Katherine Gundling, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Katherine Gundling, MD, is a Clinical Professor Emerita in the Department of Medicine, and served 12 years as practice chief for the Allergy/Immunology faculty practice. She was an academic internist/hospitalist for 8 years before returning for subspecialty training in Allergy/Immunology.

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Her work with trainees has included 8 years as Associate Program Director and Director of Medical Education for the internal medicine residency program at UC Davis, and Associate Program Director for the Allergy/Immunology fellowship at UCSF. In addition, she is an active teacher of medical students, residents and fellows at UCSF, now in a volunteer capacity.

Most recently, Dr. Gundling has served as mentor to the student group, "Human Health and Climate Change." She is the Director of Academic Engagement for the Office of Sustainability, in addition to sitting on the Academic Senate Committee on Sustainability. She teaches all levels of learners about the health emergency of climate change and how to become engaged in related education, research, advocacy and clinical care. In collaboration with the governor's office, she created the "Health and Climate: Resource Guide" - https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/topics/climate/health_and_climate_resource_guide.ashx

Awards

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• Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award, UCSF, 2021-2023
• Inquiry Long-Term Mentorship Award, UCSF, 2021-2022
• Office of Sustainability Faculty Award, UCSF, 2019

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2017
• M.D. School of Medicine University of Rochester 1988
• BA Human Biology Stanford University

Websites

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• Profile at allergy.ucsf.edu (allergy.ucsf.edu)

Videos

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• Your Immune System 101: Introduction to Clinical Immunology (youtube.com)

Publications (13)

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• Reducing the Environmental Impact of Health Care Conferences: A Study of Emissions and Practical Solutions.
  JCO global oncology 2024 Lichter KE, Sabbagh A, Demeulenaere S, Drew T, Conway A, Nogueira L, Suneja G, Kirkwood K, Hampshire K, Gundling K, Teherani A, Thottathil SE, Mohamad O
• The Planetary Health Report Card: a student-led initiative to inspire planetary health in medical schools.
  The Lancet. Planetary health 2022 Hampshire K, Islam N, Kissel B, Chase H, Gundling K
• Neurologic Conditions and Symptoms Reported Among Common Variable Immunodeficiency Patients in the USIDNET.
  Journal of clinical immunology 2020 Lee M, Nguyen J, Fuleihan R, Gundling K, Cunningham-Rundles C, Otani IM
• Neurologic Complications of Common Variable Immunodeficiency.
  Journal of clinical immunology 2016 Nguyen JT, Green A, Wilson MR, DeRisi JL, Gundling K
• Immunoglobulin therapy for refractory Crohn's disease.
  Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology 2014 Shah S, Terdiman J, Gundling K, Mahadevan U

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  Journal of hospital medicine 2013 Su R, Katsumoto TR, George V, Gundling K, Hollander H
• Immunosuppressive human anti-lymphocyte autoantibodies specific for the type 1 sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor.
  FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2009 Liao JJ, Huang MC, Fast K, Gundling K, Yadav M, Van Brocklyn JR, Wabl MR, Goetzl EJ
• Continuous hydromorphone infusion for opioid intolerance.
  The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2006 Tcheurekdjian H, Gundling K
• [Demonstration of a 2d LH-RH neurosecretory system in the duck hypothalamus].
  Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des sciences. Serie D: Sciences naturelles 1978 Bons N, Kerdelhué B, Assenmacher I
• [Early effect of estradiol on ultrastructure of chromatin in the endometrium and hormone-dependent mammary tumors].
  Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des sciences. Serie D: Sciences naturelles 1978 Vic P, Garcia M, André J, Humeau C, Rochefort H
• Chest roentgenography as a window to the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis.
  The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy, and nuclear medicine 1975 Berkmen YM, Lande A
• A comparison of the substrate specificities of endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases from Streptomyces griseus and Diplococcus Pneumoniae.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1975 Tarentino AL, Maley F
• Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes.
  Biochemical pharmacology 1975 Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G