Megha Garg, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Garg is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Associate Chief of Hospital Medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Her clinical work includes attending on the inpatient teaching service, surgical co-management, and the Faculty Hospitalist Service.
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She is Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science, Health Policy, and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF.
She is an Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, with a focus on residency curriculum and faculty development. Previously she was the course director for a first-year UCSF School of Medicine course titled “Health and the Individual/Health and Society,” focused on health equity, social justice and health systems science content, and helped the efforts of building an anti-oppression curriculum at the medical school. Her scholarly work includes research on physician advocacy, social justice education, and care of socially complex patients.
Awards
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- Accepted to Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, University of California, San Francisco, 2019
- Elected Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2018
- Haffenreffer Family Housestaff Excellence Award, Brown University, 2014
- Resident of the Month, Brown University, 2013
- Outstanding Service Award, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2011
- Zuckerman Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 2009-2010
- Scholarship for Outstanding Accomplishments and Contributions to the University, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2009
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Miami, 2005
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2017
- Chief Residency Internal Medicine Brown University
- Residency Internal Medicine Brown University
- MPH Health Policy and Management Harvard School of Public Health
- MD University of Miami
Publications (21)
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Personnel Administration, HospitalHealth LiteracyPatient Education as TopicStudents, MedicalCurriculumPeer ReviewEducation, DistanceCoronavirusComprehensionInternal MedicinePatient AdvocacyAnticipation, PsychologicalHospital MedicineEducation, Medical, UndergraduateSocial Justice
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The Evolution of Internal Medicine Chief Residency: A 20-year Study
American Journal of Medicine 2024 Albert TJ, Starks H, Harrington W, Akwe J, Allaudeen N, Boggan JC, Carlson MA, Chun J, Cox L, Ehlers E, Alshaeba SE, Elzweig J, Fletcher KE, Garg M, Gasga A, Godwin PO, Hang MT, Jagannath AD, … -
Hospital-Based Medical-Legal Partnerships for Complex Care Patients: Intersectionality and Ethics Considerations.
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2024 Garg M, Oliva J, Lu A, Martin M, Hooper S -
Beyond competency: LGBTQ+ history as medical education.
Medical education 2023 Jones BLH, Garg M, Eniasivam A -
Characterization of Internal Medicine Chief Resident Administrative, Educational, and Clinical Experiences.
JAMA network open 2022 Garg M, Kompala T, Hurley M, López L -
Addressing harm and establishing trust in peer review: Recommendations for action.
Medical education 2022 Eniasivam A, Medeiros A, Garg M
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A Preclinical Medical School Curriculum on Firearm Violence to Develop Patient Counseling and Foundational Health Policy Skills.
Medical education online 2021 Kucirek N, Studenmund C, Cordero DM, Garg M -
How an Interdisciplinary Care Team Reduces Prolonged Admissions Among Older Patients with Complex Needs
NEJM Catalyst 2021 Kenneth Lam, Erika L. Price, Megha Garg, Nate Baskin, Megan Dunchak, Sarah Hooper, Anne Fabiny, Jessica A. Eng -
First year medical student perceptions of physician advocacy and advocacy as a core competency: A qualitative analysis.
Medical teacher 2021 Griffiths EP, Tong MS, Teherani A, Garg M -
Disability and Ableism in Medicine: A Curriculum for Medical Students.
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2021 Borowsky H, Morinis L, Garg M -
Left Ventricular Compression and Hypotension Due to Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction.
Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 2020 Garg M, Miles RC, Rodriguez F, Stetson G -
Rapid transition of a preclinical health systems science and social justice course to remote learning in the time of coronavirus.
Medical education online 2020 Garg M, Eniasivam A, Satterfield J, Norton B, Austin E, Dohan D -
Readability of Online Patient Educational Materials for Coronary Artery Calcium Scans and Implications for Health Disparities.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2020 Rodriguez F, Ngo S, Baird G, Balla S, Miles R, Garg M -
Hospital Medicine Management in the Time of COVID-19: Preparing for a Sprint and a Marathon.
Journal of hospital medicine 2020 Garg M, Wray CM -
Will the Effect of New Federal Breast Density Legislation Be Diminished by Currently Available Online Patient Educational Materials?
Academic radiology 2019 Miles RC, Choi P, Baird GL, Dibble EH, Lamb L, Garg M, Lehman C -
Attitudes Toward Advocacy Do Not Match Actions: A Cross-sectional Survey of Residents and Fellows.
Rhode Island medical journal (2013) 2019 Garg M, Tseng Z, Baird GL, Egan P, McGarry K -
Readability of Online Patient Educational Materials Related to Breast Lesions Requiring Surgery.
Radiology 2019 Miles RC, Baird GL, Choi P, Falomo E, Dibble EH, Garg M -
Why Aren't More Primary Care Residents Going into Primary Care? A Qualitative Study.
Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Long T, Chaiyachati K, Bosu O, Sircar S, Richards B, Garg M, McGarry K, Solomon S, Berman R, Curry L, Moriarty J, Huot S -
Examining the Reading Level of Internet Medical Information for Common Internal Medicine Diagnoses.
The American journal of medicine 2016 Hutchinson N, Baird GL, Garg M -
CD20-negative diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting with lactic acidosis.
American journal of hematology 2015 Garg M, Lee BE, McGarry K, Mangray S, Castillo JJ -
Resident duty hours: a survey of internal medicine program directors.
Journal of general internal medicine 2014 Garg M, Drolet BC, Tammaro D, Fischer SA -
Optimizing the transplant dose of a human neuronal cell line graft to treat SCI pain in the rat.
Neuroscience letters 2007 Wolfe SQ, Garg M, Cumberbatch NM, Furst C, Martinez M, Hernandez M, Reimers R, Berrocal Y, Gómez-Marín O, Eaton MJ