Megan Mahoney, MD, MBA

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Title(s)Professor, Family Community Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address2540 23rd Street, #5531
San Francisco CA 94110
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    Title(s)Hellman Endowed Professor in Family and Community Medicine


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    Dr. Megan Mahoney is the Hellman Endowed Professor and Chair in the UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine - a department with a recognized legacy of defining the role of academic family medicine in the social justice movement.  Throughout her career, Dr. Mahoney has built and led sustainable initiatives in health technology integration, quality improvement, and population health for health care organizations. Her research has focused on the impact of primary care team cohesion on burnout, and the influence of diversity and inclusion on individual and team wellbeing. She has served in senior level positions in the U.S. and internationally, developing innovative and transformative approaches to proactive and personalized team-based primary care that empowers patients, health care providers, and communities. As President of the Medical Staff at Stanford Health Care, she provided oversight of quality, safety, and professionalism activities of the 3000 physicians within Stanford Health Care. She served as chief of primary care where she led primary care precision health equity, practice transformation, and population health initiatives for the network of primary care faculty practices at Stanford Health Care. She was a visiting professor at Aga Khan Medical College of East Africa and served on the family medicine committee of the Kenya Ministry of Health. Dr. Mahoney earned her B.A in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of California Berkeley, her M.D. at the University of California San Francisco, her Family Medicine Residency at UCSF San Francisco General Hospital, and her M.B.A. at Brandeis University.

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    Phillips Academy, Andover05/1992
    University of California, BerkeleyBA05/1996Molecular and Cellular Biology
    University of California, San FranciscoMD05/2001Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco06/2004Family Medicine
    Brandeis UniversityMBA05/2022

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    1. Approach to the Postmarket Evaluation of Consumer Wearable Technologies. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Oct 01; 10(10):1061-1068. Pundi K, Bhavnani S, Seninger C, Zuckerman B, Paulsen J, Aguel F, Din N, Viggiano B, Yoo RM, Dalal N, Go AS, Granger C, Krumholz H, Lacar K, Li R, Lin S, Mahaffey KW, Mahoney M, McCall D, Hills MT, Harrington RA, Hernandez-Boussard T, Saha A, Shah N, Turakhia MP. PMID: 40928810; PMCID: PMC13011983.
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    2. Empowering Family Physicians in Medical Staff Leadership to Foster Physician Well-Being. J Am Board Fam Med. 2025 May 12; 38(1):168-171. Mahoney MR, Damrose E, Shanafelt T. PMID: 40268321; PMCID: PMC12096380.
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    3. Integrating a High Blood Pressure Advisory Across a Primary Care Network. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 04 01; 8(4):e257313. Phadke A, Weng Y, Johnson CB, Winget M, Mahoney M, Sharp C, Sattler A, Shah S, Desai M, Ng S, Shaw JG. PMID: 40279123; PMCID: PMC12032570.
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    4. Storylines of family medicine VIII: clinical approaches. Fam Med Community Health. 2024 04 12; 12(Suppl 3). Ventres WB, Stone LA, Gibson-Oliver LE, Meehan EK, Ricker MA, Loxterkamp D, Ogbeide SA, deGruy FV, Mahoney MR, Lin S, MacRae C, Mercer SW. PMID: 38609085; PMCID: PMC11029325.
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    5. Medicine plus mindset: A mixed-methods evaluation of a novel mindset-focused training for primary care teams. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 05; 122:108130. Leibowitz KA, Howe LC, Winget M, Brown-Johnson C, Safaeinili N, Shaw JG, Thakor D, Kwan L, Mahoney M, Crum AJ. PMID: 38242012; PMCID: PMC11140761.
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    6. Ensuring Community Is at the Table in Family and Community Medicine Research: Highlighting Dr. Kevin Grumbach's Speech as Recipient of the 2022 NAPCRG Wood Award. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 01 05; 36(6):1068-1070. Hessler Jones D, Mahoney M. PMID: 38012006.
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    7. BioCanRx Summit for Cancer Immunotherapy 2022 Proceedings. Biochem Cell Biol. 2024 02 01; 102(1):1-8. Lee S, Hoskin V, Laumont C, Snelling S, Lindo L, Bird L, Samarkina V, Thurston C, Fox G, Ivanco S, Mahoney M, Boudreau J, Nersesian S. PMID: 37870124.
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    8. Developing current procedural terminology codes that describe the work performed by machines. NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Dec 03; 5(1):177. Frank RA, Jarrin R, Pritzker J, Abramoff MD, Repka MX, Baird PD, Marlene Grenon S, Mahoney MR, Mattison JE, Silva E. PMID: 36463327; PMCID: PMC9719561.
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    9. Optimizing Care Teams by Leveraging Advanced Practice Providers Through Strategic Workforce Planning. J Nurs Adm. 2022 Sep 01; 52(9):474-478. Kuriakose C, Stringer M, Ziegler A, Hsieh C, Atashroo M, Hendershott J, Tippett V, Shah D, Cianfichi L, Katznelson L, Mahoney M. PMID: 35994601.
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    10. Anti-nucleocapsid antibody levels and pulmonary comorbid conditions are linked to post-COVID-19 syndrome. JCI Insight. 2022 07 08; 7(13). Jia X, Cao S, Lee AS, Manohar M, Sindher SB, Ahuja N, Artandi M, Blish CA, Blomkalns AL, Chang I, Collins WJ, Desai M, Din HN, Do E, Fernandes A, Geng LN, Rosenberg-Hasson Y, Mahoney MR, Glascock AL, Chan LY, Fong SY, CLIAHUB Consortium, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Phelps M, Raeber O, Stanford COVID-19 Biobank Study Group, Purington N, Röltgen K, Rogers AJ, Snow T, Wang TT, Solis D, Vaughan L, Verghese M, Maecker H, Wittman R, Puri R, Kistler A, Yang S, Boyd SD, Pinsky BA, Chinthrajah S, Nadeau KC. PMID: 35801588; PMCID: PMC9310538.
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    11. A Social Media‒Based Public Health Campaign Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Across the United States. Am J Public Health. 2022 09; 112(9):1253-1256. Hunt IV, Dunn T, Mahoney M, Chen M, Nava V, Linos E. PMID: 35797502; PMCID: PMC9382165.
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    12. Patient and Health Professional Perceptions of Telemonitoring for Hypertension Management: Qualitative Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Jun 10; 6(6):e32874. Baratta J, Brown-Johnson C, Safaeinili N, Goldman Rosas L, Palaniappan L, Winget M, Mahoney M. PMID: 35687380; PMCID: PMC9233257.
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    13. Diagnostic journeys: characterization of patients and diagnostic outcomes from an academic second opinion clinic. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022 08 01; 9(3):340-347. Chao S, Lotfi J, Lin B, Shaw J, Jhandi S, Mahoney M, Singh B, Nguyen L, Halawi H, Geng LN. PMID: 35596123.
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    14. Gearing Up for a Vaccine Requirement: A Mixed Methods Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Among Workers at an Academic Medical Center. J Healthc Manag. 2022 05 01; 67(3):206-220. Mahoney M, Winget M, Brown-Johnson C, de Borba L, Veruttipong D, Luu J, Jones D, Bohman B, Vilendrer S. PMID: 35576446.
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    15. Health Care Equity for Family Medicine Patients and Family Physician Equity. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 Jan-Feb; 35(1):1-4. Bowman MA, Seehusen DA, Mahoney MR, Ledford CJW. PMID: 35039404.
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    16. Primary Care 2.0: A Prospective Evaluation of a Novel Model of Advanced Team Care With Expanded Medical Assistant Support. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Sep-Oct; 19(5):411-418. Shaw JG, Winget M, Brown-Johnson C, Seay-Morrison T, Garvert DW, Levine M, Safaeinili N, Mahoney MR. PMID: 34546947; PMCID: PMC8437557.
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    17. Reimaging and Rebuilding Primary Care as a Common Good. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Sep-Oct; 34(5):1042-1044. Mahoney MR. PMID: 34535534.
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    18. An App-Based Intervention to Support First Responders and Essential Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Needs Assessment and Mixed Methods Implementation Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021 05 20; 23(5):e26573. Vilendrer S, Amano A, Brown Johnson CG, Favet M, Safaeinili N, Villasenor J, Shaw JG, Hertelendy AJ, Asch SM, Mahoney M. PMID: 33878023; PMCID: PMC8139393.
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    19. Implementation outcomes of Humanwide: integrated precision health in team-based family practice primary care. BMC Fam Pract. 2021 02 02; 22(1):28. Brown-Johnson CG, Safaeinili N, Baratta J, Palaniappan L, Mahoney M, Rosas LG, Winget M. PMID: 33530939; PMCID: PMC7856755.
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    20. Building Bridges Between Community Health Centers and Academic Medical Centers in a COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Feb; 34(Suppl):S229-S232. Taylor NK, Aboelata N, Mahoney M, Seay-Morrison T, Singh B, Chang SI, Asch SM, Shaw JG. PMID: 33622844.
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    21. What Are Patient Preferences for Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care? J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:21501327211049053. Dunn JA, Chokron Garneau H, Filipowicz H, Mahoney M, Seay-Morrison T, Dent K, McGovern M. PMID: 34670441; PMCID: PMC8543553.
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    22. "Racial Bias…I'm Not Sure if It Has Affected My Practice": a Qualitative Exploration of Racial Bias in Team-Based Primary Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 11; 35(11):3395-3397. Brown-Johnson C, Shankar M, Taylor NK, Safaeinili N, Shaw JG, Winget M, Mahoney M. PMID: 32935312; PMCID: PMC7491594.
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    23. COVID-19 Preoperative Assessment and Testing: From Surge to Recovery. Ann Surg. 2020 09 01; 272(3):e230-e235. Lu AC, Schmiesing CA, Mahoney M, Cianfichi L, Semple AK, Watt D, Fischer S, Wald SH. PMID: 32541233; PMCID: PMC7467044.
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    24. What constitutes "behavioral health"? Perceptions of substance-related problems and their treatment in primary care. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2020 07 29; 15(1):29. Chen IQ, Chokron Garneau H, Seay-Morrison T, Mahoney MR, Filipowicz H, McGovern MP. PMID: 32727589; PMCID: PMC7388518.
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    25. Qualitative Assessment of Rapid System Transformation to Primary Care Video Visits at an Academic Medical Center. Ann Intern Med. 2020 10 06; 173(7):527-535. Srinivasan M, Asch S, Vilendrer S, Thomas SC, Bajra R, Barman L, Edwards LM, Filipowicz H, Giang L, Jee O, Mahoney M, Nelligan I, Phadke AJ, Torres E, Artandi M. PMID: 32628536; PMCID: PMC7370832.
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    26. The Stanford Lightning Report Method: A comparison of rapid qualitative synthesis results across four implementation evaluations. Learn Health Syst. 2020 Apr; 4(2):e10210. Brown-Johnson C, Safaeinili N, Zionts D, Holdsworth LM, Shaw JG, Asch SM, Mahoney M, Winget M. PMID: 32313836; PMCID: PMC7156867.
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    27. Effect of Electronic Clinical Decision Support on Imaging for the Evaluation of Acute Low Back Pain in the Ambulatory Care Setting. World Neurosurg. 2020 Feb; 134:e874-e877. Chen D, Bhambhvani HP, Hom J, Mahoney M, Wintermark M, Sharp C, Ratliff J, Chen YR. PMID: 31733384.
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    28. CFIR simplified: Pragmatic application of and adaptations to the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) for evaluation of a patient-centered care transformation within a learning health system. Learn Health Syst. 2020; 4(1):e10201. Safaeinili N, Brown-Johnson C, Shaw JG, Mahoney M, Winget M. PMID: 31989028; PMCID: PMC6971122.
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    29. Ten Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Primary Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 08; 34(8):1626-1630. Lin SY, Mahoney MR, Sinsky CA. PMID: 31090027; PMCID: PMC6667610.
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    30. Humanwide: A Comprehensive Data Base for Precision Health in Primary Care. Ann Fam Med. 2019 May; 17(3):273. Mahoney MR, Asch SM. PMID: 31085532; PMCID: PMC6827620.
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    31. Role definition is key-Rapid qualitative ethnography findings from a team-based primary care transformation. Learn Health Syst. 2019 Jul; 3(3):e10188. Brown-Johnson C, Shaw JG, Safaeinili N, Chan GK, Mahoney M, Asch S, Winget M. PMID: 31317071; PMCID: PMC6628978.
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    32. Breast Cancer knowledge, perceptions and practices in a rural Community in Coastal Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2019 Feb 12; 19(1):180. Sayed S, Ngugi AK, Mahoney MR, Kurji J, Talib ZM, Macfarlane SB, Wynn TA, Saleh M, Lakhani A, Nderitu E, Agoi F, Premji Z, Zujewski JA, Moloo Z. PMID: 30755192; PMCID: PMC6373063.
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    33. Primary Care 2.0: Design of a Transformational Team-Based Practice Model to Meet the Quadruple Aim. Am J Med Qual. 2019 Jul/Aug; 34(4):339-347. Brown-Johnson CG, Chan GK, Winget M, Shaw JG, Patton K, Hussain R, Olayiwola JN, Chang SI, Mahoney M. PMID: 30409021.
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    34. Perceptions regarding the scope of practice of family doctors amongst patients in primary care settings in Nairobi. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2018 Oct 04; 10(1):e1-e7. Mohamoud G, Mash B, Merali M, Orwa J, Mahoney M. PMID: 30326721; PMCID: PMC6191765.
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    35. Impact of Scribes on Physician Satisfaction, Patient Satisfaction, and Charting Efficiency: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med. 2017 09; 15(5):427-433. Gidwani R, Nguyen C, Kofoed A, Carragee C, Rydel T, Nelligan I, Sattler A, Mahoney M, Lin S. PMID: 28893812; PMCID: PMC5593725.
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    36. An Academic Achievement Calculator for Clinician-Educators in Primary Care. Fam Med. 2017 Sep; 49(8):640-643. Lin S, Mahoney M, Singh B, Schillinger E. PMID: 28953298.
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    37. Preparing Family Physicians to Care for Underserved Populations: A Historical Perspective. Fam Med. 2017 Apr; 49(4):304-310. Rodgers DV, Wendling AL, Saba GW, Mahoney MR, Brown Speights JS. PMID: 28414410.
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    38. Utilization of health services in a resource-limited rural area in Kenya: Prevalence and associated household-level factors. PLoS One. 2017; 12(2):e0172728. Ngugi AK, Agoi F, Mahoney MR, Lakhani A, Mang'ong'o D, Nderitu E, Armstrong R, Macfarlane S. PMID: 28241032; PMCID: PMC5328402.
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    39. An assessment of implementation of CommunityOriented Primary Care in Kenyan family medicine postgraduate medical education programmes. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2016 Dec 02; 8(1):e1-e4. Nelligan IJ, Shabani J, Taché S, Mohamoud G, Mahoney M. PMID: 28155322; PMCID: PMC5153406.
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    40. Loss of Fertility in the Absence of Progesterone Receptor Expression in Kisspeptin Neurons of Female Mice. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0159534. Gal A, Lin PC, Cacioppo JA, Hannon PR, Mahoney MM, Wolfe A, Fernandez-Valdivia R, Lydon JP, Elias CF, Ko C. PMID: 27441639; PMCID: PMC4956300.
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    41. Giving voice to older adults living with frailty and their family caregivers: engagement of older adults living with frailty in research, health care decision making, and in health policy. Res Involv Engagem. 2016; 2:23. Holroyd-Leduc J, Resin J, Ashley L, Barwich D, Elliott J, Huras P, Légaré F, Mahoney M, Maybee A, McNeil H, Pullman D, Sawatzky R, Stolee P, Muscedere J. PMID: 29062523; PMCID: PMC5611602.
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    42. Interplay of the physical microenvironment, contact guidance, and intracellular signaling in cell decision making. FASEB J. 2016 06; 30(6):2161-70. Paul CD, Shea DJ, Mahoney MR, Chai A, Laney V, Hung WC, Konstantopoulos K. PMID: 26902610; PMCID: PMC4871803.
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    43. "I have it just like you do": voices of HIV-negative partners in serodifferent relationships receiving primary care at a public clinic in San Francisco. AIDS Care. 2015; 27(3):401-8. Mahoney M, Weber S, Bien M, Saba G. PMID: 25311152.
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    44. Adaptation of an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for women with incarcerated partners: expanding to community settings. AIDS Educ Prev. 2013 Feb; 25(1):1-13. Mahoney M, Bien M, Comfort M. PMID: 23387947.
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    45. Applying HIV testing guidelines in clinical practice. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Dec 15; 80(12):1441-4. Mahoney MR, Fogler J, Weber S, Goldschmidt RH. PMID: 20000306.
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    46. Clinicians' knowledge of 2007 Food and Drug Administration recommendation to discontinue nelfinavir use during pregnancy. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2009 Jul-Aug; 8(4):249-52. Fogler J, Weber S, Mahoney MR, Goldschmidt RH. PMID: 19506052.
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    47. Minority faculty voices on diversity in academic medicine: perspectives from one school. Acad Med. 2008 Aug; 83(8):781-6. Mahoney MR, Wilson E, Odom KL, Flowers L, Adler SR. PMID: 18667896; PMCID: PMC2868964.
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    48. Care of HIV-infected Latinos in the United States: a description of calls to the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2008 Jul-Aug; 19(4):302-10. Mahoney MR, Khamarko K, Goldschmidt RH. PMID: 18598905.
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    49. African-American clinicians providing HIV care: the experience of the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Jul; 100(7):779-82. Mahoney MR, Sterkenburg C, Thom DH, Goldschmidt RH. PMID: 18672554.
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    50. Consultation needs in perinatal HIV care: experience of the National Perinatal HIV Consultation Service. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Sep; 197(3 Suppl):S137-41. Fogler JA, Weber S, Goldschmidt RH, Mahoney MR, Cohan D. PMID: 17825645.
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    51. The changing role of family physicians in HIV care. Am Fam Physician. 2006 Nov 15; 74(10):1683-4. Mahoney MR, Goldschmidt RH. PMID: 17136997.
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