Kewchang Lee, MD
Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Kewchang Lee is the Program Director of the Consultation-Liaison Fellowship Program, the Psychiatry Clerkship Director, and the Endowed Chair in Psychiatry Medical Student Education at UCSF. He is also the Director of the Psychiatry Consultation Unit and the Associate Chief of Psychiatry at the San Francisco VA Health Care System.
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He is the Vice Chair of the UCSF Academic Senate Committee on Committees, the Co-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Advancements & Promotions Committee, a UCSF Representative to the University of California Academic Senate and the UC Committee on Committees, and a member of the UCSF Admissions Review Committee and the San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education Steering Committee.
Awards
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- Endowed Chair in Psychiatry Medical Student Education, UCSF, 2023-2028
- Teaching Scholars Program, UCSF Center for Faculty Educators, 2023-2024
- Service Award, Haile T. Debase Academy of Medical Educators, 2022
- Cooke Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, UCSF, 2021
- Membership, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2018
- Distinguished Fellow Status, American Psychiatric Association, 2014
- Fellow Status, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 2010
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
- Psychiatry Residency Training University of California, San Francisco 06/1996
- M.D. Medicine New York University School of Medicine 05/1992
- B.A. Applied Mathematics Harvard University 05/1988
Interests
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- Cognitive Load
- Medical Education
- Medicolegal Issues
- Mental Health Issues in Gay Male East Asian and Asian-American Populations
- DEI and Anti-Racism
- Integrated and Collaborative Care
- Cultural Psychiatry of East Asians and Asian-Americans
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Publications (8)
Top publication keywords:
Interviews as TopicCareer ChoiceInpatientsPersonal SatisfactionMoralsStudents, MedicalSchools, MedicalReferral and ConsultationPhysician-Patient RelationsVulnerable PopulationsPsychiatryVideotape RecordingPhysiciansInformed ConsentMental Status and Dementia Tests
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Addressing Issue of Fast-Tracking in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Training: Expanding Access or Undermining Competence?
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2024 Lee K, Rosenthal LJ -
Annual Meeting Content Analysis: Leveraging Annual Meetings to Promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2024 Amonoo HL, Khandai AC, Boardman AC, Ernst CL, Fernandez-Robles C, Suarez L, Bradley MV, Forrester AK, Dale C, Lee K, Vaughn R, Mittal LP -
The Cognitive Load of Inpatient Consults: Development of the Consult Cognitive Load Instrument and Initial Validity Evidence.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Brondfield S, Blum AM, Lee K, Linn MC, O'Sullivan PS -
The Cognitive Load of Inpatient Consults: A Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study Using the Consult Cognitive Load Instrument.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Brondfield S, Lee K, O'Sullivan PS -
Medical Student Experiences on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Rotations: A Nationwide Survey.
Psychosomatics 2017 Meyer F, Abbasi O, Kasick D, Lee K, Pelic C, Zinser J, Harris T, Funk M, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s Medical Student Education Subcommittee -
The Unbefriended Patient: An Exercise in Ethical Clinical Reasoning.
Journal of general internal medicine 2015 Connor DM, Elkin GD, Lee K, Thompson V, Whelan H -
A "safe space" for learning and reflection: one school's design for continuity with a peer group across clinical clerkships.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2011 Chou CL, Johnston CB, Singh B, Garber JD, Kaplan E, Lee K, Teherani A -
Improving residents' interviewing skills by group videotape review.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2002 Chou C, Lee K