Justin Sewell, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

628-206-8823

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES:

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I provide clinical care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where I specialize in caring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. I also see patients with any gastroenterological disease and perform endoscopic procedures, including upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. Additionally, I am the Medical Director for the Gastroenterology Division at ZSFG.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: I pursue educational research, specifically using Cognitive Load Theory to study procedural skills training using colonoscopy as an exemplar setting. I completed a PhD in Health Professions Education through a joint program between UCSF and Utrecht University, Netherlands. My thesis title was "Cognitive Load Theory: A Critical Lens for Examining Procedural Skills Training in the Health Professions (The Case of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)". I have experience in quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as in systematic review techniques.

TEACHING: I am an Element Director for the 1st-year medical student REGulatioN (Renal, Endocrine, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition) course, and I am heavily involved in leadership and administration in the UCSF Bridges Curriculum. I supervise and teach gastroenterology fellows, as well as medical and surgical residents, and medical students, as they rotate through the GI service at San Francisco General Hospital.

MENTORING: I mentor multiple trainees and faculty, at UCSF and beyond, on their medical education research projects and career development, including current trainees in Masters and Doctoral Education programs,

EDUCATION LEADERSHIP: I am the Director for the Foundations 1 (preclerkship) Curriculum at the UCSF School of Medicine.

Awards

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  • Cum Laude, Utrecht University, 2019
  • New Investigator Award, American Educational Research Association, 2017
  • Selected for membership in Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2015
  • Invited fellowship (FACP), American College of Physicians, 2013
  • Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2013

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2020
  • PhD Health Professions Education Utrecht University 2019
  • Teaching Scholars Program University of California, San Francisco 2013
  • Fellowship Gastroenterology University of California, San Francisco 2011
  • Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2008
  • MD Medicine University of Arizona 2005
  • MPH Public Health University of Arizona 2001
  • BS Molecular & Cellular Biology University of Arizona 1999

Publications (72)

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