David Sears, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address350 Parnassus, #908
San Francisco CA 94117
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    University of California San FranciscoFellowship2013Infectious Diseases
    New York Presbyterian Hospital - ColumbiaResidency2010Internal Medicine
    Alpert Medical School at Brown UniversityM.D.2007
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2018Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators2019Excellence in Teaching Award
    UCSF Infectious Diseases Fellowship2022Vince G. Pons Award in Clinical Teaching

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    Dr. Sears completed an internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and an infectious diseases fellowship at UCSF. Following fellowship, he joined the Division of HIV Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center where he served as the Associate Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship. Dr. Sears now provides primary care for people with HIV at the 360 Positive Care Center at UCSF, infectious diseases consultations at UCSF, and inpatient care on the internal medicine wards at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

    Dr. Sears is the Director of Healthcare Quality for Amend at UCSF, where he focuses on evaluations of healthcare quality in California state prisons, with the aim of improving healthcare outcomes for residents of correctional facilities. Dr. Sears also runs educational programs and leads quality improvement efforts in the 360 Positive Care Center at UCSF and serves as the Director of 4th Year Medical Student Electives for the Department of Medicine. Additionally, he supports the development of HIV medical education curricula in partnership with health professions schools across sub-Saharan Africa and Jamaica.
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    1. Indirect vaccine effectiveness in an outbreak of Alpha B.1.1.7 variant in a California state Prison, May 2021. Vaccine. 2024 Apr 06. Archer H, McCoy SI, Sears D, Kwan A, Kuersten M, Lewnard JA, Bertozzi SM. PMID: 38584059.
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    2. Ventilation conditions during COVID-19 outbreaks in six California state carceral institutions. PLoS One. 2023; 18(11):e0293533. Sklar R, Noth E, Kwan A, Sear D, Bertozzi S. PMID: 37934737; PMCID: PMC10629643.
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    3. Comparing in-person, blended and virtual training interventions; a real-world evaluation of HIV capacity building programs in 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(7):e0001654. Kiguli-Malwadde E, Forster M, Eliaz A, Celentano J, Chilembe E, Couper ID, Dassah ET, De Villiers MR, Gachuno O, Haruzivishe C, Khanyola J, Martin S, Motlhatlhedi K, Mubuuke R, Mteta KA, Moabi P, Rodrigues A, Sears D, Semitala F, von Zinkernagel D, Reid MJA, Suleman F. PMID: 37486898; PMCID: PMC10365303.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1  
    4. Infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections during the Omicron wave. Nat Med. 2023 02; 29(2):358-365. Tan ST, Kwan AT, Rodríguez-Barraquer I, Singer BJ, Park HJ, Lewnard JA, Sears D, Lo NC. PMID: 36593393; PMCID: PMC9974584.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 67     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    5. The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Health Of Incarcerated Older Adults In California State Prisons. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 08; 41(8):1191-1201. Kwan A, Garcia-Grossman I, Sears D, Bertozzi SM, Williams BA. PMID: 35914202; PMCID: PMC10165538.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    6. Modeling scenarios for mitigating outbreaks in congregate settings. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 07; 18(7):e1010308. Blumberg S, Lu P, Kwan AT, Hoover CM, Lloyd-Smith JO, Sears D, Bertozzi SM, Worden L. PMID: 35857774; PMCID: PMC9342784.
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    7. Evaluating the impact of a multicountry interprofessional training programme to improve HIV knowledge and clinical confidence among healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022 07 20; 12(7):e060079. Kiguli-Malwadde E, Forster M, Martin S, Chilemba E, Couper I, Motlhatlhedi K, Celentano J, Haruzivishe C, Sears D, Budak JZ, Khanyola JN, Von Zinkernagel D, Molwantwa M, Semitala F, de Villiers M, Reid M, Kazembe A. PMID: 35858724; PMCID: PMC9305810.
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    8. Respiratory pandemic preparedness learnings from the June 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin California State Prison. Int J Prison Health. 2022 06 10. Kwan A, Sklar R, Cameron DB, Schell RC, Bertozzi SM, McCoy SI, Williams B, Sears DA. PMID: 35678718; PMCID: PMC10231421.
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    9. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Training Pathways in Residency: A National Survey of Curricula and Outcomes. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 05 04; 72(9):1623-1626. Budak JZ, Sears DA, Wood BR, Spach DH, Armstrong WS, Dhanireddy S, Teherani A, Schwartz BS. PMID: 32211781.
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    10. Brief Report: Heplisav-B Seroprotection in People With HIV: A Single-Center Experience. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 04 01; 86(4):445-449. Schnittman SR, Zepf R, Cocohoba J, Sears D. PMID: 33196553.
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    11. Occupational Health: A Key to the Control of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities. Ann Intern Med. 2020 12 01; 173(11):924-925. Sears D, Ahalt C, Augustine D, Williams B. PMID: 32716628; PMCID: PMC7418489.
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    12. Medical Isolation and Solitary Confinement: Balancing Health and Humanity in US Jails and Prisons During COVID-19. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 09; 35(9):2738-2742. Cloud DH, Ahalt C, Augustine D, Sears D, Williams B. PMID: 32632787; PMCID: PMC7338113.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 23     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    13. Health Affairs Blog. Correctional Facilities In The Shadow Of COVID-19: Unique Challenges And Proposed Solutions. 2020. Williams B, Ahalt C, Cloud D, Augustine D, Rorvig L, Sears D. View Publication.
    14. Undiagnosed and Untreated HIV Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs: Results of Three National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Surveys, San Francisco, 2009-2015. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jun; 23(6):1586-1589. Kim N, Welty S, Reza T, Sears D, McFarland W, Raymond HF. PMID: 30259347.
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    15. Candida auris: An emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Oct; 63:95-98. Sears D, Schwartz BS. PMID: 28888662.
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    16. A novel case of lymphangiomatosis in HIV. Exp Mol Pathol. 2017 04; 102(2):251-254. Spier AB, Kurtz J, Sears D. PMID: 28189546.
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    17. Anti-malarial prescription practices among children admitted to six public hospitals in Uganda from 2011 to 2013. Malar J. 2015 Aug 27; 14:331. Sserwanga A, Sears D, Kapella BK, Kigozi R, Rubahika D, Staedke SG, Kamya M, Yoon SS, Chang MA, Dorsey G, Mpimbaza A. PMID: 26306395; PMCID: PMC4549911.
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    18. Admission Risk Score to Predict Inpatient Pediatric Mortality at Four Public Hospitals in Uganda. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0133950. Mpimbaza A, Sears D, Sserwanga A, Kigozi R, Rubahika D, Nadler A, Yeka A, Dorsey G. PMID: 26218274; PMCID: PMC4517901.
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    19. Quality of inpatient pediatric case management for four leading causes of child mortality at six government-run Ugandan hospitals. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0127192. Sears D, Mpimbaza A, Kigozi R, Sserwanga A, Chang MA, Kapella BK, Yoon S, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Ruel T. PMID: 25992620; PMCID: PMC4437786.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Encyclopedia of AIDS; Hope TJ, Stevenson M, Richman D, editors. NRTIs . 2015; 1-9. Sears D, Daar ES . View Publication.
    21. Anti-malarial prescription practices among outpatients with laboratory-confirmed malaria in the setting of a health facility-based sentinel site surveillance system in Uganda. Malar J. 2013 Jul 19; 12:252. Sears D, Kigozi R, Mpimbaza A, Kakeeto S, Sserwanga A, Staedke SG, Chang M, Kapella BK, Rubahika D, Kamya MR, Dorsey G. PMID: 23870515; PMCID: PMC3723425.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Internet-enabled thyroid hormone abuse. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 06; 150(1):60-1. Neuberg GW, Stephenson KE, Sears DA, McConnell RJ. PMID: 19124828.
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    23. Sexual risk behaviour among HIV-positive patients at an urban clinic in Santiago, Dominican Republic. AIDS Care. 2008 Feb; 20(2):191-7. Sears D, Cabrera-Rodriguez C, Ortiz-Mejia F, Anderson B, Stein M. PMID: 18293128.
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    24. Perspectives from Brown medical students and a medical resident. The Warren Alpert medical school in the Dominican Republic. Med Health R I. 2007 Nov; 90(11):351-2. Sears D. PMID: 18092485.
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