited about improving the practice of medicine and optimizing patient outcomes through education, healthcare administration, and systems improvement.
Awards
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- Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2020
- Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect, UCSF School of Medicine, 2020
- Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty c/o 2019, UCSF School of Medicine, 2019
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2018
- Cooke Award for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, UCSF, 2016
- Chief Resident, UCSF Dept. of Medicine, 2014
- Aesculapian Club, Harvard Medical School, 2010
- Linnane Scholarship for Academic Achievement, Harvard Medical School, 2009
- Presidential Honors Scholar, New York University, 2003
Education & Training
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- Certificate Latin American/Latino/a Studies City College of San Francisco
- M.B.A. Harvard Business School
- M.D. Harvard Medical School
- B.A. College of Arts and Sciences New York University
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California
- Chief Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco
- Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Interests
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- patient safety
- healthcare value
- medical education and trainee mentorship
- healthcare leadership
- Quality improvement
- application of management practices to healthcare
- hospital administration
Videos
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- HBS Alumni Campaign (alumni.hbs.edu)
Publications (10)
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LeadershipUremiaBeneficenceStaff DevelopmentUrinary CatheterizationFractures, BoneSocial JusticeNegotiatingPersonal AutonomyUnnecessary ProceduresAzotemiaPressure UlcerUrinary RetentionCellulitisSkin Diseases
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Fracture Blisters.
Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Zapata J, Price E, Wlodarczyk S -
Bridging medical education goals and health system outcomes: An instrumental case study of pre-clerkship students' improvement projects.
Perspectives on medical education 2022 O'Brien BC, Zapata J, Chang A, Pierluissi E -
Leadership & Professional Development: Make the Most of Your Oranges.
Journal of hospital medicine 2020 Zapata J, Chou C -
Twelve tips for responding to microaggressions and overt discrimination: When the patient offends the learner.
Medical teacher 2018 Wheeler DJ, Zapata J, Davis D, Chou C -
Uremic Frost.
Mayo Clinic proceedings 2018 Wlodarczyk S, Zapata JA
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Atypical Pressure Ulcer as Cellulitis Mimic.
Journal of general internal medicine 2018 Le NB, Zapata J -
Is Excessive Resource Utilization an Adverse Event?
JAMA 2017 Zapata JA, Lai AR, Moriates C -
Partial Codes-A Symptom of a Larger Problem.
JAMA internal medicine 2016 Zapata JA, Widera E -
The High-Value Care Considerations of Inpatient versus Outpatient Testing.
AMA journal of ethics 2015 Zapata JA, Moriates C -
Risk factors for tuberculin skin test conversion among HIV-infected patients in New York City.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2012 Doshi S, Chen TF, Zapata J, Holzman RS, Zapata LC, Aberg JA, Sivapalasingam S