Therese Chan Tack, DO, MPH
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Therese Chan Tack is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Physician Lead of Telehealth Programs for UCSF Health. She is closely involved in COVID-19 telehealth expansion across UCSF and its affiliates. She authored the Telehealth Communication Tips resource for providers, which has garnered 1000+ views and is used in residency and student training.
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She has helped launch initiatives like but not limited to Patient Entered Vitals, On-demand Video Interpreting, and Remote Patient Monitoring. In addition, she uses her LEAN training to consult with departments to improve their video visit workflows. She has presented work at regional and nationals conferences including departmental grand rounds, UC Tech Summit, UC Annual Telehealth Symposium, and ACP Physician Leadership program.
She currently serves on: UCSF Disparities Taskforce Committee UCSF Collaboration Tools Sub-Committee UC Virtual Care Collaborative Workgroup Epic Telehealth Advisory Council
She previously led the Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM)'s telehealth expansion efforts in 2019, having launched and developed video visits at UC Primary Care since 2017.
She led quality improvement (QI) projects in outpatient colorectal cancer screening and hypertension management. The effort led to regional and national level poster awards at SGIM and ACP.
She is an internal medicine specialist who provides primary care to adult patients and teaches residents. She joined DGIM at UCSF in 2016. Before joining UCSF, she practiced primary care, urgent care, and hospital medicine with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a Stanford University affiliate. She was recognized with their residency preceptor award.
She completed categorical residency training at Loma Linda University Medical Center and served as Chief Resident. She earned a Master of Public Health degree at UC Berkeley with a focus in Health Policy and Management.
Awards
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- SOM Faculty Development Fund Award, University of California San Francisco, 2021
- ACP American Association Physician Leadership Program, American College of Physicians, 2020
- 415 Top Doctors, Internal Medicine, Marin Magazine, 2020
- Exceptional Physician Honorable Mention, University of California San Francisco, 2020
- Clinical Vignette National Abstract Competition Finalist, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2019
- Ron Rankin Booster Grant, UCSF Partners in Care, 2019
- Young Achievers, Early Career Physician National Abstract Competition Finalist, American College of Physicians, 2018
- Best of the Bay, Reader’s Choice Best Doctors, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2018
- ACLGIM LEAD Fellow, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2018
- SOM Faculty Development Fund Award, University of California San Francisco, 2018
- Outstanding Resident Preceptor Award, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 2015
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2021
- Lean Champion University of California, San Francisco 2019
- MPH Health Policy and Management University of California, Berkeley 2012
- Chief Residency Internal Medicine Loma Linda Veterans Healthcare System 2011
- Residency Internal Medicine Loma Linda University Medical Center 2010
- DO Medicine Midwestern University
Interests
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- Clinical Informatics
- QI
- Digital Health (Connected Care
- RPM
- Population health
- Telemedicine
Websites
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- SlideShare (slideshare.net)
- UCSF Telehealth (healthinformatics.ucsf.edu)
- Patient-facing Telehealth Resources (videovisit.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- Provide training classes and educational outreach on telehealth/video visits to older primary care patients at Mount Zion, MZHF Community Partners Grant, 2020-2021
- Expand Primary Care Video Visits to High-Needs, Complex Patients, UC Partners in Care, 2019-2020