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
Websites
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- @@Dr_Le_UCSF on Twitter (twitter.com)
- HEAL Initiative (healinitiative.org)
- Global Health Bootcamp (globalhealthbootcamp.org)
- Global Health Core -- Division Website (hospitalmedicine.ucsf.edu)
- Global Health Core Blog (globalhealthcore.org)
- Clinical Profile at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)
Videos
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- Haiti Earthquake Response -- Partners in Health (youtube.com)
- Cholera Response -- Partners in Health (youtube.com)
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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Chapter 5 A Tibetan Way of Science: Revisioning Biomedicine as Tibetan Practice.
2022 Vincanne Adams, Renchen Dhondup, Phuoc V. Le -
Structural competency and global health education.
Global public health 2020 Harvey M, Neff J, Knight KR, Mukherjee JS, Shamasunder S, Le PV, Tittle R, Jain Y, Carrasco H, Bernal-Serrano D, Goronga T, Holmes SM -
Physician Workforce Partnerships in Rural American Indian/Alaska Native Communities and the Potential of Post-Graduate Fellowships.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2019 Tobey M, Amir O, Beste J, Jung P, Shamasunder S, Tutt M, Shah S, Le P -
Innovative partnerships to advance public health training in community-based academic residency programs.
Advances in medical education and practice 2017 Lo JC, Baudendistel TE, Dandekar A, Le PV, Siu S, Blumberg B -
Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Knowledge Among Vietnamese Americans: A Population-Based Survey.
Journal of immigrant and minority health 2017 Chu JN, Le PV, Kennedy CJ, McPhee SJ, Wong C, Stewart SL, Nguyen TT
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Ethics Simulation in Global Health Training (ESIGHT).
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2017 Asao S, Lewis B, Harrison JD, Glass M, Brock TP, Dandu M, Le P -
A Trainee-Focused Approach to Program Monitoring in a Novel Multidisciplinary Global Health Fellowship and Global Health Delivery Model.
Annals of Global Health 2017 A. Aurrecoechea, R. Tittle, P.V. Le -
Initial Outcomes for Program Monitoring of a Novel Multidisciplinary Global Health Fellowship and Global Health Delivery Model.
Annals of Global Health 2017 A. Aurrecoechea, R. Tittle, P.V. Le -
Power, potential, and pitfalls in global health academic partnerships: review and reflections on an approach in Nepal.
Global health action 2017 Citrin D, Mehanni S, Acharya B, Wong L, Nirola I, Sherchan R, Gauchan B, Karki KB, Singh DR, Shamasunder S, Le P, Schwarz D, Schwarz R, Dangal B, Dhungana SK, Maru S, Mahar R, Thapa P, Raut A, … -
Novel global health fellowship model for anesthesia, obstetrics & gynecology and surgery.
Annals of Global Health 2016 M.S. Lipnick, E. Ayebale, F. Lester, M. Autry, S. Shamasunder, P.V. Le -
Preparing trainees to practice global health equity: the experience from the first year of the Health Equity Action and Leadership (HEAL) initiative.
Annals of Global Health 2016 R.S. Goldman, R.L. Tittle, A.E. Waters, B. Lewis, P.V. Le, S. Shamasunder -
What Are the Ethical Issues Facing Global-Health Trainees Working Overseas? A Multi-Professional Qualitative Study.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 2016 Harrison JD, Logar T, Le P, Glass M -
Global health bootcamp: An innovative interprofessional course for clinicians dedicated to equitable global health care delivery.
Annals of Global Health 2015 E. Wu, M. Singh, P.V. Le, M. Dandu, K. Duderstadt, T. Brock, B. Lewis, H. Lee, S. Shamasunder -
HEAL Initiative.
Annals of Global Health 2015 S. Asao, B. Lewis, M. Singh, R. Tittle, S. Shamasunder, M. Dandu, H. Lee, P.V. Le -
Teaching corner: "first do no harm": teaching global health ethics to medical trainees through experiential learning.
Journal of bioethical inquiry 2015 Logar T, Le P, Harrison JD, Glass M -
The role of hospitalists in the Ebola response in the United States and abroad.
Journal of hospital medicine 2014 Waters A, Wu E, Shamasunder S, Le P -
Teaching global health ethics using simulation: interprofessional training.
The Lancet Global Health 2014 M Shoeb, T Logar, M H Glass, J D Harrison, T P Brock, S James-Ryan, S Barajas, P V Le -
Haiti: how visiting educators can help the most.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013 Archer NM, Le PV -
Global health hospitalists: the fastest growing specialty's newest niche.
Journal of hospital medicine 2013 Shoeb M, Le P, Greysen SR -
Le « geste glorieux » du don de sang en unité de travail et les désirs postsocialistes en Chine urbaine.
Les enjeux du don de sang dans le monde 2012 Kathleen Erwin, Vincanne Adams, Phuoc Le -
Perspective: postearthquake haiti renews the call for global health training in medical education.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2011 Archer N, Moschovis PP, Le PV, Farmer P -
Glorious Deeds: Work Unit Blood Donation and Postsocialist Desires in Urban China.
Body & Society 2009 Kathleen Erwin, Vincanne Adams, Phuoc Le -
Preferences for perinatal health communication of women in rural Tibet.
Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN 2009 Le PV, Jones-Le E, Bell C, Miller S -
Public health works: blood donation in urban China.
Social science & medicine (1982) 2008 Adams V, Erwin K, Le PV -
Informed Consent in cross-cultural perspective: clinical research in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, PRC.
Culture, medicine and psychiatry 2007 Adams V, Miller S, Craig S, Le PV, Varner M -
The Jade Ribbon Campaign: a model program for community outreach and education to prevent liver cancer in Asian Americans.
Journal of immigrant and minority health 2007 Chao SD, Chang ET, Le PV, Prapong W, Kiernan M, So SK -
How to make consent informed: possible lessons from Tibet.
IRB 2007 Miller S, Le PV, Craig S, Adams V, Tudor C, Tshomo M, Varner M -
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of hospital vaginal deliveries in Tibet.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2007 Miller S, Tudor C, Thorsten VR, Craig S, Le P, Wright LL, Varner MW -
Occurrence and overlap of natural disasters, complex emergencies and epidemics during the past decade (1995-2004).
Conflict and health 2007 Spiegel PB, Le P, Ververs MT, Salama P -
HIV behavioural surveillance surveys in conflict and post-conflict situations: a call for improvement.
Global public health 2006 Spiegel PB, Le PV