Soraya Azari, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

628-206-2372

I was born in southern California but completed my undergraduate and medical school training on the East coast. I returned to California for residency at UCSF in the San Francisco General Primary Care (SFPC) program. I then completed a Chief Residency year at San Francisco General Hospital. I am a current Clinician Educator based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General.

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I have worked in resident education, serving as an Associate Program Director, and then Interim Program Director for the SFPC Track. I have recently transitioned to serving as the Associate Program Director for the Primary Care Addiction Fellowship program at San Francisco General Hospital. I am board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. I do clinical work in hospital medicine, primary care (Richard Fine People’s Clinic), HIV medicine, and addiction specialty services. I am interested in improving the quality and safety of care for people with substance use disorders and complex chronic pain. I am also interested in creating novel ways to deliver treatment to highly vulnerable groups.

Awards

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  • Halie T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, 2015
  • Richard Haber Award, 2013

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2020
  • Residency Internal Medicine, Primary Care University of California, San Francisco 2010
  • MD University of Pennsylvania 06/2007

Interests

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  • methamphetamine use disorder
  • chronic pain
  • chronic opioid therapy
  • hepatitis C

Websites

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Publications (15)

Top publication keywords:
Central Nervous System AgentsBehavior, AddictivePain ManagementChronic PainNeonatal Abstinence SyndromeMarijuana UseCardiomyopathiesDrug OverdoseAnalgesics, OpioidSubstance-Related DisordersSocial StigmaDelphi TechniqueHeart FailureOpioid-Related DisordersHeme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)

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