Mia Williams, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Mia Williams, MD, MS is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at UCSF, practicing at the General Internal Medicine Practice at Divisadero Street. Her clinical interests include patient-centered medicine, chronic disease management, quality of life, preventive care, and caring for LatinX patients.

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She is involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education and her teaching efforts include precepting medical students and resident trainees in internal medicine continuity clinic. Her interests include mentorship and sponsorship, quality improvement relating to the care of patients with limited English proficiency, and anti-oppressive curriculum.

Dr. Williams is a graduate of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University where she also completed her Masters in Clinical Research. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF as part of the UC-Primary Care Program.

Awards

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• Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2023
• Robert H. Crede Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division of General Internal Medicine - UCSF, 2022
• Robert H. Crede Award for Excellence in Clinical Care, Division of General Internal Medicine - UCSF, 2021
• Reducing Appointment No-Shows in an Equitable and Scalable Manner, UCSF Caring Wisely Innovations, 2020-2021

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
• Residency University of California, San Francisco 06/2018
• MS, Clinical Research Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2015
• MD Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2015
• BS Molecular & Cellular Biology University of Arizona 2009

Interests

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• Mentorship & Sponsorship
• Inclusive Clinical Practice
• Interprofessional Practice
• Medical Education

Publications (9)

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• Does Sponsorship Promote Equity in Career Advancement in Academic Medicine? A Scoping Review.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Schwartz R, Williams MF, Feldman MD
• Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study.
  Medical education online 2023 Williams MF, Yank V, O'Sullivan P, Alldredge B, Feldman MD
• Language-Concordant Care: a Qualitative Study Examining Implementation of Physician Non-English Language Proficiency Assessment.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Garcia ME, Williams M, Mutha S, Diamond LC, Jih J, Handley MA, Pathak S, Karliner LS
• "Long Overdue": Nurse and Resident Physician Perspectives on Implementation of Dual-Handset Interpreter Phones in the Inpatient Setting.
  Health equity 2023 Garcia ME, Mutha S, Napoles AM, Malevanchik L, Williams M, Karliner LS
• Comprehensive Assessment of Clinical Learning Environments to Drive Improvement: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Program.
  Teaching and learning in medicine 2022 Bernal J, Cresalia N, Fuller J, Gin B, Laves E, Lupton K, Malkina A, Marmor A, Wheeler D, Williams M, van Schaik S

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• Assessing Medical Student Readiness to Navigate Language Barriers in Telehealth: Cross-sectional Survey Study.
  JMIR medical education 2022 Yin L, Ng F, Rutherford-Rojas M, Williams M, Cornes S, Fernandez A, Garcia ME, Khoong EC
• "Challenges in Mentoring." Mentoring in Health Professions Education : Evidence-Informed Strategies across the Continuum
  "Challenges in Mentoring." Mentoring in Health Professions Education : Evidence-Informed Strategies across the Continuum 2021 Williams M, Ramanan R, Feldman M.
• Transitioning from intravenous to subcutaneous insulin in the medical intensive care unit.
  Diabetes research and clinical practice 2017 Zhou K, Williams MF, Esquivel MA, Song A, Rahman F, Bena J, Lam SW, Rathz DA, Lansang MC
• Type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Journal of diabetes and its complications 2016 Williams MF, London DA, Husni EM, Navaneethan S, Kashyap SR