Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, FNP-C, CNE, FAANP is an Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSF School of Nursing, Family Health Care Nursing Department. She is also Assistant Dean of Education and Technology. At the start of COVID she supported the pivot to remote learning for the School of Nursing. Since then she has worked to improve student experience and engagement utilizing technology. She is particularly committed to equity. She has worked to diversify the student and faculty body while creating a safe space for learning. She further works to develop workforce pathways to diversify the providers in California. She has been the PI on multiple grants and received multiple teaching awards. She has disseminated her work in national presentations and peer reviewed journals.

Her current faculty practice is at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Family Health Center, the safety net for San Francisco’s underserved populations. She provides full scope family care. Prior to joining the faculty she worked in a range of clinical sites for the underserved, including homeless, patients with mental illness', uninsured, frail elders, and LGBTQI.

She believes in breaking down barriers to healthcare and feels that getting healthy should not involve a visit to multiple providers. By thinking creatively, compassionately, and broadly we can provide comprehensive care for patients within the primary care setting. She has a special interest in care of those who are homeless, identify as transgender and patients with HIV, mental health illness’, and CHF.