Michael Potter, MD
Professor
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine

SFBayCRN provides consultation and leadership to develop mutually beneficial research partnerships between UCSF faculty and community-based clinicians or healthcare organizations. He also directs CTSI's Research Infrastructure Network and Team Science Programs. In his own research, Dr. Potter focuses on the development and evaluation of primary care interventions that increase access to essential preventive services and chronic illness care. He is also a member of UCSF's Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCSF's Global Cancer Program, providing leadership for initiatives related to colorectal cancer screening within both programs. Dr. Potter is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, the UCSF Family Medicine Residency Program at San Francisco General Hospital, and UCSF's Advanced Training in Clinical Research Fellowship. He has been a member of the UCSF faculty since 1994.

• Is team science valued in the academic promotions process? A mixed-methods case study.
  Journal of clinical and translational science 2024 Potter MB, Mansur S, Rutman SP, Brindis CD
• A multilevel mHealth intervention boosts adherence to hydroxyurea in individuals with sickle cell disease.
  Blood advances 2023 Hankins JS, Brambilla D, Potter MB, Kutlar A, Gibson R, King AA, Baumann AA, Melvin C, Gordeuk VR, Hsu LL, Nwosu C, Porter JS, Alberts NM, Badawy SM, Simon J, Glassberg JA, Lottenberg R, DiMartino L, …
• Engagement with Incharge App - a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Adherence to Hydroxyurea Among Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease.
  Blood 2023 Christina M Abrams, Natalia Davila, Cathy Melvin, Sherif M. Badawy, Michael B Potter, Robert Gibson, Allison A King, Victor R. Gordeuk, Chinonyelum Nwosu, Jerlym S. Porter, Sophie Li, Jeffrey A. …
• The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap in Mexico Under Seguro Popular, 2006-2016.
  Health systems and reform 2023 McClellan SP, Unger-Saldaña K, Espinosa-Tamez P, Suazo-Zepeda E, Potter MB, Barquet-Muñoz SA, Torres-Ibarra L, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Lajous M
• Abstract 77: The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap Among Mexican Women Without Social Security From 2006-2016 After the Introduction of Public Financing for Treatment.
  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023 Sean McClellan, Karla Unger-Saldaña, Priscilla Espinoza-Tamez, Erick Suazo-Zepeda, Michael B. Potter, Salim Abraham Barquet-Muñoz, Leticia Torres-Ibarra, Hector Lamadrid-Figueroa, Martín Lajous
• Implementation of a novel program to support colorectal cancer screening in a community health center consortium before and after the onset of COVID-19: a qualitative study of stakeholders' perspectives.
  Implementation science communications 2023 Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Hoeft KS, Lugtu K, McGowen M, Ofman D, Adler J, Somsouk M, Potter MB
• Mammography prevalence in Mexico from 2001-2018: Results from the Mexican Health and Aging study.
  Preventive medicine reports 2023 McClellan SP, Unger-Saldaña K, Neuhaus JM, Potter MB, García-Peña C, Torres JM
• Evaluating the implementation of a multi-level mHealth study to improve hydroxyurea utilization in sickle cell disease.
  Frontiers in health services 2023 Hankins JS, Potter MB, Fernandez ME, Melvin C, DiMartino L, Jacobs SR, Bosworth HB, King AA, Simon J, Glassberg JA, Kutlar A, Gordeuk VR, Shah N, Baumann AA, Klesges LM, Sickle Cell Disease …
• Opportunity and Promise of Stool-based Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs.
  Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2023 Ma Somsouk, Briton Lee, Michael B. Potter
• Neighborhood socioeconomic status and the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening outreach with mailed fecal immunochemical tests within a safety net healthcare system in San Francisco, CA: A subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
  Preventive medicine 2022 McClellan SP, Canchola AJ, Potter MB, Gomez SL, Somsouk M
• The impact of enhancing self-management support for diabetes in Community Health Centers through patient engagement and relationship building: a primary care pragmatic cluster-randomized trial.
  Translational behavioral medicine 2022 Hessler D, Fisher L, Dickinson M, Dickinson P, Parra J, Potter MB
• When Functional Impairment Develops Early: Perspectives from Middle-Aged Adults.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Xu E, Nicosia FM, Zamora K, Barrientos M, Spar MJ, Reyes-Farias D, Karliner LS, Potter MB, Brown RT
• From Cancer Epidemiology to Policy and Practice: the Role of a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  Current epidemiology reports 2022 Hiatt RA, Sibley A, Venkatesh B, Cheng J, Dixit N, Fox R, Ling P, Nguyen T, Oh D, Palmer NR, Pasick RJ, Potter MB, Somsouk M, Vargas RA, Vijayaraghavan M, Ashworth A
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  Salud publica de Mexico 2022 Manzano-Robleda MDC, Espinosa-Tamez P, Potter MB, Hernández-Guerrero A, Van Loon K, Unger-Saldaña K
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  Salud publica de Mexico 2022 Van Loon K, Mohar A, Unger-Saldaña K, Potter MB, Sweet-Cordero EA, Breithaupt L, Espinosa-Tamez P, Sepúlveda-Amor J, Lajous M
• mHealth: experiences and opportunities for cancer research in Mexico.
  Salud publica de Mexico 2022 Flores-Torres MH, Huerta-Gutierrez R, Potter MB
• Addressing tobacco use in the context of complex social needs: A new conceptual framework and approach to address smoking cessation in community health centers.
  PEC innovation 2021 Tsoh JY, Hessler D, Parra JR, Bowyer V, Lugtu K, Potter MB
• Evaluating the Sustainability of a Cancer Screening Intervention through a PRISM: The PreView Experience.
  Preventive Medicine Reports 2021 Judith Walsh, Michael Potter, Elizabeth Ozer, Ginny Gildengorin, Natasha Dass, Lawrence Green
• National and state-level colorectal cancer mortality trends in Mexico, 1998-2018.
  Salud Pública de México 2021 Priscilla Espinosa-Tamez, Erick Suazo-Zepeda, Hugo Sánchez-Blas, Mónica Meneses-Medina, Fidel David Huitzil-Meléndez, Katherine Van Loon, Michael Potter, Martín Lajous
• Examining Variations in Action Plan Quality Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2021 Kjaer PH, Fisher L, Potter MB, Dedhia M, Parra J, Ejskjaer N, Skovlund S, Hessler D
• Electronic Health Record-Embedded Individualized Pain Plans for Emergency Department Treatment of Vaso-occlusive Episodes in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for a Preimplementation and Postimplementation Study.
  JMIR research protocols 2021 Luo L, King AA, Carroll Y, Baumann AA, Brambilla D, Carpenter CR, Colla J, Gibson RW, Gollan S, Hall G, Klesges L, Kutlar A, Lyon M, Melvin CL, Norell S, Mueller M, Potter MB, Richesson R, Richardson …
• Faecal immunochemical test-based colorectal cancer screening in Mexico: an initial experience.
  Family practice 2020 Remes-Troche JM, Hinojosa-Garza G, Espinosa-Tamez P, Meixueiro-Daza A, Grube-Pagola P, Van Loon K, Potter MB, Lajous M
• Integration of Mobile Health Into Sickle Cell Disease Care to Increase Hydroxyurea Utilization: Protocol for an Efficacy and Implementation Study.
  JMIR research protocols 2020 Hankins JS, Shah N, DiMartino L, Brambilla D, Fernandez ME, Gibson RW, Gordeuk VR, Lottenberg R, Kutlar A, Melvin C, Simon J, Wun T, Treadwell M, Calhoun C, Baumann A, Potter MB, Klesges L, Bosworth H…
• Fecal Immunologic Test Results and Diagnostic Colonoscopy in a Mexican Population at Average Risk for Colorectal Cancer.
  Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2020 Manzano-Robleda MDC, Espinosa-Tamez P, Potter MB, Lajous M, Van Loon K, Zhang L, Jimenez-Peña A, Sánchez Del Monte J, Mohar A, Hernández-Guerrero A
• Barriers and facilitators for colorectal cancer screening in a low-income urban community in Mexico City.
  Implementation science communications 2020 Unger-Saldaña K, Saldaña-Tellez M, Potter MB, Van Loon K, Allen-Leigh B, Lajous M
• Erratum: Bridging the gap between research, policy, and practice: Lessons learned from academic-public partnerships in the CTSA network - CORRIGENDUM.
  Journal of clinical and translational science 2020 Towfighi A, Orechwa AZ, Aragón TJ, Atkins M, Brown AF, Brown J, Carrasquillo O, Carson S, Fleisher P, Gustafson E, Herman DK, Inkelas M, Liu W, Meeker D, Mehta T, Miller DC, Paul-Brutus R, Potter MB, …
• Assessing Barriers to and Facilitators of Designing a Feasible Colorectal Cancer Screening Program in Mexico City.
  2020 Karla Unger-Saldaña, Minerva Saldaña-Tellez, Anabelle Bonvecchio, Michael B. Potter, Martin Lajous
• 824-P: Quality of Behavior Change Action Plans Created in Primary Care Settings as a Tool for Patient Involvement in Type 2 Diabetes Care.
  Diabetes 2020 PERNILLE H. KJAER, MANSI DEDHIA, JOSÉ PARRA, LAWRENCE FISHER, MICHAEL B. POTTER, NIELS EJSKJAER, SOREN E. SKOVLUND, DANIELLE M. HESSLER
• Abstract A020: Connection to Health for Smokers: A comprehensive smoking cessation program for community health centers.
  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2020 Michael B Potter, Vicky Bowyer, Janice Y Tsoh, Jose Parra, Danielle Hessler
• Abstract C123: The San Francisco Cancer Initiative: Addressing disparities in colorectal cancer screening in community health centers.
  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2020 Robert Hiatt, Carly Rachocki, Michael B. Potter, Ma Somsouk, David Ofman
• Bridging the gap between research, policy, and practice: Lessons learned from academic-public partnerships in the CTSA network.
  Journal of clinical and translational science 2020 Towfighi A, Orechwa AZ, Aragón TJ, Atkins M, Brown AF, Brown J, Carrasquillo O, Carson S, Fleisher P, Gustafson E, Herman DK, Inkelas M, Liu W, Meeker D, Mehta T, Miller DC, Paul-Brutus R, Potter MB, …
• PreView: a Randomized Trial of a Multi-site Intervention in Diverse Primary Care to Increase Rates of Age-Appropriate Cancer Screening.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Walsh J, Potter M, Salazar R, Ozer E, Gildengorin G, Dass N, Green L
• Patient Engagement in Community Health Center Leadership: How Does it Happen?
  Journal of community health 2018 Sharma AE, Huang B, Knox M, Willard-Grace R, Potter MB
• Disparities in Hypertension Control Across and Within Three Health Systems Participating in a Data-Sharing Collaborative.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2018 Selby K, Michel M, Gildengorin G, Karliner L, Pramanik R, Fontil V, Potter MB
• How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice-Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2018 Sharma AE, Knox M, Peterson LE, Willard-Grace R, Grumbach K, Potter MB
• Motivation and attitudes toward changing health (MATCH): A new patient-reported measure to inform clinical conversations.
  Journal of diabetes and its complications 2018 Hessler DM, Fisher L, Polonsky WH, Bowyer V, Potter M
• The San Francisco Cancer Initiative: A Community Effort To Reduce The Population Burden Of Cancer.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018 Hiatt RA, Sibley A, Fejerman L, Glantz S, Nguyen T, Pasick R, Palmer N, Perkins A, Potter MB, Somsouk M, Vargas RA, van 't Veer LJ, Ashworth A
• A practical framework for encouraging and supporting positive behaviour change in diabetes.
  Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association 2017 Fisher L, Polonsky WH, Hessler D, Potter MB
• Brief Report: Informing Strategies to Build PrEP Capacity Among San Francisco Bay Area Clinicians.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2017 Bacon O, Gonzalez R, Andrew E, Potter MB, Iñiguez JR, Cohen SE, Liu AY, Fuchs JD
• "How Can We Talk about Patient-centered Care without Patients at the Table?" Lessons Learned from Patient Advisory Councils.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2016 Sharma AE, Willard-Grace R, Willis A, Zieve O, Dubé K, Parker C, Potter MB
• Oral Health Prevention and Toddler Well-Child Care: Routine Integration in a Safety Net System.
  Pediatrics 2015 Dooley D, Moultrie NM, Heckman B, Gansky SA, Potter MB, Walsh MM
• The new lipid guidelines: what do primary care clinicians think?
  The American journal of medicine 2015 Jamé S, Wittenberg E, Potter MB, Fleischmann KE
• Use of community engagement strategies to increase research participation in practice-based research networks (PBRNs).
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2014 Spears W, Tsoh JY, Potter MB, Weller N, Brown AE, Campbell-Voytal K, Getrich CM, Sussman AL, Pascoe J, Neale AV
• A workplace colorectal cancer screening program in firefighters: lessons learned.
  Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) 2014 Walsh JM, Potter MB, Arora M, Gildegorin G, Terdiman J
• Awareness of intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome among primary care physicians.
  Journal of cataract and refractive surgery 2014 Doss EL, Potter MB, Chang DF
• Cultivating a cycle of trust with diverse communities in practice-based research: a report from PRIME Net.
  Annals of family medicine 2013 Getrich CM, Sussman AL, Campbell-Voytal K, Tsoh JY, Williams RL, Brown AE, Potter MB, Spears W, Weller N, Pascoe J, Schwartz K, Neale AV
• Strategies for expanding colorectal cancer screening at community health centers.
  CA: a cancer journal for clinicians 2013 Sarfaty M, Doroshenk M, Hotz J, Brooks D, Hayashi S, Davis TC, Joseph D, Stevens D, Weaver DL, Potter MB, Wender R
• Strategies for expanding colorectal cancer screening at community health centers.
  CA: a cancer journal for clinicians 2013 Sarfaty M, Doroshenk M, Hotz J, Brooks D, Hayashi S, Davis TC, Joseph D, Stevens D, Weaver DL, Potter MB, Wender R
• Effectiveness and reach of the FLU-FIT program in an integrated health care system: a multisite randomized trial.
  American journal of public health 2013 Potter MB, Ackerson LM, Gomez V, Walsh JM, Green LW, Levin TR, Somkin CP
• PRE-VIEW: Development and Pilot Testing of An Interactive Video Doctor Plus Provider Alert to Increase Cancer Screening.
  ISRN preventive medicine 2013 Arora M, Gerbert B, Potter MB, Gildengorin G, Walsh JM
• Seasonal flu vaccines advancing the delivery of colorectal cancer screening.
  South Dakota medicine : the journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association 2013 Potter M
• Erratum: PSA screening: determinants of primary-care physician practice patterns.
  Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 2012 G E Tasian, M R Cooperberg, M B Potter, J E Cowan, K L Greene, P R Carroll, J M Chan
• The FLU-FOBT Program in community clinics: durable benefits of a randomized controlled trial.
  Health education research 2012 Walsh JM, Gildengorin G, Green LW, Jenkins J, Potter MB
• PSA screening: determinants of primary-care physician practice patterns.
  Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases 2011 Tasian GE, Cooperberg MR, Potter MB, Cowan JE, Greene KL, Carroll PR, Chan JM
• Chronic non-cancer pain: a siren for primary care--a report from the PRImary Care MultiEthnic Network (PRIME Net).
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2011 Leverence RR, Williams RL, Potter M, Fernald D, Unverzagt M, Pace W, Parnes B, Daniels E, Skipper B, Volk RJ, Brown AE, Rhyne RL, PRIME Net Clinicians
• The effectiveness of the FLU-FOBT program in primary care a randomized trial.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2011 Potter MB, Walsh JM, Yu TM, Gildengorin G, Green LW, McPhee SJ
• Adaptation of the FLU-FOBT Program for a primary care clinic serving a low-income Chinese American community: new evidence of effectiveness.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2011 Potter MB, Yu TM, Gildengorin G, Yu AY, Chan K, McPhee SJ, Green LW, Walsh JM
• The FLU-FIT program: an effective colorectal cancer screening program for high volume flu shot clinics.
  The American journal of managed care 2011 Potter MB, Somkin CP, Ackerson LM, Gomez V, Dao T, Horberg MA, Walsh J ME
• The quality of colonoscopy services--responsibilities of referring clinicians: a consensus statement of the Quality Assurance Task Group, National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2010 Fletcher RH, Nadel MR, Allen JI, Dominitz JA, Faigel DO, Johnson DA, Lane DS, Lieberman D, Pope JB, Potter MB, Robin DP, Schroy PC, Smith RA
• Comparative effectiveness of two pharmacy-based colorectal cancer screening interventions during an annual influenza vaccination campaign.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2010 Potter MB, Gildengorin G, Wang Y, Wu M, Kroon L
• Developing a quality screening colonoscopy referral system in primary care practice: a report from the national colorectal cancer roundtable.
  CA: a cancer journal for clinicians 2009 Sifri R, Wender R, Lieberman D, Potter M, Peterson K, Weber TK, Smith R
• New screening guidelines for colorectal cancer: a practical guide for the primary care physician.
  Primary care 2009 Allison JE, Potter MB
• Offering annual fecal occult blood tests at annual flu shot clinics increases colorectal cancer screening rates.
  Annals of family medicine 2009 Potter MB, Phengrasamy L, Hudes ES, McPhee SJ, Walsh JM
• Taylor's Manual of Family Practice, (editor, Paul Paulman)
  Prostate Cancer 2007 Potter MB
• Counseling women about mammography: benefits vs. harms.
  American family physician 2007 Potter MB
• Standardized colonoscopy reporting and data system: report of the Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.
  Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2007 Lieberman D, Nadel M, Smith RA, Atkin W, Duggirala SB, Fletcher R, Glick SN, Johnson CD, Levin TR, Pope JB, Potter MB, Ransohoff D, Rex D, Schoen R, Schroy P, Winawer S
• Opioids for management of breakthrough pain in cancer patients.
  American family physician 2006 Potter MB
• Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients: Principles, Practices & Populations
  Chronic pain management in vulnerable populations 2006 Potter MB, Johnson YM, Zevin BS.
• NSAIDs alone or with opioids as therapy for cancer pain.
  American family physician 2005 Potter MB
• Health insurance status, cost-related medication underuse, and outcomes among diabetes patients in three systems of care.
  Medical care 2004 Piette JD, Wagner TH, Potter MB, Schillinger D
• Dimensions of patient-provider communication and diabetes self-care in an ethnically diverse population.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2003 Piette JD, Schillinger D, Potter MB, Heisler M
• Weight management: what patients want from their primary care physicians.
  The Journal of family practice 2001 Potter MB, Vu JD, Croughan-Minihane M
• Opioids for chronic nonmalignant pain. Attitudes and practices of primary care physicians in the UCSF/Stanford Collaborative Research Network. University of California, San Francisco.
  The Journal of family practice 2001 Potter M, Schafer S, Gonzalez-Mendez E, Gjeltema K, Lopez A, Wu J, Pedrin R, Cozen M, Wilson R, Thom D, Croughan-Minihane M
• Ethnicity and rates of overweight.
  The Journal of family practice 1998 Potter MB
• Back pain in an eight-year-old.
  The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1992 Potter M, Walko E