Phuoc Le, MD, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Phuoc Le graduated from Dartmouth in 2000 with a double major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures. He then matriculated at Stanford Medical School where he earned his MD. During his time at Stanford, Phuoc also obtained a Master's of Public Health from UC Berkeley with a focus on global health.

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He completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Global Health Equity at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. During residency he has worked with the NGO Partners in Health (PIH) to provide equitable health care in Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, and most recently, post-earthquake Haiti. He has participated in both quantitative and qualitative public/community health, and anthropological research in Tibet, Shanghai, and Qinghai, PRC, and Geneva, Switzerland.

Currently, Phuoc is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at UCSF, where he is a hospitalist splitting his time between both departments. He co-directs the Global Health-Hospital Medicine Fellowship at UCSF. He is also an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. Most recently, he co-founded the HEAL Initiative, an interprofessional 2-year global health delivery fellowship.

Awards

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  • Top Hospitalist, American College of Physicians, 2015
  • Award for Excellence in Humanitarian Services, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2015
  • Partners in Excellence Award for Community Service, BWH, 2010
  • Resident Mentorship Award, BWH Dept of Medicine, 2010
  • National Med-Peds Resident’ Association Case Competition Winner, MGH Dept of Pediatrics, 2010
  • Resident Excellence in Teaching Award, MGH Dept of Pediatrics, 2010

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
  • M.D. School of Medicine Stanford Unversity 2006
  • MPH Public Health UC Berkeley 2004
  • BA Biochem/Chinese Dartmouth College 2000

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Publications (30)

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HospitalistsBlood-Borne PathogensBlood BanksVolunteersNational Health ProgramsIndians, North AmericanFellowships and ScholarshipsPhysician's RoleAlaska NativesAttitude to HealthDisaster PlanningEducation, MedicalHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaGlobal HealthPublic Health Administration

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