Talmadge E. King Jr, MD
Dean-SOM/VC-Medical Affairs
Dean's Office
School of Medicine

415-476-2342

Dr. Talmadge E. King, Jr. was named dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs in May of 2015. He began his career at UCSF in 1997 as chief of Medical Services at Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

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From 2006 to 2015, he served as chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine, the largest department in the school, with approximately 29 percent of the school's full-time faculty.

A physician-scientist, King’s research has focused on inflammatory and immunologic lung injury. He is best known for his pioneering work in the management of the interstitial pneumonias, a scarring process that often leads to death. His bibliography comprises more than 300 publications and he has co-edited eight books, including the acclaimed reference book, "Interstitial Lung Disease," now in its fifth edition.

King graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College and earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School, followed by a residency at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, Ga. and a pulmonary fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Association of American Physicians, American Clinical and Climatological Association and the Fleischner Society. He is a master of the American College of Physicians and fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He won the 2007 Trudeau Medal, the highest honor of the American Thoracic Society.

Awards

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  • 2016 APM Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award, Association of Professors of Medicine (APM), 2016
  • Breathing for Life Award, Foundation of the American Thoracic Society, 2012
  • Sesquicentennial Award, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2012
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011
  • Master, American College of Physicians, 2010
  • Alumni Citation, Gustavus Alumni Association, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2008
  • Trudeau Medal, American Thoracic Society, 2007
  • Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2004
  • PAR Excellence Award, Public Advisory Roundtable of the American Thoracic Society, 2003
  • Member, Association of American Physicians, 1998
  • Elected honorary member, California Thoracic Society, 1998
  • Member. Colorado Pulmonary Hall of Fame, Colorado Thoracic Society, American Lung Association of Colorado, 1998
  • Member, The Fleischner Society, 1997
  • Member, Western Association of Physicians, 1993
  • James J. Waring Award For Outstanding Leadership in the Treatment of Lung Disease, American Lung Association of Colorado, 1992
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1986
  • Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, 1984
  • First Decade Award for Early Achievement, Alumni Association, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1980
  • Guild of St. Ansger Honor Society, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1970

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
  • Fellowship Pulmonary/Critical Care University of Colorado Medical Cente 1979
  • Residency Internal Medicine Emory University 1977
  • M.D. School of Medicine Harvard University 1974

Interests

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  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
  • diversity
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • vulnerable populations
  • Connective Tissue Disease-Associated ILD
  • Sarcoidosis

Websites

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Videos

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (117)

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WalkingLungAntifibrinolytic AgentsIdiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisPyridonesVital CapacityCryptogenic Organizing PneumoniaPulmonary FibrosisLung Diseases, InterstitialAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalExercise TestClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicAlveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic

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