Leigh Kimberg, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2017
• Residency Medicine - Primary Care University of California, San Francisco (SFGH Primary Care) 06/1994
• MD Medicine Harvard Medical School 06/1991
• Graduate Certificate English Literature Queen Mary College 06/1985
• BA English Literature University of Pennsylvania 06/1984

Interests

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• violence prevention
• critical pedagogy medical educaton
• trauma-informed care
• abolition medicine

Websites

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• PRIME-US, UCSF School of Medicine (meded.ucsf.edu)
• LEAP website (Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Treatment) (leapsf.org)

Grants and Projects

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• Aspire to Realize Improved Safety and Equity (ARISE), Office of Women's Health, US Health and Human Services, 2015-2019

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
Undocumented ImmigrantsSexual PartnersHealth Status IndicatorsSpouse AbuseMenEmergency Service, HospitalDisclosureStress, PsychologicalEmigration and ImmigrationPrimary Health CareDomestic ViolencePhysiciansPractice Guidelines as TopicWomen's HealthStress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

• The Association Between Interpersonal Violence and Unstable Housing Among Veterans.
  Military medicine 2022 Hargrave AS, Kimberg L, Machtinger EL, Kushel MB, Cohen BE
• Fears of disclosure and misconceptions regarding domestic violence reporting amongst patients in two US emergency departments.
  PloS one 2021 Kimberg L, Vasquez JA, Sun J, Anderson E, Ferguson C, Arreguin M, Rodriguez RM
• Trauma-Informed Transformation of Evaluation and Licensure for Physicians With Mental Illness.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2021 Bullock JL, Kimberg LS, Meeks LM
• The “Behavioral Health Vital Signs” Initiative: A safety net system’s trauma-informed approach to integrating interpersonal violence into behavioral health programs in primary care
  New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst 2019 Leigh Kimberg, MD, Eliza Hayes Bakken, MD, Ellen Chen, MD & Dean Schillinger, MD
• From Treatment to Healing: Inquiry and Response to Recent and Past Trauma in Adult Health Care.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2018 Machtinger EL, Davis KB, Kimberg LS, Khanna N, Cuca YP, Dawson-Rose C, Shumway M, Campbell J, Lewis-O'Connor A, Blake M, Blanch A, McCaw B

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• From treatment to healing: the promise of trauma-informed primary care.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2015 Machtinger EL, Cuca YP, Khanna N, Rose CD, Kimberg LS
• Addressing intimate partner violence with male patients: a review and introduction of pilot guidelines.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2008 Kimberg LS
• Addressing intimate partner violence in primary care practice.
  Medscape women's health 2001 Kimberg L
• Na+-K+-Cl- co-transport in the intestine of a marine teleost.
  Nature 1982 Musch MW, Orellana SA, Kimberg LS, Field M, Halm DR, Krasny EJ, Frizzell RA