David Chia, MD, MS

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Title(s)Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Potrero Avenue, #1311A
San Francisco CA 94110
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    Dr. David Chia is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency training at the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program. He subsequently joined the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine. He was the Firm Chief of Waterbury Hospital with the Yale Primary Care Residency Program before becoming the Associate Program Director of Inpatient Education for the Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program.

    Dr. Chia is currently an academic hospitalist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where he is Associate Program Director for Inpatient Affairs for the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Program and Director of the HPE Pathway. His academic interests include quality improvement, curriculum development, point-of-care ultrasound, and global health.

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    University of MinnesotaBA
    University of MinnesotaMD
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineMScEpidemiology
    Yale School of MedicineResidencyInternal Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2019Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program2015George Thornton Teacher of the Year Award
    Yale Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program2017Teacher of the Year Award
    UCSF Academy of Medical Educators2018Excellence in Teaching Award
    ZSFG Department of Medicine2020Distinction in Medical Education Award

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    1. NET Rounding: A Standardized Rounding Intervention to Improve Rounding Efficiency and Optimize the Inpatient Experience for Internal Medicine Attendings and Residents. South Med J. 2026 May 04; 119(5):235-241. Insetta ER, Barish P, Baskin N, Brusca RM, Chia D, Oreper S, Chan S, Kantor MA, Conner SM. PMID: 42067384.
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    2. Innovating to Improve Individualized Training in Internal Medicine Residency: Inpatient Threads and Block 2.0. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 05; 41(6):1661-1666. Boslett B, Santhosh L, Chia D, Goglin S, Boykin N, Toy J, Berman RA. PMID: 41331200; PMCID: PMC13125553.
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    3. Measuring the association between diagnostic errors and neighborhood disadvantage. J Hosp Med. 2025 Jul; 20(7):727-730. Kaiksow FA, Brendel M, Hubbard CC, Lee T, Chia D, Brooks K, Ruhnke GW, Raffel KE, Goyal A, Kantor MA, Helminski AS, Alday A, Astik GJ, Barish P, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD. PMID: 39668396; PMCID: PMC12217425.
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    4. Stigmatizing Language, Patient Demographics, and Errors in the Diagnostic Process. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 06 01; 184(6):704-706. Brooks KC, Raffel KE, Chia D, Karwa A, Hubbard CC, Auerbach AD, Ranji SR. PMID: 38619826; PMCID: PMC11019435.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Distinctive profile of monomeric and polymeric anti-SSA/Ro52 immunoglobulin A1 isoforms in saliva of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and Sicca. RMD Open. 2024 04 10; 10(2). Chiang S, Grogan T, Kamounah S, Wei F, Tayob N, Kim JY, Kyun Park J, Akin D, Elashoff DA, Pedersen AML, Song YW, Wong DTW, Chia D. PMID: 38599651; PMCID: PMC11015269.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2  Translation:Humans
    6. Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 02 01; 184(2):164-173. Auerbach AD, Lee TM, Hubbard CC, Ranji SR, Raffel K, Valdes G, Boscardin J, Dalal AK, Harris A, Flynn E, Schnipper JL, UPSIDE Research Group. PMID: 38190122; PMCID: PMC10775080.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. The Liquid Biopsy Consortium: Challenges and opportunities for early cancer detection and monitoring. Cell Rep Med. 2023 10 17; 4(10):101198. Batool SM, Yekula A, Khanna P, Hsia T, Gamblin AS, Ekanayake E, Escobedo AK, You DG, Castro CM, Im H, Kilic T, Garlin MA, Skog J, Dinulescu DM, Dudley J, Agrawal N, Cheng J, Abtin F, Aberle DR, Chia D, Elashoff D, Grognan T, Krysan K, Oh SS, Strom C, Tu M, Wei F, Xian RR, Skates SJ, Zhang DY, Trinh T, Watson M, Aft R, Rawal S, Agarwal A, Kesmodel SB, Yang C, Shen C, Hochberg FH, Wong DTW, Patel AA, Papadopoulos N, Bettegowda C, Cote RJ, Srivastava S, Lee H, Carter BS, Balaj L. PMID: 37716353; PMCID: PMC10591039.
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    8. StrataXRT for the prevention of acute radiation dermatitis in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Aug 09; 31(9):515. Lee SF, Shariati S, Caini S, Wong H, Chan AW, Gojsevic M, Ogita M, Ye JC, Chia D, Chao M, Sung K, Kennedy SKF, Rajeswaran T, van den Hurk C, Wolf JR, Chan RJ, Behroozian T, Bonomo P, Chow E. PMID: 37556002.
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    9. Immunoassay Detects Salivary Anti-SSA/Ro-52 Autoantibodies in Seronegative Patients with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome. Immunohorizons. 2023 07 01; 7(7):554-561. Kamounah S, Tayob N, Chiang S, Wei F, Park JK, Kwon HM, Feng Z, Chia D, Pedersen AML, Song YW, Wong DTW. PMID: 37466644; PMCID: PMC10587502.
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    10. Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 06; 38(8):1902-1910. Auerbach AD, Astik GJ, O'Leary KJ, Barish PN, Kantor MA, Raffel KR, Ranji SR, Mueller SK, Burney SN, Galinsky J, Gershanik EF, Goyal A, Chitneni PR, Rastegar S, Esmaili AM, Fenton C, Virapongse A, Ngov LK, Burden M, Keniston A, Patel H, Gupta AB, Rohde J, Marr R, Greysen SR, Fang M, Shah P, Mao F, Kaiksow F, Sterken D, Choi JJ, Contractor J, Karwa A, Chia D, Lee T, Hubbard CC, Maselli J, Dalal AK, Schnipper JL. PMID: 36952085; PMCID: PMC10035474.
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    11. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Predicts Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19. J Ultrasound Med. 2022 Jun; 41(6):1367-1375. Kumar A, Weng I, Graglia S, Lew T, Gandhi K, Lalani F, Chia D, Duanmu Y, Jensen T, Lobo V, Nahn J, Iverson N, Rosenthal M, Gordon AJ, Kugler J. PMID: 34468039; PMCID: PMC8661628.
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    12. The Changing Face of HIV Care: Expanding HIV Training in an Internal Medicine Residency Program. Acad Med. 2018 11; 93(11):1673-1678. Barakat LA, Dunne DW, Tetrault JM, Soares S, Chia D, Ogbuagu OE, Moriarty JP, Huot SJ, Green ML. PMID: 29901657.
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    13. Shining a Light on Overnight Education: Hospitalist and Resident Impressions of the Current State, Barriers, and Methods for Improvement. Cureus. 2018 Jul 06; 10(7):e2939. Sani SN, Wistar E, Le L, Chia D, Haber LA. PMID: 30202670; PMCID: PMC6128589.
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    14. Novel approaches for bioinformatic analysis of salivary RNA sequencing data for development. Bioinformatics. 2018 01 01; 34(1):1-8. Kaczor-Urbanowicz KE, Kim Y, Li F, Galeev T, Kitchen RR, Gerstein M, Koyano K, Jeong SH, Wang X, Elashoff D, Kang SY, Kim SM, Kim K, Kim S, Chia D, Xiao X, Rozowsky J, Wong DTW. PMID: 28961734; PMCID: PMC5859991.
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    15. Hepatitis C Screening: The Downstream Dissemination of Evolving Guidelines in a Resident Continuity Clinic. Cureus. 2017 Jul 07; 9(7):e1441. Madhani K, Aamar A, Chia D. PMID: 28924527; PMCID: PMC5589512.
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    16. Discharge Rounds: Implementation of a Targeted Intervention for Improving Patient Throughput on an Inpatient Medical Teaching Service. South Med J. 2016 05; 109(5):313-7. Chaiyachati KH, Sofair AN, Schwartz JI, Chia D. PMID: 27135731.
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    17. Bladder cancer cells secrete while normal bladder cells express but do not secrete AGR2. Oncotarget. 2016 Mar 29; 7(13):15747-56. Ho ME, Quek SI, True LD, Seiler R, Fleischmann A, Bagryanova L, Kim SR, Chia D, Goodglick L, Shimizu Y, Rosser CJ, Gao Y, Liu AY. PMID: 26894971; PMCID: PMC4941274.
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    18. MCT1 Modulates Cancer Cell Pyruvate Export and Growth of Tumors that Co-express MCT1 and MCT4. Cell Rep. 2016 Feb 23; 14(7):1590-1601. Hong CS, Graham NA, Gu W, Espindola Camacho C, Mah V, Maresh EL, Alavi M, Bagryanova L, Krotee PAL, Gardner BK, Behbahan IS, Horvath S, Chia D, Mellinghoff IK, Hurvitz SA, Dubinett SM, Critchlow SE, Kurdistani SK, Goodglick L, Braas D, Graeber TG, Christofk HR. PMID: 26876179; PMCID: PMC4816454.
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    19. Adherence to standard of care in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected bacterial meningitis. Am J Med Qual. 2015 Nov-Dec; 30(6):539-42. Chia D, Yavari Y, Kirsanov E, Aronin SI, Sadigh M. PMID: 25085865.
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    20. Lupus flare: an uncommon presentation of disseminated gonorrhea. Case Rep Med. 2014; 2014:626095. To U, Kim J, Chia D. PMID: 25024709; PMCID: PMC4082902.
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    21. Disseminated BCG: Complications of Intravesical Bladder Cancer Treatment. Case Rep Med. 2014; 2014:362845. To U, Kim J, Chia D. PMID: 25024707; PMCID: PMC4082927.
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    22. Emerging pathogen: a case and review of Raoultella planticola. Infection. 2014 Dec; 42(6):1043-6. Ershadi A, Weiss E, Verduzco E, Chia D, Sadigh M. PMID: 24902523.
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    23. A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut. IDCases. 2014; 1(2):26-8. Chia D, Moreno JO, Aronin SI, Suarez R, Virata MD, Igwe CA, Quentzel H, Sadigh M. PMID: 26839773; PMCID: PMC4735459.
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    24. Infectious mimicry complicates diagnosis in hemophagocytic syndrome caused by anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Case Rep Med. 2012; 2012:968706. Peluso MJ, Chia D, Sheen W, Hutchinson C, Barakat L. PMID: 22761627; PMCID: PMC3385285.
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    25. Justifying research risks in a clinical trial for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. IRB. 2011 Jul-Aug; 33(4):10-7. Heilig CM, Chia D, El-Sadr WM, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Kenzie WR, Saukkonen J, Villarino ME, Padayatchi N. PMID: 21932482.
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