Rebeccah Brusca, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Rebeccah McKibben Brusca is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and an academic hospitalist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). She graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine before completing her residency training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Osler Internal Medicine Program.
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Dr. Brusca is currently the Site Director for the Internal Medicine residency at ZSFG and a Bridges coach with the UCSF School of Medicine. Her academic interests include medical education, health equity and asylum medicine. She conducts forensic medical evaluations for individuals seeking asylum and is the Associate Medical Director of the UCSF Human Rights Collaborative.
Awards
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- DHM Outstanding Educator Award, UCSF, 2022
- SOM Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2022
- Distinguished Teaching Society, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2018
- Henry Strong Denison Research Scholar Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2015
- American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association, 2013
- Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Rotary Club, 2008
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2020
- Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital Osler Medical Residency 2018
- M.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2015
- M.P.H. Population, Family and Reproductive Health University of Ghana, School of Public Health 2009
- B.A. Chemistry Pomona College 2008
Interests
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- Asylum Medicine
- Global Health and Health Equity
- Medical Education
Publications (16)
Top publication keywords:
Critical Care OutcomesRANK LigandActigraphyOsteoprotegerinBiomarkersText MessagingHIV Long-Term SurvivorsIntensive Care UnitsCell PhoneCesarean SectionAntibiotic ProphylaxisLung Diseases, InterstitialMyositisMobile ApplicationsCarotid Artery Diseases
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Subclinical cardiovascular disease in HIV controller and long-term nonprogressor populations.
HIV medicine 2019 Brusca RM, Hanna DB, Wada NI, Blankson JN, Witt MD, Jacobson LP, Kingsley L, Palella FJ, Budoff M, Brown TT, Anastos K, Lazar JM, Mack WJ, Bacchetti P, Tien PC, Golzar Y, Plankey M, Golub E, Kaplan RC… -
Performance of Critical Care Outcome Prediction Models in an Intermediate Care Unit.
Journal of intensive care medicine 2019 Brusca RM, Simpson CE, Sahetya SK, Noorain Z, Tanykonda V, Stephens RS, Needham DM, Hager DN -
Inflammatory biomarkers and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.
PloS one 2019 Subramanya V, McKay HS, Brusca RM, Palella FJ, Kingsley LA, Witt MD, Hodis HN, Tracy RP, Post WS, Haberlen SA -
The ILD-GAP risk prediction model performs poorly in myositis-associated interstitial lung disease.
Respiratory medicine 2019 Brusca RM, Pinal-Fernandez I, Psoter K, Paik JJ, Albayda J, Mecoli C, Tiniakou E, Mammen AL, Christopher-Stine L, Danoff S, Johnson C -
Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cardiac involvement: A case report.
Journal of cardiology cases 2018 Brusca RM, Griffin JM, Miller K, Russell SD
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Anatomic Fat Depots and Coronary Plaque Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected and Uninfected Men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.
Open forum infectious diseases 2016 Palella FJ, McKibben R, Post WS, Li X, Budoff M, Kingsley L, Witt MD, Jacobson LP, Brown TT -
Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Women.
Current cardiovascular risk reports 2015 McKibben RA, Al Rifai M, Mathews LM, Michos ED -
Osteoprotegerin, but Not Receptor Activator for Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand, is Associated With Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in HIV-Infected Men.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2015 Ketlogetswe KS, McKibben R, Jacobson LP, Li X, Dobs AS, Budoff M, Witt MD, Palella FJ, Kingsley L, Margolick JB, Post WS, Brown TT -
mActive: A Randomized Clinical Trial of an Automated mHealth Intervention for Physical Activity Promotion.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2015 Martin SS, Feldman DI, Blumenthal RS, Jones SR, Post WS, McKibben RA, Michos ED, Ndumele CE, Ratchford EV, Coresh J, Blaha MJ -
Factors Associated With Change in 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Over Longitudinal Follow-Up in the ARIC Study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2015 McKibben RA, Zhao D, Lutsey PL, Schneider AL, Guallar E, Mosley TH, Michos ED -
A Cross-sectional Study of the Association Between Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis Among Participants in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2015 McKibben RA, Haberlen SA, Post WS, Brown TT, Budoff M, Witt MD, Kingsley LA, Palella FJ, Thio CL, Seaberg EC -
Practices to Reduce Surgical Site Infections Among Women Undergoing Cesarean Section: A Review.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2015 McKibben RA, Pitts SI, Suarez-Cuervo C, Perl TM, Bass EB -
Elevated levels of monocyte activation markers are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in men with and those without HIV infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2014 McKibben RA, Margolick JB, Grinspoon S, Li X, Palella FJ, Kingsley LA, Witt MD, George RT, Jacobson LP, Budoff M, Tracy RP, Brown TT, Post WS -
Putting a face on the prescription opioid epidemic: a case report.
General hospital psychiatry 2014 Taylor JL, McKibben RA, DeCamp M, Chisolm MS -
Controlling tyrosinase activity on charged polyelectrolyte surfaces: a QCM-D analysis.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 2009 Gormally MV, McKibben RK, Johal MS, Selassie CR -
Double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study of folinic acid (Leucovorin for the treatment of fragile X syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics 1992 Strom CM, Brusca RM, Pizzi WJ