Melanie Molina, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine
Melanie Molina, MD, MAS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Affiliated Faculty at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. She works clinically as an emergency physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Medical Center, and as a health services researcher within the UCSF School of Medicine.
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Her research interests are unified by three goals: 1) to mitigate disparities in health care access, 2) to improve comprehensive emergency care for vulnerable populations, and 3) to create a safe and equitable environment in the field of emergency medicine, such that its workforce begins to reflect the diverse population for which it cares.
Awards
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- Top 40 Under 40, National Hispanic Medical Association, 2024
- John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, University of California, San Francisco, 2023
- NIAID Loan Repayment Award, National Institutes of Health, 2022
- Outstanding Research Publication Award, Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021
- Presidential Scholars Public Service Initiative Award, Harvard Medical School, 2017
Education & Training
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- Fellowship National Clinician Scholars Program 2023
- MAS Clinical Research University of California 2023
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2022
- Residency Emergency Medicine Harvard, Mass General Brigham 2021
- MD Medicine Harvard Medical School 2017
- BS, BA Biology, Hispanic Studies The University of Texas at Austin 2012
Interests
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- clinical informatics
- social determinants of health
- health equity
- opioid use disorder
- health disparities
- microaggressions
- COVID-19
- vulnerable populations
Websites
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- UCSF National Clinician Scholars Program (nationalscholars.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (healthpolicy.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine (emergency.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- PROmotion of COVID-19 BOOSTer VA(X)ccination in the Emergency Department (PROBOOSTVAXED), UCSF Resource Allocation Program, 2023
- PROmotion of COVID-19 BOOSTer VA(X)ccination in the Emergency Department (PROBOOSTVAXED), Pfizer, 2023
- PROmotion of COVID-19 BOOSTer VA(X)ccination in the Emergency Department (PROBOOSTVAXED), NIH/NIAID - Diversity Supplement, 2023
Publications (23)
Top publication keywords:
Cardiomyopathy, HypertrophicSmoking CessationPatient DischargeMedicaidEmergency Service, HospitalPoint-of-Care SystemsDrug PrescriptionsPulmonary EmbolismInhalant AbuseExanthemaLeadershipEmergency MedicineBullyingNitrous OxideDelivery of Health Care
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Social Risk Factor Documentation in Emergency Departments.
Annals of emergency medicine 2022 Molina MF, Pantell MS, Gottlieb LM -
Analysis of Emergency Department Encounters Among High Users of Health Care and Social Service Systems Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
JAMA network open 2022 Molina M, Evans J, Montoy JC, Cawley C, Graham-Squire D, Perez K, Raven M, Kanzaria HK -
Applying crisis standards of care to critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Does race/ethnicity affect triage scoring?
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2021 Molina MF, Cash RE, Carreras-Tartak J, Ciccolo G, Petersen J, Mecklai K, Rodriguez G, Castilla-Ojo N, Boms O, Velasquez D, Macias-Konstantopoulos W, Camargo CA, Samuels-Kalow M -
Racial Equity in Crisis Standards of Care-Reassuring Data or Reason for Concern?
JAMA network open 2021 Cleveland Manchanda EC, Molina MF, Rodriguez RM -
Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Microaggressions in Medicine.
Annals of emergency medicine 2020 Molina MF, Landry AI, Chary AN, Burnett-Bowie SM
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Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Physical Restraint Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
JAMA internal medicine 2023 Eswaran V, Molina MF, Hwong AR, Dillon DG, Alvarez L, Allen IE, Wang RC -
Assessing Implementation of Social Screening Within US Health Care Settings: A Systematic Scoping Review.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2023 Marchis EH, Aceves BA, Brown EM, Loomba V, Molina MF, Gottlieb LM -
COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Hesitancy in the Emergency Department.
Annals of emergency medicine 2023 Molina MF, Nichol G, Eucker SA, Addo N, Rising K, Arreguin M, Morse D, Pauley A, Chavez CL, O'Laughlin KN, Duber H, Rodriguez RM -
Patient and Patient Caregiver Perspectives on Social Screening: A Review of the Literature.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2023 Brown EM, Loomba V, De Marchis E, Aceves B, Molina M, Gottlieb LM -
Contingency management to promote smoking cessation in people experiencing homelessness: Leveraging the electronic health record in a pilot, pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
PloS one 2022 Molina MF, Hall SM, Stitzer M, Kushel M, Chakravarty D, Vijayaraghavan M -
2021 SAEM Consensus Conference Proceedings: Research Priorities for Developing Emergency Department Screening Tools for Social Risks and Needs.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2022 Furbacher J, Fockele C, Buono BD, Janneck L, March C, Molina M, Duber HC, Doran KM, Lin MP, Cooper RJ, Modi P -
New-Onset Pediatric Diabetes Complicated By Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Invasive Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis With Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion.
The Journal of emergency medicine 2021 Mahan KM, Molina MF, Coffey ECC, Manchanda ECC -
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Annals of emergency medicine 2021 Burnett-Bowie SM, Molina MF, Chary AN, Landry AI -
Addressing Racism in Medicine Through a Resident-Led Health Equity Retreat.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2020 Chary AN, Molina MF, Dadabhoy FZ, Manchanda EC -
Prevalence of Emergency Department Social Risk and Social Needs.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2020 Molina MF, Li CN, Manchanda EC, White B, Faridi MK, Espinola JA, Ashworth H, Ciccolo G, Camargo CA, Samuels-Kalow M -
Leadership & Professional Development: Breaking the Silence as a Bystander.
Journal of hospital medicine 2020 Molina MF, Burnett-Bowie SM -
An Ominous Rash.
The Journal of emergency medicine 2020 Molina MF, Szyld D, Wilcox SR, Wittels KA -
Patient and Community Organization Perspectives on Accessing Social Resources from the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2020 Samuels-Kalow ME, Molina MF, Ciccolo GE, Curt A, Cleveland Manchanda EC, de Paz NC, Camargo CA -
To-go medications as a means to treat discharged emergency department patients during COVID-19.
The American journal of emergency medicine 2020 Molina MF, Chary AN, Baugh JJ, Ludy S, Ginart P, Dadabhoy FZ, Samuels-Kalow ME, Slutzman JE, Raja AS, Hayes BD -
Nitrous oxide inhalant abuse and massive pulmonary embolism in COVID-19.
The American journal of emergency medicine 2020 Molina MF, Al Saud AA, Al Mulhim AA, Liteplo AS, Shokoohi H -
Diagnostic considerations in detecting apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while utilizing point-of-care ultrasound.
The American journal of emergency medicine 2019 Molina MF, Liteplo AS, Huang C, Shokoohi H -
The Patient Perspective: Receiving Care in the Post-ACA Era
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice 2017 Molina M, Briggs-Malonson M -
Decreased expression of ATP6V1H in type 2 diabetes: a pilot report on the diabetes risk study in Mexican Americans.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2011 Molina MF, Qu HQ, Rentfro AR, Nair S, Lu Y, Hanis CL, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP