Soraya Azari, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
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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- @@azarimugs on Twitter (twitter.com)
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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Common and Challenging Behaviors Among Individuals on Long-term Opioid Therapy.
Journal of addiction medicine 2020 Young SR, Azari S, Becker WC, Edelman EJ, Liebschutz JM, Roy P, Starrels JL, Merlin JS -
What Should I Know About Opioids and Living With Chronic Pain?
JAMA internal medicine 2020 Leyde S, Azari S -
Disagreement and Uncertainty Among Experts About how to Respond to Marijuana Use in Patients on Long-term Opioids for Chronic Pain: Results of a Delphi Study.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2020 Starrels JL, Young SR, Azari SS, Becker WC, Jennifer Edelman E, Liebschutz JM, Pomeranz J, Roy P, Saini S, Merlin JS -
Stigmatizing Language About Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
JAMA 2018 Shapiro BJ, Azari S, Jones HE -
Consensus-Based Treatment Approaches for Managing Concerning Behaviors in Patients on Long-term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: Case-Based Applications.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes 2018 Becker WC, Edelman EJ, Starrels JL, Azari S, Roy P, Young SR, Liebschutz J, Merlin JS -
Managing Concerning Behaviors in Patients Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain: A Delphi Study.
Journal of general internal medicine 2017 Merlin JS, Young SR, Starrels JL, Azari S, Edelman EJ, Pomeranz J, Roy P, Saini S, Becker WC, Liebschutz JM -
Management of problematic behaviours among individuals on long-term opioid therapy: protocol for a Delphi study.
BMJ open 2016 Merlin JS, Young SR, Azari S, Becker WC, Liebschutz JM, Pomeranz J, Roy P, Saini S, Starrels JL, Edelman EJ -
Heme oxygenase-2 modulates early pathogenesis after traumatic injury to the immature brain.
Developmental neuroscience 2010 Yoneyama-Sarnecky T, Olivas AD, Azari S, Ferriero DM, Manvelyan HM, Noble-Haeusslein LJ
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Implementing Heart Plus: Design and Early Results of a Novel Comanagement Clinic for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy.
Journal of cardiac failure 2023 Davis JD, Bepo L, Suen LW, Mclaughlin MM, Adamo M, Abbs E, Lemke G, Azari S -
Predictors of Linkage to an Opioid Treatment Program and Methadone Treatment Retention following Hospital Discharge in a Safety-Net Setting.
Substance use & misuse 2023 Tierney HR, Takimoto SW, Azari S, Steiger S, Martin M -
A Mixed-methods Evaluation of an Addiction/Cardiology Pilot Clinic With Contingency Management for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy.
Journal of addiction medicine 2022 Leyde S, Abbs E, Suen LW, Martin M, Mitchell A, Davis J, Azari S -
A Mixed-methods Evaluation of an Addiction/Cardiology Pilot Clinic With Contingency Management for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy.
Journal of addiction medicine 2022 Leyde S, Abbs E, Suen LW, Martin M, Mitchell A, Davis J, Azari S -
Time to ACT: launching an Addiction Care Team (ACT) in an urban safety-net health system.
BMJ open quality 2021 Martin M, Snyder HR, Coffa D, Steiger S, Clement JP, Ranji SR, Azari S, Nguyen OK, Lum PJ -
Cocaine experience establishes control of midbrain glutamate and dopamine by corticotropin-releasing factor: a role in stress-induced relapse to drug seeking.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2005 Wang B, Shaham Y, Zitzman D, Azari S, Wise RA, You ZB -
Guidelines for Physicians Working in California Opioid Treatment Programs
Guidelines for Physicians Working in California Opioid Treatment Programs Ling, Stephenson, Vasti